How To Do Swing Hand Stands On The Parallel Bars Video

Performing swinging hand stands on the parallel bars is an event that requires both skill, strength, and grace. Learn how to perform swinging hand stands on the parallel bars from a professional coach in this gymnastics video.

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Mount bar
Begin in undergrip
Very difficult skills
Execute well

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Mark Velasquez is a professional gymnastics coach with Crenshaw Athletic Club in Austin, TX. Crenshaw Athletic Club is home to junior olympic performers as well as the University of Texas gymnastics team.

Now we have [PH] Daniel. Daniel is 13 years old. He's been in the sport approximately eight years. Daniel is going to show us another aspect of the parallel bars. He's going to start in a support swing, and he's going to lay away and do what we call a front uprise. He's going to do a number of them. And what it basically is, is he's going to be in a support. He's going to go down to an upper-arm support and then back up to a support. This is a very basic skill. It's not that easy. It's rather difficult but he can do it well, we hope. So again, he's going to start in a support swing. He's going to lay away, what we call lay away. He's going to an upper-arm swing to a support swing. This is a very basic skill. It's difficult to do correctly, or I should say, the right way. And this is a very necessary and important aspect of this event.

How to do Swing Hand Stands on the Parallel Bars Video

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