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Video 105 minutes
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Format: DVD
System: NTSC All Regions
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ISBN: 978-0-940149-46-5
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You can learn flips and tumbling at ANY AGE if:

• You can jump up a few inches and land in the same spot, facing
  the same direction, without twisting uncontrollably to either side
  or loosing balance;
  
• You can repeatedly jump up and down (just a few inches) without
  pain—especially in your legs, back, and shoulders;
  
• You can follow the step-by-step instructions on Acrobatic
  Tumbling DVD.

You don't need to be very powerful to learn flips and tumbling. To do a back flip (back somersault) on the floor you don't even have to jump high—a standing vertical jump of more than 3 inches will do (the higher, the easier it is). And no, you do not need to be very flexible—see my column titled “Can You Have Too Much Flexibility?” at http://www.stadion.com/column.html.

This DVD shows all you need to know to learn tumbling skills or to teach them to your athletes.

Did you know?
Intelligent instructors of many sports, such as ball games, combat sports, martial arts, and track and field, include teaching tumbling in their training programs because it builds confidence, decisiveness, and coordination, of course. It is a great form of active rest and is just plain fun. Also, as good coaches of team sports know, tumbling practice builds team cohesion, when athletes work in groups, assisting each other in turns.

No acrobatic or gymnastic background required!

Gymnastic or acrobatic skills such as tumbling are an important part of athletic skills in many sports. In track and field, top pole-vaulters and jumpers practice tumbling as a part of their workouts. Well-trained combat sports athletes can do somersaults and handsprings, too. Having a precise sense of one's position in space and knowing how to turn in the air comes in handy when defending against an opponent's grappling throws and armlocks. In striking martial arts, such as kung-fu, fighters demonstrate spectacular evasions based on gymnastic or acrobatic skills.

Acrobatic Tumbling offers step-by-step instruction, explanations for typical errors, and spotting methods for the following acrobatic tumbling techniques:

• Cartwheel on two hands and on one hand
• Round-off
• Front handspring
• Back handspring, also called a flic flac (both the gymnastic version and the breakdancing version, with two different ways of learning each)
• Aerial cartwheel (a cartwheel without putting the hands on the floor)
• Front somersault, also called a front flip
• Back somersault, also called a back flip

Learn every building block and all lead-up exercises for the featured tumbling skills, as well as how to properly teach and spot each skill for injury prevention.

No acrobatic or gymnastic background required!

This easy-to-follow, proven method of instruction teaches tumbling skills without fear. All you need is a few landing pads, a helper (if it is you who wants to learn tumbling), and for some exercises a small rebounder. No harnesses, ropes, or other gizmos. Just follow the gradual progression of exercises and drills on this DVD.

“People who want to learn acrobatics are afraid of bad falls, especially in moves such as jumping back and turning in the air. Well-conducted workouts, with correctly selected exercises, competent instruction, and spotting, dispel those fears and let students learn quickly.”
--Coach Obrebski

Personal comment from Thomas Kurz (president of Stadion Publishing Company, Inc.):

Do not be alarmed when you see coach Obrebski talk after the English narration ends. You are not missing anything—we translated coach Obrebski's explanations to best convey their meaning into English and not word for word. The english language usually has shorter words than the Polish language, therefore the English narration ends before the original Polish speach. Nevertheless, during demonstration of skills, the English narration is synchronized with the action perfectly.

The more you know about tumbling the more you will appreciate coach Obrebski's method and depth of instruction. If you are a beginner then you really must pay utmost attention to every smallest thing he says and shows. Some examples:

—The correct distances between spots for feet and for hands in the cartwheel, which make it more dynamic;

—The seemingly minor tip on where to look and what to see in a half-squat at the beginning of the back handspring to get consistently clean landings;

—Pointing out the importance of position of feet versus buttocks in the breakdancers' back handspring (“getting the air” depends on it);

—The explanation of what to feel at the moment of turning in the air, in the back flip, which makes back flips more steady and safe.

By the way: The above examples were even pointed out by freezing frames so viewers can notice the correct position for the crucial phase of shown movement. This is especially helpful with those details, which happen too quickly for untrained people to notice in motion.

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