How to Get over a Fear of Giant Swings

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Practice doing tap swings high on a pit bar.

   Here are some quick drills:
   Try to hit a foam cube from the foam pit hanging in the air.
   
   Ask your coach or a friend to hold a mat in the air, and try to kick it.
   
   Try to do a timer, or a fly away into the pit.
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   Step 2: Go to a bar with very soft mats under it

   , If you are more advanced, try a kip, and if you are still starting out, practice a pullover. , Ask her/him to spot you over from a high giant swing, keep thinking of it as really big swings.
   
   Here are some tips:
   Have straight legs and pointed toes.
   
   Swing like you were swinging before.
   
   Cover your ears.
   
   Don't pike.
   
   Look at the bar.
   
   Stay open, don't be afraid to fall from a handstand. ,, Don't forget a spot! (It should be your coach or a high level gymnast.) , (Use a normal bar, no straps.) , Here are some more tips:
   Lean backwards in the handstand, so you can do your backward giant swing.
   
   Don't forget straight legs, and pointed toes! Fall like it's from a normal tap swing. , Get your coach to spot you.
   
   This time it should just be a good coach.
   
   Ask her/him to spot you from a cast to handstand. , Before you know it, you'll attempt it, and get it on your own!
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   Step 3: and practice high tap swings there.

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   Step 4: Practice your kip/ pullover cast to handstand.

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   Step 5: Go to a tied bar

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   Step 6: or a pit bar with your coach.

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   Step 7: Ask your coach to lightly spot

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   Step 8: and eventually try it on your own on a tied bar

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   Step 9: or the pit bar.

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    Step 10: Go back to the tied bar

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    Step 11: or pit bar

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    Step 12: and try it from a kip/pullover

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    Step 13: cast to handstand.

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    Step 14: If you haven't already

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    Step 15: switch to a non tied bar.

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    Step 16: Ask your spot to spot lighter

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    Step 17: and soon

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    Step 18: you should try it on your own.

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    Step 19: Go to the uneven bars (girls)

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    Step 20: or the high bar (boys).

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    Step 21: Ask your coach to spot lighter and lighter.

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