How to Do a Front Aerial on the Beam

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Stretch well.

   It's safer if you stretch for at least 10 to 15 minutes, before attempting difficult skills.
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   Step 2: Practice on the floor

   A couple of prerequisites, (things you need to be able to do first) are a front walkover on the beam/line.
   
   Also, you'll need to be comfortable doing a front aerial, on the floor and line first.
   
   This will make it less likely to hurt yourself seriously. , Most gymnasts at this level are already comfortable with the beam, but others may still have some fear doing harder tricks, and flips.
   
   Here are some tips to get comfortable with the beam:
   Practice walking on it forwards, backwards, sideways, and in releve.
   
   Practice jumps and turns, like half and full turns, and split jumps/leaps.
   
   Practice easier skills like cartwheels, handstands, and back walkovers. , The first time you do a front aerial on the beam, wide or thin, it must be with a spot.
   
   This is not a cartwheel, or a forward roll––it's an aerial, which is no-handed, requiring extra precaution. ,, This means placing your bad leg forwards. ,,,,,
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   Step 3: and along a line.

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   Step 4: Get comfortable with the four inch high/low beam.

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   Step 5: Try it with a spot.

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   Step 6: Ask your gymnastics coach

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   Step 7: or someone who can do it perfectly

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   Step 8: in a coach's opinion

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   Step 9: if you're ready to try it on your own.

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    Step 10: Stand in a lunge with your non-dominant leg forward.

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    Step 11: Kick your good leg forwards

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    Step 12: and lean forwards

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    Step 13: with good balance.

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    Step 14: Unlike a front walkover

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    Step 15: push off your foot instead of your hands

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    Step 16: to flip into the air.

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    Step 17: Complete the aerial with your legs split

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    Step 18: with a fast circling motion.

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    Step 19: Avoid over circling

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    Step 20: by landing on your bad leg

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    Step 21: with just a slight touch on your good leg.

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    Step 22: Finish in a lunge

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    Step 23: gracefully.

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