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Skills Library & Quiz

Grades

Bridges & Walkovers
1/2 Lever / Russian
Splits
Arabesque / Y Balance & Balances
Headstand Variations
Rolls
Cartwheel
Hurdle Step
Roundoff
Handstand

Run up
Take off hurdle step and jump from the board
Landing drills
Squat vault
Handspring to flatback

Swings (Gloves & Loops)
Swings & 1/2 Turns- (Chalk Bar)
Chin Circle Over
Cast to Land on floor
Cast into backhip circle
Cast towards handstand

Adaption of the feet and hands on beam
Walks
Runs
Pivot turns
Changing levels
Simple balances
Splits, jumps and leaps on beam
Jumps along the beam
Conditioning on the beam

Pendulum swings and single leg swings
Developing the double leg circles

Static elements
Muscle up
Basic swing in hang
Kip to swings on rings
Tucked back somersault dismount

Swinging in full support
Face vault dismount
Flank vault dismount
Swinging in hang
Upper arm swing
Pike swing under the bars

Kong / Catpass
Speed, Dash & Thief
Precisions & Cat Jumps
Safety Roll

Straddle Lever
Splits
Balances
Headstand
Handstand
1/1 Turn Jump

Handstand forwards roll
Cartwheel quarter turn inwards
One handed cartwheel
Round off
Forwards and backwards walkovers
Handspring
Back flic

Run Up
Take off, hurdle step and jump from board
Handspring to back lie
Handspring Vault

Upward Circle
Cast to land on floor
Cast to backward hip circle
Cast to squat on low bar, stand to jump to front support high bar
Undershoot from standing
Undershoot from sole support - pike or straddle
Swings on bar
Swings with 1/2 turn

Squat and straddle on
Walking into chasse
Forwards and backwards turns
Turns on one foot
Jumps
Stretched jump and the basics of all other jumps
Jumps for bench and beam
Basic skills for bench and beam
Adapting basic skills from floor to beam
Handstand on the beam
Dismounts
Cartwheel quarter turn off
Round-off
Handspring dismount

Leap frog and cartwheel over base
Balances and partner
Front support group
Headstand, handstand group
Counter balance group
Trampette

Head, foot and arm positions, and good posture in classical dance
Ballet barre elements including: demi plie, full plie, battement tendu and grande battlement
Dance elements including: chasse, split leaps and pirouettes/turns

Run up and take off, landing drills
¾ somersault to back onto a safe landing
Handspring to back lie and handspring vault

Clear hip circle backwards; clear hip circle to float;
short and float upstarts;
upstart to handstand;
cast to handstand in undergrasp and overgrasp;
stoop and straddle sole circle
body shaping (arch to dish);
traversing along the bar;
cast from hang into basic swing (trolley swing);
correct dismounting technique; recovery skills
Squat on low bar jump to hang/swing on high bar
Swings & giants
Undershoot from front support;
undershoot from straddle/stoop on

Adaptations for hands, feet and transferring skills from floor to beam:
Walk runs and pivots
Changing level: from sit to stand, astride sit, swing to squat on
Handstand on beam - cross and side positions
forwards and backwards walkovers,
cartwheel
¾ turn to backwards somersault dismount

russian lever
top planche.
Development of sideways/forwards splits
Development of japana
japana through side splits to front prone lying
Handstands
Straddle lift to handstand
backwards roll to front support
backwards roll to handstand with straight arms
Flighted forwards roll
headspring, handspring, flyspring & combinations
free cartwheel
free walkover
round off
running forwards somersault tucked
round off flic
backwards somersault tucked

Split leap
Stretched jump with turn leading to 2/1 turn
Split, stag, tuck, 1/1 straddle and W jumps
Straddle jump with 1/1 turn
Sissone
Up to 1/1 spins
Arabesque
Using lines to aid dance and basic element training
Using beam to develop balance

Top Planche
Straddle lift to handstand
Hecht dive roll
Handspring variations
Headspring
Backwards roll, straight arms
Forwards somersault
Flic
Round off flic, backwards somersault to stand
Free cartwheel

Shears
Double leg circles
Loops
Bucket work

Still inlocation
Muscle up to half lever
Back lever
Front lever
Handstand development
Bent arm bent body press
Piked Inlo
Straight Inlo
Dislocation
Straight Back

Flight 1 and 2: forward
Vaulting table contact: technique 1 and 2
Floor contact
Handspring vault

Russian
Manna
Swing to Handstand
Full pirouette in handstand
Front uprise to straddle sit
Shoulder roll to straddle sit
Drop / float upstart
Swing in hang
Face vault dismount
Flank vault dismount
Forwards somersault prep
Backward somersault prep

Clear back hip with release to dismount
Float upstart
Cast to handstand
Upstart to handstand
Undershoot from front support
Straddle sole circle/stoop circle
Undershoot from straddle and stoop on
Swinging under the bar
Back long swings
Giant swing forwards

Safety roll
speed,thief dash
Kong vault
L-kick/au batido
Kip up
Butterfly kick
Palm/wallspin
Precisions
Tornado kick
540° kick

Safety roll
Monkey/kong vault
Speed, thief, dash vault
Tornado kick
540° kick
L-kick/au batido
Kip up
Butterfly kick
Kick the Moon
Free cartwheel
Wall flip
Two step wallflip
Palm/wallspin
Static gainer
Dynamic gainer
Corkscrew
Scoot
Macao
Butterfly twist

Arabian
Cartwheel / Roundoff Arabian
Raiz
Touch Down Raiz
Double Leg
Gumbi
360 Crescent Kick
Au De Frente

Using beam to develop balance

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