"Just as the archer's bow establishes the flight direction of the arrow, so too does the tangent release establish the flight direction of the gymnast."
 
10 Concepts of Swing
by Gerald S. George, Ph.D.
Dr. George
 
The following article is excerpted from Dr. Gerald George's
Championship Gymnastics and edited by Dwight Normile in International Gymnast magazine (http://www.intlgymnast.com/)
Swing article


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