i was just flicking through the drillsandskills website and under the list of floor skills there is a maltese which is rated C in the code of points. just wondering what a maltese on the floor looks like and how its performend
maltese on floor?
Started by cathal, June 17, 2008 · 8 Replies · 6,343 Views
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oh rite thanks, so its a wide arm planche
No planshe is much higher, this maltese could be lower.
It has nothing with distance between palms.
It is supposed to be as close to a horizontal cross on floor as you can get.
watch this video of a floor routine by chen yibing. the strength hold he performs: would it be ranked as planche or swallow? he could be lower to the floor
He could be lower to the floor. Really close on the 2s. I don't know what the judge gave him or took, if any.
If you are familiar with the wide armed handstand on floor or Y/Japanese HS, it is supposed to be similar in how high it is off the ground. Well, except that is horizontal.
As for swallow/maltese; where your arms tend to be has to do with balancing the body out, I think. It would be pretty insane and may impossible to balance out with hands as wide apart as a handstand/planche.
Arm width is for balance. Unless you have some really heavy legs, you can't hold a swallow with your hands the same width you would for a planche.
It's not just the balance, depends on your neuromuscular connecting to in the hold position. In short depends where and how you feel your muscles...