I have to agree with you, piroutte work, is often done very poorly. In MAG especially. The women tend to do piroutting better than men (granted guys dude some much more complicated pirouttes), and i think a reason for this is because it seems that there is an unwritten rule that i HB you mustn’t stop/pause. In WAG, the girls will tend to do their piroutte, hit handstand pause, go. On HB there is no stop. Without this is a problem, because essentially it encourages bad form really.

I totally agree about the starting the turn on the ascending phase of giant/entry skill. You have if you are planning on finishing within that 10deg of HS. OR! you must do it from HS once you have stopped in HS and complete it. This is not a smart option. If you can manage to complete 1/2 plus be in the phase of initiating the the start of the next part of the piroutte (whatever it may be) as you reach handstand. than it is possible to complete the rest of the 1/2 or 1/1 piruotte as you continue over. (explained poorly, i am sorry).

In short, i have to agree with you in principle, and in raising the awareness that piroutting is taught poorly. Boys can learn from girls when it comes to pirouttes.
I looked up Dylan Carney 2008 routine, and good call. He definitely tries to control his piroutting much more then most. In my opinion on HB there is a time to swing, a time to piroutte and a time to do HS to HS skills, which is something that doesn’t seem to be happening in MAG routines. its all about the SWING SWING SWING and those huge releases. Saddly they only make up a relatively small part of a routine (about 3-4 elements at most in a routine)..

Very interesting

Valentin Uzunov
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