"How to Do the Splits for Beginner Gymnasts!

A Step by Step Guide to Mastering the Center Split for Gymnastics.

Knowing how to do a center split is just as important as learning to do a front split for use in your gymnastics routines. You will use a center split during straddle jumps, side leaps, press to handstands, stalders, flairs on the pommel horse, and scales. Here is how to get into a great center split, starting with stretches for all of the different muscles that you will use.

A split is one of those moves that is really easy for some people and much harder for others. But almost anyone can do a split! Even if you’re as tight as can be you’ll still be able to master it if you work hard at your stretching.

A great way to get (or improve) your split is to move through a series of different stretches, from simple to advanced. If you are a beginner, you’ll probably want to master the easier stretches first before moving on to full split stretches."