How to do the front roll for gymnastics

This is an animated gymnastics tutorial for the front roll. Use the controls to pause, slow down and follow along with detailed step by step text instructions that match up with each movement. This instructional gymnastics video is incredibly in depth and a great guide for learning the front roll.

The Front Roll - Gymnastics

The front roll is one of the easiest and most basic techniques of gymnastics, but there is much more technical knowledge behind this move than most would expect. The front roll is essential for many sub sequent techniques like the frontflip or the front handspring.

Trainer advice: Front Roll - Gymnastics

* Practice egg rolls at the beginning. Sit down and grab your knees. Then lean forward and put you hands on the floor in front of you. Roll forward and grab your knees in the middle of the motion. After your heels touch the floor again, do not stand up. Just put your hands on the floor again and do another roll. Try to do 3 or 5 egg-rolls in a row as fast as you can.
* Try your first front rolls on landing mats.
* Make sure your hands touch the ground earlier than your neck.
* Try to do the front roll in slow motion, from a handstand etc.
* Once you can do the front roll, you can try the dive roll.