24389 1426 Sports & Fitness Olympics & Olympic Sports Gymnastics true Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:45:27 -0700 /system/videos/1/89/43/02/24389.flv sports, fitness, olympics, olympic, sport, gymnastics, stick, sticking, landing, land How To Stick the Landing http://www.howcast.com/videos/24389-How-To-Stick-the-Landing http://www.howcast.com/videos/24389-How-To-Stick-the-Landing/edit approved 95 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=24389"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=24389" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 9 mr_stewart http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/stick_landing_hd_3_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 2490 false false false 43437 0 20 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/20.jpg Arrange for a landing Arrange for a landing. Leap off a step, a curb, or just jump in place.

]]> 43438 1 27 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/27.jpg Bring your feet together Land with your feet together. Steady yourself, and bend your knees until they reach a 90-degree angle, or until your thighs are parallel with the floor.

]]> 43439 2 36 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/36.jpg Extend your arms Spread your arms, and extend them over your head.

]]> 43440 3 40 Tip If necessary, imagine that you’re the “Y” in the “YMCA” dance.

]]> 43441 4 44 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/44.jpg Pop up and snap your head As you land, keep your head bowed down, with a sense of gravitas. As you straighten your legs and pop up, snap your head up to the sky and smile. Success!

]]> 43442 5 55 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/55.jpg Express excellence Now that you can stick the landing, use this powerful Olympic gesture to highlight your own personal victories.

]]> 43443 6 65 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/65.jpg Celebrate failure with grace Or use it to add a sense of class and elegance to your highly public moments of defeat.

]]> 43444 7 75 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/24389/75.jpg Do not abuse the landing However you choose to stick your landing, it is a privilege. Do not abuse it.

]]> 43446 8 81 Fact In 1976, at the Montreal Games, Nadia Comaneci made Olympic history by becoming the first gymnast to receive a perfect score. She was 14 years old.

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