Recent content by Geoffrey Taucer

Back to basics, work your way up step by step, try not to stress about it. Stressing about it makes it worse.

Are you (or your parents, or somebody at your gym) able to cut music? That first one really makes me think of the Xenogears Creid album, which has some great stuff that I've never seen used for floor routines. For example: Let me know if any of those jumps out at you, or if you want more...

Yes: strength, flexibility, and handstands. Sorry if you were hoping for something more exciting, but this is the reality of efficient training. If you want to be the best you can, the way to get there is by training efficiently and safely. I promise you every coach would rather teach their...

I know this isn't what you're looking for, but the best way to work an aerial or a RO BHS at home is to not work them at home. Both have enough technical detail and nuance that you're better off only working them with a coach who can give corrections and guidance in the moment. If you practice...

P-bar swings!

I recommend getting the coach to write down the necessary guidelines. Time limit, but also like "we want roughly this many seconds before the first tumbling pass, roughly this many seconds for a dance sequence, total time must be between X and Y," etc. They don't need to have complete...

I used to write custom floor music. Been awhile, but if the deadline's far enough out, I suppose I could take a crack at it for the right price. What style are you looking for? I think @Energym Music might also do custom composition, but I'm not positive about that.

I used to spend a lot of time on roundoffs, but I've kind of circled back to spending very little time on the roundoff itself, and spending lots of time on roundoff-adjacent skills that imo do a better job of teaching an intuitive feel for what a roundoff should feel like. So these days I spend...

At home training for cast handstands? Press handstands are the best bet.

Won't be an issue at all. My brother is a TSA goon (that's his phrasing, not mine), and he says all they actually care about is weapons and explosives. I have a hard time imagining anybody mistaking grips for either of those.

Honest answer: I wouldn't care. Assuming we're talking about a text/choreography error, it has no effect whatsoever on long-term technical development. Once she gets out of compulsories, there will never be another choreography deduction in her entire career. Now, having said that.... if this...

First: that bar set is designed for kids less than half your age doing simpler skills with a spot. It's not safe to use it as a practice bar for anything beyond basic strength skills. Anyway, to get to the substance: what makes a back hip circle work is the drop back in the chest and shoulders...

Gigantic gaming nerd here; let me know if I can be of assistance!

Mid-35s is pretty dang good for a young kid new to competition. I wouldn't worry about it; scores really don't mean much at that age and level, and are not an accurate predictor of future success. At this age and level, the only things that really matter are safety (for obvious reasons) and fun...

You're not doing anything wrong, you're just dealing with a growth spurt. I'm going to make a wild guess that you're somewhere between 11 and 14 years old, that a lot of skills that used to be easy now feel harder, and even the ones you can still do feel a little off, a little inconsistent, a...