Recent content by gymmom33

MuffinsMom, All those deductions seem in line with her score. So since she did the mini giant instead of the free hip, you would deduct for the mini giant form and for wrong skill and deduct again for form when she started over and did free hip? I know, it doesn't matter. I don't think she'll...

Well she did the wrong skill so not sure how you determine the form deductions. Given her score in relation to her usual score, I assume it was about a 2 point deduction.

Hi, my daughter completely had a brain freeze and after she did her low bar kip, she then did her mini giant (which is supposed to be on the high bar) but she did it on the low bar then she realized her goof and just got off the bars confused what to do next. The coaches brought the spring...

Thank you sevenatenine2. She said it is not possible for her to hit her toes on the low bar during tap swings, but when her group was practicing on the bars that are closer together some of the girls did hit the bar on tap swings so they all moved to the medium bar. My daughter is about 4...

From what I've read FIG has a setting for height of the high and low bar from the floor but the distance between the bars is adjustable and has an allowable range.

I am new to this forum and was wondering if there is a recommended distance that the low and high bar are separated according to a gymnast's height. My daughter is 53" and is training to compete level 5. They recently are forcing her to use a bar set that is further apart (height from the...