Recent content by gympoppop

We would really need a video to diagnose the issue, but in my observations (not a coach) there are two primary reasons for undercutting in the RO-BHS. The first is that you need to scoop your feet in front of your chest when landing your round off. It is really more of a pike down than a hollow...

I think using a floor bar is helpful to use at home to work on this. Straddle the bar with feet on floor and then press to handstand to get the straddle motion that is used. If she can do a squat on or pike on, a helpful way to think of the skill is that you are doing a pike on but then...

I also think one of the main reasons you are not completing your bhc is your wrist shift. It should be smooth shifting all the way around the bar and it looks like yours get stuck at the end and then you try to do one last big shift at the end. I would guess that you may be gripping the bar too...

Thank you both! This is extremely helpful and I suspect the rhythm deductions are the big culprit I was missing. I saw some of the pauses like before the cartwheel and BHS but now that I rewatch I see what you are both saying. So basically there should be continuous fluid movement throughout the...

I had a couple of beam questions I was curious about and hoping one of the many experts on this site could help me out with. My L3 daughter had a meet last weekend where she did the L2 dismount instead (handstand without the quarter turn) and then immediately saluted to end her routine rather...

This is common enough and dangerous enough that I think it should be mandatory for coaches to “stand in” during meets. I’ve seen girls saved from serious injuries by attentive coaches that were in the proper position. My understanding is that this is mandatory in MAG so I’m not sure why WAG...

The depth of knowledge on this board always startles me.

Completely agree with above post. My daughters just moved to one of the best gyms in our area and one thing I've noticed is that the efficiency and quality of practice time is much higher. My oldest cut 4 hours and my youngest cut 3 hours per week and they are picking skills up more quickly and...

Not sure I quite understood either, but if she's hitting her feet on the ground after the clear hip when kipping out of it there are likely two reasons. First, she needs to shift earlier so that her wrists are on top of the bar so that she can "power down" or slow her momentum coming out of the...

I wanted to add that my impression is that vaulting generally won't keep a girl off team because coaches know that kids that age are generally weak vaulters and that it takes a lot of time and repetition to build up a strong vaulter. Maybe a coach can confirm but I've seen some very bad vaulters...

I think technology wise absolutely this could happen. It could be done today. The question is more institutional in terms of would USGA and gyms adopt the tech and make the necessary investments. I am still amazed that people are so passionate about the sport that they judge on the weekends for...

I know it's hard as a new parent but just give it time and trust the coaches. She is six and this is how most six year olds vault and privates would be a waste of money. My daughter was a comically bad vaulter on preteam but it eventually came to her and your daughter will get it too. It's great...

This is amazing, thanks for sharing! I'm a bit of a stats person myself and was wondering if you'd be willing to share the data? I'm interested in running some probability models on this to see which factors are most predictive of scholarships and do things like predict top 20 scholarships as a...

It seems to me that the most fair system would be for each region to take the top X gymnasts regardless of age to nationals. Age shouldn't matter so much when competing at such a high level and the best should go to nationals within each region. Younger ages will get their chance when they are...

Yeah, scoring over a 36 sounds overly restrictive to me. Jade Carey would have been in trouble at your gym, she barely ever cracked 36 until level 7! :)