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    Coaches Handstand on rings

    Hello, adult gymnast here. Most of my gymnastics skill are at a very basic level, but since I practice handbalancing on its own my handstands are relatively advanced (can hold for 60s on floor or parallettes, can straddle press and inconsistently pike press). I would like to approach handstand...
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    Coaches Arm swing in vault

    Thanks a lot to both. Guess I'll need to find the movement which feels more natural to me.
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    Coaches Arm swing in vault

    Adult gymnast here. I've been training a little bit of vaulting and I'm currently working on front handsprings. However before changing gym I did not receive many corrections on my technique. The new coach noticed that I was approaching the vault more like if I were on floor, with my arms...
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    MAG Starting horizontal bar

    Thanks for the detailed answer, much appreciated :)
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    MAG Starting horizontal bar

    Hello everyone! Soon I would like to start training horizontal bar. I have access to proper gymnastics facilities, but coaches only know about WAG skills, although it seems that the beginning elements of horizontal bar and uneven bars are similar so perhaps they still can help. I am a beginner...
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    Choosing 4 out of the 6 men apparatus

    Hello, beginner adult gymnast here - posted about my roundoff for advice sometime ago and it is slowly improving :) Different question today: so far I have been mostly doing floor and, more recently, vault. Those are there to stay, but eventually I would like to learn something in 4 out of the...
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    Round off

    Thanks a lot for the advice Aussie_coach, will be working on that!
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    Round off

    So, hurdle and lunge lower/longer/more forward, straightening legs and the landing position you described. Thanks a lot, I'll work on that and the cartwheel step in and maybe post another video once I've progressed a bit. I'm following some adult gymnastics classes and can get spotting for back...
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    Round off

    Here a video of my round off and of some drills I have been doing, any suggestions on how to improve would be very welcome! I have heard that one should get the legs together when hitting the handstand, which clearly I am not doing, however I have also read that in order to do so one would...
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    Back handspring and back tuck progressions

    I have seen that it is usually recommended to learn a back handspring before a back tuck. What are the reasons and do they still apply to adults? More generally, does anyone have any recommendation on progressions for these two skills for adults (male in his 30s here)? As an adult male even if...
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    Kick up to handstand: shoulder position

    Perfect thank you! I’ve noticed that handbalancers prefer different entries, but I suspected that for tumbling power this is the way to go. Now if only I had any tumbling to speak of :p
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    Kick up to handstand: shoulder position

    Adult trying to learn some gymnastics here. I've noticed that there are two possible way to approach the gymnastics entry to a handstand: in one the shoulders are not completely open when the hand contact the ground but reach the fully open position while reaching the hs; in the other the...
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    Hello everyone!

    Thanks Jared! Actually I have access to a coach and she is being helpful, but I also have the chance to practice by myself, so if someone competent would comment on my videos it would be really helpful. It’s hard to get strict corrections about form as an adult - the general attitude seems to...
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    Hello everyone!

    Hello! I've recently discovered the world of gymnastics, and wish I had found it before! I am trying to learn some acrobatics as an adult - and it's hard... Would it be fine to post videos of my executions asking for correction? Which forum should I use? Thanks!

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