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Hello, I'm wondering what the experience of national congress is like. My gym is currently planning on paying for me and several of our other coaches to attend congress as its in our state this year. I've never been, but have been coaching since 2014 and currently have no goals of becoming a...

Question 6: Just wanted to follow up and add that I'm confused on how to know which arm a gymnast should drop for learning a front handspring, full off vault. From watching youtube videos it looks like they should drop the non-dominant arm, but from how I understand physics, that would make the...

Hi fellow coaches, this is my first full year coaching Xcel and I have some questions about teaching twisting vaults for Xcel Platinum and Diamond. The other coaches at my gym don't have experience coaching these vaults either, so I've come here looking for some more information at the very...

I am currently an officer in the club gymnastics team at my university. I’ll tell you what I can from my experience and if you have any questions feel free to reply or DM me. What’s our team like? To be honest we’re not very competitive. We have tryouts with basic skill requirements, but the...

I do not know the brand as I never wear them because they fall down in my shoes. I only wear athletic shoes such as those made for running or walking. Occasionally (about 3-4 times a month) I also wear combat boots. The orthotics do not stay in place in either of these shoe types.

All these recommendations may be helpful, thanks a bunch.

They are from the drug store.

These are a couple questions that I haven't found a lot of information on anywhere. 1. I need to wear orthotics in my shoes for plantar fasciitis and I've tried several varieties and found that they actually make the tendon on the bottom of my foot more sore rather than less. I was wondering if...

I shave my legs the night before so I feel super awesome going into the meet. I also listen to pump-up music or my favorite bands before the competition begins. My favorite band is twenty one pilots and my favorite pump up genres are alternative, punk, orchestra, and pop.

Make sure the melody is varied throughout the cut and make sure when you put pieces together the clip change isn't jarring.

But what if the gymnast jumps and catches in a hollow, then archs their shoulders to get their feet somewhat behind their torso, and then hollow/pikes to get their toes to the bar for the kip? I don't see what's wrong with this technique as all shapes are tight. I can see how it might cause kids...

I don't want to hijack the post, but I'm wondering why this high bar kip technique is necessary (particularly for optional level gymnastics).

Center of the bottom of the foot? There's a tendon that runs right down the middle and if it gets strained it can be painful. It often feels like a sharp pain and comes and goes. I'd get it checked out if you're asking the question. I've felt what I described above and I believe it's called...

My gym is doing a gym-wide cartwheel-a-thon to raise money for charity. We're also running free 30 minute trial classes for rec kids. The team is probably going to be allowed to help with these activities. I also expect they're probably going to play kick-ball, "American Ninja Warrior", or...

The gym I work at has a physical therapist who does this for the teams (JO and Xcel). http://www.olympusmovement.com/