Recent content by teslarma

Okaayyy. so i havent replied on these boards in yeaaarrrssss.. but I thought I might fully answer this question. so this may be long...lol I'm a dance coach (as well as gymnastics coach).. and am currently the Ballet and Leaps and Turns coach at my club.. Split leap full The first thing you...

There are 3 "tricks" that I have learnt for teaching this skill. The first one is fairly basic body shapes: make sure their backs and shoulders are definately round enough as they go over. Secondly - encourage a hard push with the arms onto the floor (I always teach fingers facing inwards, and...

Where I am from it seems the system is quite a bit different. I am from Melbourne Australia, and I havent heard of a Club where their Competetive stream doesnt start competing at Level 1. In my Club we have 2 quite specific streams of gymnastics at that age: The recreational Gymnastics (once a...

Yeah of course you can ask, im at Banyule! where are you from?

Yes it is Gymstar 4. The kids only compete Uneven Bars, not high bar as a separate event, so it isnt done on the tradiational mens highbar as such, although the judge i was talking to said she mainly sees it done on the top bar with large long swings. We were in dispute as to whether the...

I have the answer!!!! ok.. The reason we couldnt work out what it was is because it stems from the Mens Highbar, as these competitions are for all Women and Men!! The actual skill is a swing.. where, when at the highest point at the front of your swing you do a half turn "hop grip change"...

Unfortunately there is no description of the skill in this "code".. as in fact it is not actually a code. I am from Victoria Australia, and we mainly follow the WAG and MAG code of Australia for out competitive kids, however quite a few years ago someone started up another stream of competitions...

Actually, I don't think what you have described could be the skill I am referring to because the other bonus skills in this level include: - cast feet on jump to catch high bar - Toe shoot from high bar - cast to horizontal and a couple of others.. It seems that what you have described would...

I came across this skill as a bonus in a particular Competition Code my rec kids use, and I have to admit that I have no idea what it is. It is a bonus on bars, and it says "Grip Change (hop turn)". Can anyone explain to me: - What exactly this skill is? - How one would teach it? - And how you...