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If a gymnast misses too many classes then their gymnastics will usually suffer and they will not get moved to higher level groups. We also send gymnmasts home if they arrive too late for the start of a session.

Marie83, thanks for all the interesting information about your process. We seem to be in a very similar situation to you, in that there are many units in Kendal that are free. Our council, howevr, has refused to budge. We have support from our local MP and an ex mayor, both of whom have...

Very interested to know what sort of building clubs are training in, particularly in the UK. Our club in Kendal is in a small industrial unit which we rent off the Mint Cake factory. We would like to move to larger premises but our local council refuses to allow us to use any other industrial...

In the FIG code they are a B as opposed to an A for half on half off. Get 3.40 for the half on full off compared to 3.00 for the half on half off.

We still train in the mint cake factory. Smells great on Fridays when they do the chocolate coated stuff!

Thanks for the comments so far, and yes, I am in the UK (Kendal in the North West of England). Any more advice still appreciated. My thoughts were that you need a good half on first, with plenty of lift to give you time for the turn. I have had conflicting advice about the nature of the turn...

We have a few gymnasts doing half on half offs at our club and want to up them to half on full offs. Question is, is the technique for the full off the same as with the half off, just sharper and maybe with more spring from the block, or would you use a tilt twist technique once you get beyond...