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So I was just moved up to level 8 about two months ago and I need a new vault. I competed level 6 last season (front handspring vault) and never scored lower than a 9.0 on vault. I'm looking to compete a handspring front tuck on vault hopefully this season. My coaches say I have a pretty good...

My current high bar grips are getting too small and I don't feel very safe with them so I'm getting some new grips. I'm looking for something with double buckles, break in quick, and don't stretch very much. I also have HUGE hands (8-8 1/2 inches from wrist to tip of middle finger)! Any...

WARNING: Rant ahead. Ok, so my gym literally has the WORST floor I have ever tumbled on. It's normal blue gym carpet on top but the foam is worn out to the point that the edges are starting to flake off and look like pit dust, the wood is cracked in multiple places because we have some good...

I'm going to post the links to two Level 6 floor routines. All I ask is to NOT watch past floor (It's the very beginning of the video) and give me some feedback. For example, Which routine was more visually appealing, better form, most amplitude, stuff like that. Please also leave some criticism...

I've just recently developed the strangest fear I've ever even heard off. I'm absolutely HORRIFIED of tumbling into back fulls, I'm perfectly fine with halves, but fulls are TERRIFYING. The setup of our tumble track doesn't help my fear either. It's positioned right next to a brick wall and...

A few days ago I was working just plain simple Arabians on the tumble track. I went to do it but I twisted the Arabian before I even landed my handspring. I went to go try again but I balked...ON THE HANDSPRING! I tried for hours just to do a round off handspring but I couldn't do it! My mind...

I was at my meet at All American meet and once we got on high bar something funny happened. First of all I forgot my grips so I did a high bar routine with out grips (first in like 2 years) and then I did a kip cast handstand and I forgot to shift my wrists so I got in the handstand and came...

I have this strange fear where I can't twist a flip out of a round off or round off back handspring. I have no problem twisting out of front tumbling for some odd reason. Once I set my mind freaks out and then I become scared to twist. I've had some pretty scary falls because if this. Any tips?

Sorry I've been gone for so long...I've been having some heel pain lately from tumbling on the floor for a while. I can't really describe where the pain is. It's on my left foot and it reaches from my heel to the side of my big toe. The pain isn't underneath my foot but on the side. My coach...

With the new vault changes in the 2013-2016 code (You cannot have the same entry Ex. Yurchenko for 1st, can't do a yurchenko for the 2nd. Has to be a handspring or tsuk entry) What will Mckayla's 2nd vault be? I'm voting on a Tsuk double full, maybe eventually she'd do a tsuk 2 1/2. What do you...

Ok, I healed A LOT faster than expected. So yesterday at the gym I was working on things on the tumble track and when I tried to do a sing RO-BHS-BT, I couldn't do the tuck without my body automatically start to twist. My set was right but once I got upside down I just suddenly started to twist...

I was looking back at some clips when I was 12 (Before I got hurt) and I noticed that when I did front fulls I would quarter twist to my left, by the time I was upside down it looked like I was doing an aerial or side flip and then I would quarter twist to my right before I landed. So ultimately...

After gym workouts and jumping on my tramp for a while both of my Achilles are tender to the touch, sometimes there is slight swelling. This could just be soreness but sometimes I can't even stand on my tiptoes on my left foot. Could this be a slight tear? I've been out for 2 weeks because of a...

I've been dealing with some some severe tendonitis pain in my left wrist. My mom says my only two options are work through the pain and condition(. My coach makes me condition when I can't stand the pain) or quit. I love gymnastics it's just that it's not that fun anymore with pain and having to...

Ok my first level 5 meet is in a week and i cant do a pullover by myself without my feet touching the floor. I have tried conditioning, drills, spotters you name it. I have strong enough arms I just cant get my legs over the bar! I'm really scared that I'll make my team lose if I can't do a...

Ok so, I have been having trouble with my back hip circle. Here's my problem, I can't get around the bar I cast off the bar and begin to go around but then I fall back down when my body is horizontal to the ground. I only have three practices till my first meet and I'm nervous that if I fall on...