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I've been coaching vault this year and drilling running, handstands, body tightness and arm circles and hurdles into the board. However, when we try to put everything together, it seems like my gymnasts just forget what they're supposed to be doing (none of them keep their legs straight after...

Do you teach kips with a straddle during the glide or with the legs together? Are there pros and cons I should be aware of? I have a few girls who straddle way too early and lose all momentum so I'm thinking about switching them over to no straddle. Only obvious thing I can think of is the...

One of my younger gymnasts is intent on using pop music for her optionals floor routine. She's 8 (turning 9) and what I would call stocky, short and muscular. She's neither the most powerful gymnast nor very poised/ballet-like. More power than ballet though. :D She likes this song but I'm not...

I've recently started coaching a group of team gymnasts with ages ranging from 6-16 years old. The other coaches barely use drills. They're more the type to say "Well of course her roundoff is still crooked but let's just let her try to connect a back handspring to it" or "Why do you need to...

Hey everybody! I'm back! :) My name is Sarah, I'm 25 and I feel the need to reintroduce myself because it has been more or less two years since I was active on this board. Not sure if any of you remember the reason for this but the short story is that I moved a lot closer to most of you (the...

I thought I'd seek advice about this as I've found out just how horrible I am at navigating American gym websites, lol. I'm coming to the US in October (as an au pair) and would love to be able to do gym in some way since I've already been on a somewhat limited schedule for the past three...

I'm looking for new drills to fix this problem with a seven-year-old. Tried tons of reverse leg lifts with legs hanging off a block as well as punching drills. Her vault is otherwise looking good, she has a lot of power coming into the board but something just isn't quite clicking yet.

I have to fill in for an absent coach in several mommy & me classes next week. Kids are going to be anywhere from 12 months to 2 years old. I've never been exposed to that age range before. Anyone know or remember from experience what is typically done in this type of class? I imagine a lot of...

I swear I saw a couple of great ideas for this in a recent thread but I can't seem to find it anymore. Basically, I'm working on developing a new warmup and conditioning program for my preteamers (ages 5 to 9). We do lines for 5-10 minutes, then condition for aproximately 10-15. They currently...

I could use some insight here and hope someone has had experience with this type of injury and its treatment protocol. My best friend injured her thumb spotting a FHS vault around the middle of February. Being the sort of person she is, she didn't see a doctor for a while "hoping it would...

I'm in need of ideas for side stations that my little ones don't get immediately tired of. They're a group of 14 girls, ages 5-9, probably equivalent to USAG level 2, and most of them very active and strong-willed. They want to be on the move all the time and I've been trying to convert that...

Hello! I've been reading posts in this community for a while now and oftentimes find helpful coaching tips for my classes. Now I have my own question, and I really hope someone can help me, because it's one of those things that keep me up late at night (for instance right now, haha). I'm...