I got them after moving to Xcel. At the time, I had most of my level 6 skills, such as kips, freehips, flyaways, ect. At my gym most get them around level 4, but I've seen level 3 girls with grips before.
I recently cut my hair into a short bob. However, I did not think about how this would affect my gymnastics. My hair is too long to leave up, especially for competitions, but doesn't fit in a ponytail. I haven't had a problem yet because I've missed practice for various reasons last week, but I...
First, you want to make sure your bridge is solid. Ideally, your shoulders should be past your hands, but if they are directly over or a little bit behind, it should be fine. Next, you need to bring your supporting leg in and kick very hard. Think about making a rainbow type motion, with your...
But in that case, why are some skills called by the same name? It would make sense that for WAG, it's named after the first woman and in MAG, it's named after the first man, but some like Tkachev and Geinger are the same.
Actually sorry. I messed up. The vault he did is not called a Dragalescu. It's what I said it was, 1/2 on double pike off, but I forget the name of it. Brooks does a Prudonova. Sorry for the confusion!
It was a half on entry, double pike back, vs front entry, double tucked forwards. They do look similar because they flip twice, but you can see he twists onto the vault table so that he is facing the vault, then flips backwards with straight legs instead of forwards with tucked legs.