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Hey all! In the "Handstand Roll to Forward Roll" connection, are they meant to stand up fully between them or just raise up to a crouch from the handstand roll and then roll out of that? For the cartwheel into backwalkover, do they land on both feet in the cartwheel, then put feet together...

Correct, yes

I got a new beam that's been in someone's garage for 10 years. Lots of dust and such. I assume a damp cloth might be a first good place to start, but any ideas on how to get this baby looking good again?(And/or ideas on that curved gouge? I figured I'd just slap tape over it but I'm open to...

Thanks so much everyone, these are great!

Hey all! Working my way through routine planning for my first competition season and looking for ideas on the SR 1 (two directly-connected acros - either both non-flight or with one flight). Here are ones I have so far: HS roll -> fwd roll Round-off (or cartwheel) to back roll (plain or to...

Yeah, that sounds right to me. Just my first season competing so making sure all of my ducks are in a row :D

Would I be accurate to say, then, that: - The skills are equal in and of themselves. - But aim for the cleanest skill for that gymnast, even if it’s a “harder” skill. - For the sake of future skills and morale, throw harder skills when they can do them cleanly (but it doesn’t give a better...

I know this is obvious to most coaches, but I'm new to developing Xcel routines and was wondering: Given that they just need some amount of "A" skills, what is the benefit of adding harder "A" skills if they all count for the same points and the harder skills just have more opportunity to have...

Hey all - I'm an owner of a gym who is looking at signing up for "formal" meets for the first time. I'd like to avoid USAG (mainly for cost reasons) but I've heard AAU and NGA are both fairly common in my neck of the woods (basically the Twin Cities, MN). I've coached meets before (Xcel) but...

Hey all! I have a unique situation where I work for a school district as both a high school and community ed coach. They just built a really nice gym, but it's barely being used (just the high school program for ~10 girls and three or four community ed classes every few months). While this...

So my follow-up question is if there is a set list for the JO program - there could well be, but I'm pretty much focusing on Xcel right now and don't know the normal JO material as well. Could you point me to a good resource on that? Thanks!

I haven't tried to purchase it yet, but the demo had a lot of typographical errors (things spilling into hidden parts of cells with no ability to resize it) . . . I'll probably get it eventually but for now I'm getting the hardcover version and I'll let the digital one sort itself out for a...

Hey all, This is probably a common question, but I couldn't find an exact match. I've read the the Xcel Code of Points (the last 2017 update) and it seems to be missing a rather critical piece - that is, a list of skills that count as "A", "B", etc. for each event. There is the one page that...

Hey all - I'm pretty new in the forum, but it seems like a great community. I'm a decently fit guy (I can lift 70 or 80 pound kids over my head if need be), but I'm struggling with looking at spotting more advanced things for older/heavier kids. I've really just started working out in a...