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    Coaches Front handspring not clicking

    2 Things: 1) Have you tried having her watch videos of what a good FHS looks like and then compare it to a video of what she is doing? 2) One of the drills that we have had some success with in our gym is to have the girls do FHS down a wedge to a whale flop on a pit pillow. We tell them hips...
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    Coaches Question on bars

    If one of my xcel silver gymnasts falls after her back hip circle, is it an extra deduction if I have to spot her pull-over to get her back on the bar?
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    Coaches xcel questions

    That is exactly the routine our golds compete and they have a 10.0 sv (unless they don't make the cast).
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    Coaches Xcel Clarification

    Our bronzes compete cartwheel, backward roll and we haven't had any problems. There is no flight requirement in bronze. We also do fwd roll, fwd roll as a second series just in case they wobble and miss the connection on the first one. Our silvers do the hs/fwd roll, cartwheel as their second...
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    Coaches Level 3 VT Question

    I agree, I would move the board back to cue her for a longer reach. If you want to move her to gold next year I wouldn't work too hard to get rid of the height -- she's going to need it!
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    Coaches What would you want to change about the rules?

    I agree with the split handstand on beam for lower levels. Training a partial handstand actually makes it harder for them to learn to get vertical, in my opinion. I want them to learn to get a higher kick from the beginning. Level 5 beam dismount should be a cartwheel (or backwalkover)...

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