Hi! My cousin is a gymnast and has a full turn as a requirement in her floor routine. She is really frustrated because she can’t get it, and the rest of her training group all mastered it months ago. She follows her coaches advice to squeeze her core and stay tall, but it’s just not clicking. I...
Personally, I would make her finish the season because I think it is important for kids to learn that once you make a commitment (to her coaches, teammates, and financially) you need to follow through. After this season, reevaluate and if she still wants to move on, let her. I left gymnastics...
I’m sure your coach is giving you drills for this stuff but I am also working on my cartwheel on beam and this has really helped me. What I do is I use a floor beam/low beam and have a mat or mat stack at the end of it. I put a line of tape on the mat the width of the beam and the do the...
I get confused by the scoring a lot because I am new to watching college gym… I don’t remember which routines they were but I always thought a step after floor tumbling and leg separation on bars were deductions?
Ok first off I know there are lots of back handspring threads already but I couldn’t find any that are similar to my situation, so sorry if there is one somewhere! I am working on transferring my bhs from trampoline to aitrack and I just can’t make myself go for the skill.
A couple things to...
So I am working on my back walkover, and I was wondering if anyone has good stretches you recommend for your back? I have heard from friends and the internet that bridges can be really bad for you, plus they make my lower back really sore, so I’m trying to not just do those. Also, (sorry for 2...
Hi! I am 17 and am wanting to start gymnastics again. I was a gymnast from age 3 to about 9 and was a level 3 (I think). I never competed or anything…just did it for fun. Recently since covid hit I’ve been working on regaining old skills and learning new ones on my trampoline and a yoga mat. I...