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I had a couple of beam questions I was curious about and hoping one of the many experts on this site could help me out with. My L3 daughter had a meet last weekend where she did the L2 dismount instead (handstand without the quarter turn) and then immediately saluted to end her routine rather...

Hi All, I've got a real head scratcher. My daughter has always been very good at bars but has inexplicably lost her tap swing over the summer. She is a L5 this year and has her first meet next weekend but cannot get her flyaway b/c she can no longer get past horizontal on her tap swings. Does...

Hi, My DD was jumping to the high bar, caught her dowel on the bar and fell flat onto her back on the mat below. The weird thing is that her back is totally fine but her chest hurts and she has difficulty bending forwards, crunches etc. The pain seems to mostly be in the sternum area and does...

I was wondering if it is customary to give a gift to the coach at the end of the year around the state meet? If so any good ideas? Thanks!

My daughter is in Level 4 this year and I had always thought vault was scored as the best of two but her coach now thinks that they have been scored as the average of the two vaults all year. I'm curious if this rule has changed or if it is discretionary/varies by state? Also, if it is the...

My daughter is working on her BHS on beam and she is able to do it well if she swings her arms. However, one of the coaches is now insisting that she learns it without leaning her chest forward and with zero arm swing (arms stay locked at the earns like a BWO). Is this an unusual approach? It...

I was watching a video on tap swings from one of my favorite Youtube coaches and was surprised to see that he recommends quite a significant arch when transitioning from the forward hollow position to the back hollow position. I can see how it would help gain height on the backswing, but is this...