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Hi, My coach said that I should start working on pike ons soon. I don't really know much about them technically but how different are they from squat ons (in terms of difficulty) and do you have to cast a lot higher? My cast is only at barely horizontal now, so how can I work on getting it higher?

I'm 15 and about Level 5, started at 13...it's awesome to see so many older gymnasts :)!

Thanks so much! This is probably the problem, because I can't think of anything else that might be causing the pike! I'll try to correct it next time. Thank you!

Thanks so much! I know exactly what you mean about forgetting that the table is there! That's very helpful! The only thing is, my hands always hit the table early, which means I hit it in a piked position. I do manage to block off anyways, but it's by quickly changing my piked position with my...

Okay, so I used to be really good at the Level 4 vault. Whenever I did it, I could easily do a fronthanspring landing on the other side of the mat. When I moved onto the FHS vault over the table, I did it really well on the lowest setting and even competed it. Then, we moved onto the next...

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! That happens to me all the time! In front of my out of gym friends, I am always shy and reserved, and I can almost never go to parties and whatnot because of practice. With my gym friends, I always tell them everything and act like myself (though I'm focused and...

Hardest: Baby Giant, FHS Vault, Front Tumbling Easiest: Roundoff BHS, Roundoff on Beam, Roundoff Vault (I LOVE ROUNDOFFS! I CAN BLOCK SO MUCH BETTER OFF THE SIDE THAN FRONT), Aerials

I'm competing as an event specialist in USAIGC Nationals in Ft Lauderdale, FL, on June 30th, 14+ Bronze Level. Is anyone else going to be there? I can't wait and I'm super excited but scared because I sprained my arm! :O Also I hope I won't forget to smile during my routine! :floor: This is...

You sound just like me! I do LOTS of conditioning (I got a bar to use for pull-ups and leg lifts) and stretching at home; trust me, it makes it SO much easier! And about the diet, make sure you have enough protein/carbs before practice! For me personally, I always do better when I have noodles...

Yesterday I while doing a backhandspring, I jammed one of my arms into the floor, and it started hurting. It was fine, though; I just iced it and I tried to go on bars, our next rotation, but as soon as I hit the extended part of my glide kip, it hurt like crazy, so my coach told me to stretch...

She's amazing! I can't believe her scores are that low! I've seen much worse routines scoring 9+s! I love your videos, she makes L6 gymnastics really look beautiful :)

Thanks! I tried the arch today and it was SO much better! I hope I can get it before Sunday :P nervous :P

Thanks for the video! Her routine looks great! I wish I had her form! It's amazing!

I have two days to get my long hang pullover/baby giant. I jump to the bar from squat on and swing right into it. My biggest problem is pikig and bringing my toes to the bar like the kip and not my hips. I try not to pike but nothing works! (I'm also pretty sure I'm strong enough..I can do...

I had this problem too last year! My coaches were Chinese and Russian and it was so hard to understand them! Unfortunately there isn't much you can do...maybe ask all of your teammates if they have any idea what they coaches are trying to say. Or maybe you can ask questions to the coaches using...

I WISH! I do extra over break but right now I don't have much time! When I did over spring break I got so strong and my form improved so much! I'm hoping to do a lot over the summer! I do leg lifts, chin ups, pull ups (on a bar in my doorframe), chin holds, and running, and I also try to do as...

The only reason I watch this is because of the gymnastics, but there is not enough gymnastics in it! I am annoyed by the drama too. One of the many things that is awesome about gymnastics is that it makes teens' minds much less hormonal. I noticed this myself and I am 15 and only competing Level...

Good luck!!! :)

It was slightly annoying - my age group was small and even though I got 3rd place AA, they were only going out 2 places :( and there were at least five gymnasts (probably more) in the age division and they SAID they would be doing 50%! and for individual events they were only going out one place...

I get very stressed out at meets too about the scores, so I tried this new thing :) I told everyone NOT to tell me what my scores were until the end and it worked! And I scored the highest in my team! SO I think it's best if you tell your DD not to look at her scores (and tell her coaches and...