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Won't let me edit my original post for some reason, but I wanted to post this as well; a video that shows a worse example and what I'm talking about: Traveled sideways about a foot.

That's a link of my double full. As I take off, I'm leaning to my right slightly, which makes me travel sideways and thus makes things like 2 and 1/2's hard to land. Since I twist left, I assume if I'm dropping my shoulder early I would be leaning to the left and not the right. Why am I doing...

Don't know anything about the camp but I know the coach there, Doug Byrnes. He's a really fun guy and a great coach so you're in good hands for sure.

Thanks for the replies everyone! Seems like a consensus on this one :)

Looks like he's trying to do a side-landing cartwheel which (in my limited experience) is harder for kids to learn than a cartwheel to lunge. Get him to 1/4 turn at the end and land facing the opposite way he started, finishing in a lunge position. Hopefully it'll be a bit easier to land. Good...

Wasn't sure where to post this since I'm asking this to try and help my own twisting, but since it has to do with specific techniques I posted here, sorry if its in the wrong place! Anyway, do you guys teach gymnasts to spot the floor and "look behind them" or to keep their head neutral? For...

The compulsory levels have been explained well already so I'll just comment on the optionals. So, optionals (8-10) have a scoring system made of 2 parts; execution, and difficulty. The execution, or 'E' score, starts at 10.0, and deductions are taken from that. This is where all the usual form...

Interesting! Thanks.

Are those JO exceptions or level 8 specific or something? In FIG a tsuk and hand front are worth the same.

You're right, that's why I'm asking haha. My coach is generally extremely conservative when it comes to learning new things like this, I was kind of surprised myself. I think the idea is that we can do it without the Chinese taps and risk of peeling, and because no giants are involved we can do...

It will take time, unfortunately. Though before you even think about the walkover you should get your kickover on the flat floor. Just do lots of shoulder and chest and back stretches. Cat stretches, backbends with elevated feet focusing on pushing the chest back, etc etc. Oh, also try taking a...

Just more repetitions on backbends will help. Also make sure you do lots of shoulder stretches; often when someone's back bend is not so good, it's from a lack of shoulder and chest flexibility rather than back flexibility. And yes, generally the older you get the less flexible you become...

If you can do a decent back bend or walkover, that's probably as much back flexibility as you'll need 95% percent if the time.

I almost spit out my drink when I got to the miss butter part, that's definitely a new one.

Definitely agree. Also try L pull-ups and doing straddle L, press handstand, lower to straddle L, press handstand, etc etc. For the advanced guys we occasionally do something called the 12 series. It's super setting ab muscles. 12 V sits, 12 second hollow hold, 12 tuck ups, 12 second hollow...

So my coach said he was thinking about me trying clear hip tkatchevs. Reason being he believes there should be less to go wrong and less possibility of injury/big falls compared to giant tkatchevs. Also our bar is a rec bar and doesn't go high enough for me to giant anymore (don't worry, I go to...

Most likely no, but don't let that stop you from going as far in the sport as you can!

Fair point! Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely try it out.

I don't see the floor until I do 3/4 of the layout for some reason. That's a bit too late to double. I'll try some fulls like that though. Not particularly, no. But it did used to be easy for me. I've gotten into a bad habit with my twisting lately, I'm just trying to break it.

I used to twist incredibly late, but as I've gotten older, I seem to be twisting earlier and earlier. Lately I've been twisting straight off the floor on my fulls and double fulls. Any drills or advice on how to re train my body to twist later? I'd like to wait until my toes hit horizontal in...