giant

I have no idea if this is the appropriate forum to ask this, feel free to move it need be! So I’m a WAG gymnast, and I don’t watch a whole lot of MAG. I’ve noticed on high bar before dismounts, men tend to change their form on their giants. The whole arch thing they do seems to get them more...

Basic question....what's the difference? In my head, the difference should be that in a front giant, you lead with the front of your body going into a forward sort of motion, whereas the back giant, you'd lead with your back, going backwards. But that doesn't seem to be the case. When my son...

Is it a normal coaching practice to put an 8-year old child in a neck brace to learn giants on the strap bars so she doesn't throw her head out? My daughter has really never done them before and is just getting introduced to them. I guess I was thinking maybe she would be spotted on them...

I’m so excited for Puma Jr! Her first meet of the season was yesterday and she got third place vault (which she has been struggling on), second place AA and first place on both USAIGC Bronze AND Silver bars! In IGC, an event specialist does all four events on their level and can also compete up...

So the coach has approached some of thr parents about L7 bars routine saying our girls will be doing giant to baby giant swing and tuck dismount. Becausr the force of their giant isn’t being controlled for a dismount. Help me out to understand

So the coach has approached some of thr parents about L7 bars routine saying our girls will be doing giant to baby giant swing and tuck dismount. Becausr the force of their giant isn’t being controlled for a dismount. Help me out to understand

i didn’t thjnk this day would ever come! DD was told that Monday she will move her giants to the pit bar! I know there is still a long road ahead (considering it took her a while to get them on strap) - but I can use some giant fairies sent her way!!!

Hello coaches, I'd love to have any drills that help athletes understand and build the strength and understand how to pull back over the bar to finish the front Giant. Thanks in advance.

so everyone knows i couldn’t do giants for the life of me. i wouldn’t even get a spot because i thought they were so bad. well today i went for it for the first time (with a spot, with a coach i trust) on the low bar and she was like oh you’re basically doing it by yourself. so we went to high...

My eight year old recently came home and said her coach wanted to start working with her on giants (I will be confirming this with the coach, not just gonna take her word for it). She does not have grips. Should she be working those without them?

ah yes—summer practices. the beginning of working new skills and—failure! So I recently got my CHS on HB on Monday (first time working them). I'm supposed to be getting my giants this summer, but after the first week it is NOT going well. I got the first part obviously, the CHS. But I can't...

Okay so since I am training level 7/8, this summer i'm working giants mostly. Today was our first official "summer" practice , since we had state yesterday. Anyways, I started working CHS on highbar since my ultimate goal for summer is to get my giants. Turns out this was A LOT easier than...

I am trying to get my baby giant, like the one in the level 5 bar routine. I am very close, but i keep making the motion of a kip ( bringing my toes/knees to the bar instead of my hips). Any tips on how i can fix this?

Has anyone's gymnast complain of back pain when starting giants? 10yr old DD just started working baby giants on strap bar this week and has complained about lower back pain. Mainly muscle pain/strain. Chalk it up to new skill (like the backwalkover muscle back pain) or maybe form? She is a...

I just finished level 6 season. I competed 7 last year but I had no giants and my bar scores were so low so I was able to go down to 6. It's been a year and still no giants. I have them completely fine on strap bar and can get over on the second swing. I just got my cast handstand on LB last...

Ok, now that level 6 season is winding down, DDs group is starting up strap bar giants. DD did them last summer with coach giving her a push in her swings. Now they have to do it alone. DD can not get over the bar for the life of her! Swing, swing, swing...nothing. She tells me that she is...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on my giant. I've been struggling with it all summer, and I really need it to go level 7. I learned giants first on straps (like many kids do) because I'm so tall for a gymnast I started with bent legs. That was fine. I even transitioned to...

Anyone have any advice for getting over fears of giants?

So DD is starting to do 3+ giants in a row but is having a hard time because, apparently, she does not breathe when she does them.....too many Giants, she can't breathe!!!! When do kids normally breathe? Inhale on the upswing , exhale on the downswing?

I'm not an ortho or sports med doctor, but I am a doctor. I am A coach either. Here is the scenario, prepubertal gymnast in a short leg cast for Severs. She's learning Giants over the pit bar with a spot. They're letting her work them in her short leg cast. I understand that fiberglass is a...