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  1. Gymnast@<3

    WAG working giants..

    hey so im working giants and i seem to have troubles with the cast handstand part of it... my arms kind of give out at the end any ideas to help with them or to condition arm muscles?
  2. profmom

    MAG giants on parallel bars?

    DS's coach has told his L5 boys that he aspires to teach them giants on parallel bars during spring/summer uptraining. (He also told some parents that he doesn't want to move them up to L6 without giants on high bar.) I've seen the optionals working on this skill and it looks . . . hard. Is it...
  3. M

    WAG Back Giants

    Hi, everyone! I need your help. My DD is level 7 this season( 10 years old) She is prepare already level 8 for floor and beam and vault. But uneven bars.... She can do cast handstand and free hip handstand. But back giants... I think her tap is not too bad. Her shoulder is all way up to...
  4. JAO

    WAG Giant tutorial

    For anyone interested, a video on how to teach or learn giants:
  5. ladybird

    WAG What exactly is a "baby giant?"

    I have tried searching around for this, but what is a "baby giant?" My dd has just recently started doing giants on the strap bar, first with a heavy spot and now somewhat by herself. However, the other day the strap bar was attached to the low bar and she and her training group were doing them...
  6. MBJ974

    WAG Getting to attempt giants between the bars

    My dd will compete level 7 for the first time in about six weeks. Her giant on bars looks great - straight arms/legs, good body position and a nice tap. However, she does miss it once out of about seven times. Her coach tells her that she needs to get it more consistently. Yesterday at...
  7. AlexsGymmyMom

    WAG Piking Giants

    Before switching gyms my DD was trying to learn to use a smaller bar setting which ended up with her having a very pikey (is that a word?) giant. This has resulted in her losing momentum and not making many of her giants. We have recently switched gyms but she is still piking and having a hard...
  8. Dmgcoach

    WAG Giant help!!!

    I have a girl who has been working giants for 2 years now and I'm stuck on how to get her over her fear(a fear she doesn't even know is there). She has beautiful strap giants with and w/o weights. She has a textbook kip cast to handstand hollow and tap but she pulls her toes over the bar, closes...
  9. S

    Coaches Mental Block: Back Giant

    What do you do to address mental blocks? Please add to this thread any suggestion you have regarding mental blocks. I plan to use the suggestions to assist my L9 USA Gymnastics competitor who is balking and cannot do back giants. She is a 2 event state champion, placed at recent Regional meet...
  10. G

    Coaches FIRST GIANT - YAAAAY!!!!

    I'm the proudest and happiest coach on this planet right now. My fifteen year old gymnast did her first giant on wooden bar for the first time ever today and SHE WAS THE FIRST GYMNAST I HAVE EVER TAUGHT A GIANT SUCCESSFULLY! I just started to coach these starting optional girls on January and...
  11. M

    WAG Giants

    Just out of curiosity..... I've seen many gyms let their gymnasts compete giants by kicking their legs (bending and then straightening) up to get to a handstand and then also kicking up every time they need to get around to do a giant. I've also seen continuous bent legs throughout the entire...
  12. Gymfinn7

    WAG Cast handstand, and giants help!

    Hello! So currently at the moment I'm suppose to compete level 6, which isn't bad but the only thing keeping me from going to Level 7 is my cast handstand and giants on bars. Whenever I try my cast handstand I "lock" my shoulders so that I can't get all the way to handstand, not to mention that...
  13. livelifetumble8dx

    WAG Drills for giants & handstands

    What are some drills for giants & cast handstands? (Straddle or Straight Body.) My coach says i'm strong enough to do straight body but i always bend my arms at the top or lean too far over the bar. ( I'd rather straddle tbh but it's all goood! :)) but yeah! what are some good drills that i...
  14. E

    Coaches Coaches, how do you know when a child is ready to try giants on the strap bar?

    My daughter is 12, just started at a new gym and she was working out with the level 7's for the last three months. She has a weakness on bars, she never uptrained giants on strap bar before at her former gym. Everyone on her team has giants, even the level 5 and 6 kids have them on the strap bar...
  15. G

    WAG Front Giant Help!

    I have been working on front giants for a few weeks now, and I keep peeling off of the bar. I know it is normal to do this a couple of times when first learning, but I peel the majority of the time. I usually peel off right under the bar, and then I land on my stomach on the mat/pit. Does...
  16. G

    Coaches First time teaching giants

    Like some of you may remember I started to coach the first optional level girls last January. Since then I have learned A LOT and become much better coach. Now I feel much more confident spotting them also. Well, the girls already had their giants on strap bar when I started to coach them. We...
  17. htimcj

    WAG Giants in new 6?

    Are giants allowed in the new level 6?
  18. htimcj

    WAG Progression on learning giants

    What is the progression for learning giants? What are the typical problems that creep up? Is this one of those skills like the kip that you get and lose it and get it and lose it? Just wondering since DD is starting to learn them. At our gym the general progression is strap bar with spot...
  19. JBS

    Coaches Gienger from tap swing vs. cast vs. giant

    I have heard some different schools of thought on what type (or size) of swing a Gienger should be initially taught. Does anyone have any pros or cons for teaching a Gienger from a tap swing...cast...or giant?
  20. htimcj

    Parents Giants step one completed!

    DD was so excited yesterday! She did her giants on the strap bar by herself for the first time! I even got to see it! I love seeing her so excited. See loves the feeling of spinning around. Now to practice practice practice before moving on to the pit bar.

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