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  1. Geoffrey Taucer

    Coaches Twisting progressions

    Context: @Rick McCharles recently posted this on gymnasticscoaching.com, as well as a similar video for doublefulls. I've generally favored introducing back twisting starting with a very late twist, and allowing the twist to gradually initiate earlier and earlier, mainly to avoid the problem...
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    WAG Twisting opinion nightmare

    Dd had a half and was just getting a full when we had to switch gyms. She's a 10 year old level 7/8. We are on international assignment, and rotate between 3 gyms. She does a round off to the right, right hand down first. Here's the problem: Gym A: Lets dd chose her own twist direction...
  3. Along4theRide

    WAG Twisting

    Is there a certain direction a gymnast should twist when tumbling? For instance, if a gymnast is "left footed", should a round off back handspring layout half automatically twist in a certain direction? If so, which way?
  4. cbifoja

    WAG Different twisting style

    I was hoping someone could explain why different gymnasts look different while twisting. When DD does a full, she spins so fast that she blurs. The skill is over before you realize it. But a teammate of hers looks like she has all the time in the world. She lays up, does a very elegant...
  5. CoachMeg

    WAG Mental block w/ twisting + going backwards?

    Hey everyone! Long time no talk ;) So I have a question mainly for coaches, but parents are welcome to answer as well if any of their gymnasts have gone through something similar. I was tempted to put this thread in the coaches forum but decided against it as this open forum gets a lot more...
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    WAG Twisting??

    I was just wondering if there's an age or level that you start learning to twist? Do/should you have certain skills before twisting is introduced or does every coach do it different?
  7. coachalexia

    WAG Twisting with one arm out?

    Hello, so i've been having some trouble with twisting, both back and front twisting. I am able to do a roundoff half twist but when i want to do a full i stick one arm out in the air, if i try to wrap them in i won't twist further than a half, it's extremely frustrating because i've had my...
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    Coaches Twisting Again

    I know there is a lot out there on twisting but I can't find the answer to my specific question (or maybe I did but couldn't see it for all the other information out there). I'm in the process of researching twisting to better understand the process. My understanding is that whether forwards...
  9. D

    WAG Twisting

    "I don't know him. But I tried to understand him, which offended a few popular posters (and some of their followers). On that thread, @@dunno took a position about twisting that I thought would be repeated here because @@dunno was so adamant that there IS ONLY one correct approach to twisting...
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    Coaches How to stop leaning sideways while twisting?

    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...
  11. All Chalked Up

    WAG Twisting direction

    I've got a feeling that I've been switching my twisting directions. How do I figure out which way I should be twisting? I'm in a panic about this, since I'm only able to do open training until August.
  12. K

    WAG ACL tear common in twisting?

    I know many gymnasts who tore their ACL when they started doing layout fulls. As I work in a gym, I have also seen some tears on vault as well when the girls were doing tsuks and yuris! Are ACL tears really that common when it comes to twisting and vaulting or is it just a coincidence that I...
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    WAG Vault Twisting

    I am training Level 10, so I need to learn twisting Yurchenko vaults. However, our gym does not have a vault runway and table into a pit, so I'd be trying my first twisting onto a porta-pit/resi mat. Is this okay? Also, what drills can I do to prepare myself?
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    WAG Twisting issues when going from 1.5 to double twist

    DD is having troubles when she attempts a double twist. She's competed a 1.5 since March or so and does it well. She's landed a double ONCE, about three months ago. Now whenever she attempts the double, she can't even eek out a 1.5, and looks like a floppy mess and lands on her back in the...
  15. MissLisa

    Coaches Twisting

    Hi, I've been coaching an 12 year old girl tumbling and a bit of womens gymnastics just in school holidays and occasional weekends since December (9 months now) as she visits where I am located during these times. Since I first met her she has taken up tumbling back where she lives. She has just...
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    Coaches What too look at on half twisting skills?

    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...
  17. Kiwi

    Coaches want DD to change twisting direction...

    I need specific knowledge about twisting, preferably from knowledgeable trampoline coaches! My older DD (who did rec gymnastics for a couple of years but wasn't very good) has been doing rec trampolining for about 5 years and joined a competitive squad this year. She loves it, since joining...
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    MAG Delaying back twisting?

    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...
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    Coaches Twisting ... going from full to 1 1/2 ...

    Okay I would like to hear some tips on twisting going from back full to back one and a half ...
  20. G

    WAG Twisting layout flyaway!

    Okay so I would love to have a layout full twist soon! Is there any advice anyone can give me?! Any tips?! Timing issues they have had and how to fix them?? How hard is it to get if I have a solid layout flyaway and twist lots on floor? Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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