My coach will sometimes make us climb rope if we don't do something, but it seems different then the above posters! It's just with us older girls who are usually being lazy on vault or something and just keep running past it, so after a few times he'll tell us if we don't at least go over the vault, we'll have to climb the rope. And then who ever it was will usually do their vault. And if she doesn't then she climbs two ropes or whatever the coach assigned, but it's never too hard. I consider it more motivational in this situation, opposed to a consequence. I don't think this method should be used on younger girls though, and not for something like not making a kip! Maybe if she wasn't trying, but if she truly was trying then she should never have to do such a large amount of sit ups.