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    Gymnasts HS Senior - life after gymnastics

    Don’t stop. Here in Australia, gymnasts don’t tend to stop gymnastics when they finish high school. Many continue to train with a compete with their teams behind high school, especially while at University, You will generally find there is no age limit on competitions, it’s just the gym that...
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    Coaches Student refuses to do pullover, need advice

    It’s pretty common in 5 year olds. She may have fallen once, or seen someone else fall, or she may just be really uncomfortable being upside down. Encourage but don’t force it. With an older kids, you often find forcing it does help because they really want the long term rewards of getting...
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    Anon learning things correctly.

    It can work to have both. I agree that it’s essential to teach correct technique at all ages, and all levels regardless of whether they are coming once a week for fun or training for the Olympics. Without correct technique gymnastics is far more risky and progress will be significantly slower...
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    Parents Australia Futures league competitive stream

    At this post in time, I wouldn’t recommend Gold Coast Gymnastics, if you are looking for Elite, this may change but they haven’t been able to maintain things. A private gym is often a better option because things seem to be more consistently run. Brisbane is your closest capital and there are...
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    Gymnasts Best way to deal with fear and hesitation?

    The high 5 for fear. 1. Check your thinking, what is going through your head before yiu do the skill? If it’s “I hope I don’t fall.” It’s making things worse, thinking something like “I got this”, “fast feet” “power” etc will make all the difference. 2. visualise - picture yourself doing the...
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    Women Beam Progression

    You can create so many different progressions. Line on floor, foam beams, laser beam, low beam with mats stacked to the height of the beam, with a mat, without a mat, medium beam mats stacked to beam height, with and without mats, high beams mats stacked, with and without mats, beam wideners...
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    Anon What does it take to get a family kicked out of a gym?!

    I would absolutely remove them from my gym.
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    Parents Brisbane WAG Fees

    Average costs would be between $80-$120 per week.
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    Parents Brisbane WAG Fees

    How many hours per week?
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    Parents Australia Futures league competitive stream

    It’s all quite policital at the moment. JessSyd is correct. Up until now the primary gymnastics organisation in the country is Gymnastics Australia. They are associated with FIG and have run all the “official” competitions, from local cooks to regional, state, national and international...
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    Women Backhand spring habits, please help

    Practise doing the split handstand, using BHS hands, squaring the hips and trying to hold the handstand.
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    Women Backhand spring habits, please help

    Which hand are you putting in front on your BHS? If you have the same hand forward as the Kory that steps out, the hips and body will move run that way and the BHS will be crooked: If you have the opposite hand in front it will help to correct the hip twist by pulling it the other way and...
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    Parents Communication with the gym

    Yes, this is very normal. Most parents have not done gymnastics themselves and wouldn’t necessarily understand the corrections and feedback. It’s never a good idea to practice at home, at best it can allow bad habits to creep in and at worst can result in serious injuries. The gym may...
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    Coaches Lesson Plans & Circuits for Class Management

    That is just a ridiculous situation. The behaviour needs to be nipped in the bud: Keeping the kids busy, is not going to magically improve it. In reality, which would bother you more as a parent. Paying for a class in which your child had to sit out for a period of time to manage their...
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    Coaches Not making corrections

    It’s until that your gymnasts are failing to make corrections because they don’t care or they don’t want to be better gymnasts. The ability to apply corrections is a complex thought process and some kids master it earlier than others. There are lots of reasons why kids don’t make corrections...
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