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    Gymnasts Dismount for Xcel Silver

    Dismount is allowed for silver, but ultimately your coaches should help decide what skills to put in your routine.
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    Women bhs on beam fear

    Do back handsprings in places you feel comfortable! on a floor line, up a panel mat, on the laser beam, and work your way up. Work drills for bhs on beams that aren't the full skill. Act like you are learning the skill for the first time. I'd say the same thing for switch leaps. Do it where you...
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    Women Beam Progression

    Along with floor line/laser beam, I'd always recommend working the skill upwards [like up onto a panel mat]. A big squishy mat. also might be called a portable pit/portapit.
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    Women Snow storm and meets

    I'm in Michigan, and meets will typically never cancel due to weather. Meets are an incredibly expensive, time consuming, and often thankless endeavor. If a gym were to cancel a meet they were hosting they'd be out the money for facility rentals, equipment rentals, catering for judge/coach...
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    Women Illusion Turn Tips

    Many needle kicks. One of the first exercises I have gymnasts/dancers do when teaching an illusion is needle kick, and then go in a circle using your hands to get around, just to work on keeping everything square. Also really work on getting your chest/shoulders/nose to your supporting leg in...
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    Gymnasts Conditioning?

    Talk to your coaches about your concerns, they should be able to help customize a conditioning plan that will help with your goals.
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    Women Another clear hip post… help!

    if she's doing well on the straps, then I would guess [without videos, hard to know] that it has to do with her wrist shift. Has she worked back extension rolls with a forster bar at all? IMO it really helps with the shift and timing.
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    Women pls help

    Like the above commenter, I agree it's hard to help with giants without a video. As for a back handspring on beam, work them on a floor line, work them up onto a higher surface, laser beam, put panels on either side of your gyms lowest beam so they're the same height and then lower the panel...
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