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  1. Geoffrey Taucer

    Women toe on front tuck bar dismount

    It can be done from a straddle-on, but the closer your feet are together, the more efficiently you can generate rotation. Alternately, you can step-in
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    Anon Uprise help!

    I'm gonna assume you're referring to an uprise on bars (as opposed to rings or p-bars), let me know if I'm wrong about that. Anyway, I can 100% promise that the problem isn't with the uprise, but the tap swing. 95% chance it's with the swing itself, and 5% chance it's with your grip. If you...
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    Coaches New Rec Coach - How do I learn to spot and in general gain more confidence?

    Agreed BUT In most cases with safe and patient progressions, you should rarely need to put yourself in harm's way to keep a kid safe. Like, yeah, if a kid pings off a bar and you have to catch them, you do what you gotta do in the moment, but you also figure out why they pinged off and modify...
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    Anon Owner searching bags for cell phones

    Oof, yeah, massive overstep. Raise hell about it, or leave. Either's reasonable imo. (Being the snarky troll I am, I'd probably hide a note in the athlete's bag giving the coach a piece of your mind, but that's just me)
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    Anon Please Help (Head Coach bullying)

    To expand on this: I had a head coach in my teens who was similar. Never gave substantive feedback to me, just insults, and seemed determined to interpret everything I did as some sort of disrespect, and it was specifically targeted at me. As soon as I left, suddenly one of my teammates was the...
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    Parents Looking to narrow down gym choices that would be a good fit for our competitive daughter

    Don't know specific gyms in the area, but here is my general advice: 1) If you want a gym that will work well for long-term development, look for a gym that has lots of older girls, because this shows the gym is training in a way that is sustainable 2) If you want your daughter to stick with...
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    Anon Please Help (Head Coach bullying)

    What are the other options in the area? Bully head coaches generally don't get better.
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    Anon Advice Needed

    Won't try to speak to the leos or social media in general, but as a coach I'll give my input on the prospect of home gym equipment: Short answer: NO Long answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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    Anon Yurchenko fulls

    IF she can spot the ground properly, it's easier and less scary than a non-twisting Yurchenko. She should be comfortable doing a double front 1/2-out and a double back 1/1-out; Ideally, she should be able to do these straight up and down on a trampoline (a mat throw for the landing is fine)...
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    Men Kovacs

    Just to update: I moved and am no longer coaching this kid, BUT He caught it:
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    Anon How long to get tough skill

    I spent years working on a double layout and never got it. Had several allegedly-harder skills (arabian double pike, double-double, lay thomas, lay thomas plus), but could never get that double layout. The injury that effectively ended my competitive career was on a double lay. Imo there are...
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    Coaches Confidence with RO BHS

    Does she have standing BHS? If not, start with that. On tumbletrak, then on a reasonably-springy mat (a newish 4- or 8-incher works best, but you can also take an older softer mat and unfold panel mats on top of it), then on the floor. You want her to start and finish in exactly the same...
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    Women Cast to handstand drills!

    P-bar swings!
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    T&T Tips on adding twists to skills?

    1) See the ground 2) Arms go out before they come in 3) If you're going backwards, the arm you're twisting towards goes first. If you're going forwards, the arm you're twisting away from goes first. 4) See the ground There are some more specific progressions and tips we could get into depending...
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    Anon Does doing gymnastics from a young age stunt growth?

    There's as much evidence that gymnastics stunts your growth as there is that basketball boosts it. In other words, gymnastics doesn't make you short, but being short is an advantage in gymnastics, and therefore taller athletes are less likely to make it to the higher levels.
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