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    Gymnasts Floor Music Options

    Here's the advice I always give: Make a playlist of only these songs and listen to it on repeat for the next few days/weeks/whatever. Which ones make you want to dance? Which ones make you roll your eyes and think "ungh, this one again?" It's important that your floor music be something that...
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    Off Topic Scientists MIGHT have just found alien life

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39jj9vkr34o Emphasis on "MIGHT;" they still need to recheck, gather further data, confirm findings, eliminate other plausible explanations, etc. But the findings so far seem pretty compelling. For those who don't feel like reading: the James Webb Space...
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    Women Mental Block

    That's where I'd start. In general, here's how you break it down (and I'd do this first on a tumbletrak, then transfer the entire process to floor) 1. Standing BHS that starts and finishes in question mark shape. That is, knees slightly bent, back round, head down, arms down and forward, so...
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    Women Mental Block

    Alright next step: can you do standing BHS-BHS?
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    Women Mental Block

    Can you do standing BHS?
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    Women instant video replay system

    It's an abandoned project at this point. I would love for somebody to pick it back up and run with it. I'm happy to share my source code, if you're interested. As I recall, the hardware for my prototype was around $300 total, but I'm pretty sure it could be done on a raspberry pi 4 or 5, which...
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    Women Distance of spring board for vault

    I sometimes like the board far back for kids who are just learning handstand flatbacks, to encourage a good stretched body position in preflight; that said, the closer the board, the more power is available for post flight, so once they've got the general idea I like to work with the board...
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    Off Topic Share your Pets ... Let's see those Pet Pictures!!

    She usually drops them -- still alive-ish -- on top of us while we're still asleep, and then chases and plays with them while we frantically try to catch them.
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    Off Topic Share your Pets ... Let's see those Pet Pictures!!

    I have a boxer/pibble mix (or at least that's my best guess -- he was a rescued stray wandering around rural North Carolina) named Darwin. At 15 years old, he's blind and deaf and incontinent and needs help getting up and down the stairs (hence the harness in the photo), but he's taken good care...
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    Gymnasts Best way to deal with fear and hesitation?

    The phrase "high 5 for fear" is a new one on me, but I agree with absolutely every word of this!
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    Coaches Coach and athlete interaction rules

    Two things: 1) @raenndrops TELL YOUR DOG HE'S A GOOD BOY AND GIVE HIM HEADSCRITCHES FOR ME! I have a dog at that same age with similar back leg problems 2) Why have we not had a dog/cat pics thread yet? Clearly this problem must be remedied immediately. Would you like to start that thread, or...
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    Coaches Coach and athlete interaction rules

    I think, generally, there's no rules against an athlete reaching out to a coach. Depending on the context, there are rules about how coaches can respond. You can email your coach, but your coach may prefer to respond in person, or with your parents copied in, or something like that.
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    Coaches Raleigh Area Gyms

    Roughly fifteen years after moving away from the Raleigh, North Carolina area, I'm going to be moving back this summer. I'll be roughly on the border between Raleigh and Cary; what gyms in the area should I check out? I'm fine with either gymnastics or cheer gyms, but it is important to me that...
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    Men Regionals— How did it go?

    The guys who have been working hard did well in the areas where they've been working hard, and the guys who haven't been working as hard.... well, without wanting to get too negative, of my four L9/10 boys, the three that usually work hard at practice made nationals, and the one that doesn't...
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    Men Mixed team Gymnastics coming to the 2028 Olympics

    I'm definitely eager to hear how this mixed team event will work!
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