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  1. Geoffrey Taucer

    Women What is your “why”?

    Three reasons: First, I think gymnastics is an incredibly powerful tool for building young people into stronger, happier, healthier people. Physically, it makes the body stronger, more agile, more capable in just about any activity. Mentally, it teaches skills far too numerous to list. Second...
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    Anon Coaches smoking?

    I don't think USAG has a rule, but I'd expect most gyms to. I wouldn't be wild about that either
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    Anon Saluting & thanking coaches?

    I had no idea this was such a widespread practice; I've never seen it before, and I've coached at five different gyms in three different states.
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    Anon Saluting & thanking coaches?

    Handshakes or high fives I think I'm okay with. Current gym does a "cheer out," where we do a hands in "go team" type of thing. I don't see a problem with lining up at the end of practice. But a rehearsed "thank you" just sounds... idunno. I'd be uncomfortable as gymnast doing it, and I'd be...
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    Anon Saluting & thanking coaches?

    If they want to thank me themselves, individually, of their own accord, that feels great to hear. But a planned, rehearsed, ritualized "thank you" just doesn't feel genuine to me, and honestly as a coach it would make me uncomfortable. In general, I'm not big on ritualized gestures of respect...
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    Anon Owner searching bags for cell phones

    Really sounds to me like it's time to bail
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    Women What’s the next step

    As the hips swing back under the bar, she should move the bar towards her hips while keeping her legs close to the bar. You can think of "sliding" the bar up the front of the legs, but it doesn't need to (and ideally shouldn't) actually be in contact with the legs, but should be pretty close...
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    Anon Is a coach allowed to do this?

    If it's happening at the gym, the coach can set whatever rules he/she likes. If it's happening outside the gym, it's outside the coaches' jurisdiction. But that's an opinion, not a codified rule. And if the videos are being filmed at the gym or are otherwise directly connected to the team, then...
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    Women Level 7 Mental Block

    There is a solution to mental blocks, but unfortunately it's extremely extremely difficult: Stop stressing about it. The systems in your brain that deal with identifying and reacting to survival threats have, for whatever reason, decided that series is a threat. And the more you worry about...
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    Anon Owner searching bags for cell phones

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    Men routine question

    Heck, I sometimes tweak routines during warm-ups depending on what kind of day the athlete is having.
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    Women Shoot off 1 1/2 twist on High Bar

    When it comes to moderating, I am unabashedly rude, sarcastic, and impatient. Expect none of those things to change. It does not matter whether you are the coach or athlete, but it does matter whether you are being honest with the community here and *especially* with the moderators. Anyway...
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    Parents "inability to get skills" - questions about this

    This often coincides with the tween/teen growth spurt. Progress stalls, skills they already had get harder, and they just generally feel less successful than they're used to. In addition, this is also an age where they tend to want to do other things with their time.
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    Women Shoot off 1 1/2 twist on High Bar

    There are plenty of coaches and plenty of athletes here, and most of them browse multiple parts of the forum. We have also had a history on this forum of people getting caught faking their identity here, and a lot of them turn out to be creeps. So I'll ask again, and you will either answer...
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    Coaches Shoot off 1 1/2 on High Bar

    Because as a forum with minor members, we are deeply suspicious of people who are clearly not truthful about who they are. We welcome both coaches and athletes here; we do not welcome people who pretend to be somebody they are not. Are you the coach or the athlete? Anything other than a...
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