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    Parents How to help gymnastic with mental block?

    If you're curious about the psychology behind it, here's my reasonably-well-researched-but-not-formally-educated-past-psych101 understanding of how mental blocks work: There is a part of your brain whose job is to deal with survival situations, and that part has decided that these skills are a...
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    Parents How to help gymnastic with mental block?

    First and most important piece of advice I can give you: step back, breathe, and try not to worry about it. I know that comes across as condescending and dismissive, but I truly do feel like this is the most important thing I can tell you, and I hope you'll bear with me for the explanation of...
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    Women Missing practice guilt

    I realize there's some irony in what I'm about to say coming from a former elite gymnast and coach of ~23 years who spends his off hours moderating a gymnastics forum, but There's more to life than gymnastics. Not only that, but most of them are far more important than gymnastics. Family time...
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    Parents Suggestion please! Raleigh NC WAG Programs

    I grew up in the Raleigh area, though I moved away for 15 years and only just moved back a few months ago; I don't have an up-to-date complete knowledge of gyms in the area, but there are a few I can recommend and a few I can suggest steering clear of. Triumph Gymnastics in Cary is the gym I'm...
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    Women Feet separated in swings

    Different people have differently shaped knees and ankles. I've seen elites with knees that naturally bow in so their feet are never together, I've seen elites with knees that naturally bow out so their knees can never get together. As far as I'm aware, there's no "remedy," per se. *shrug*...
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    Men Layout tips

    99.9% percent of layout problems occur before the feet leave the floor; If the entry and the takeoff are efficient and provide enough power for a proper layout, then actually doing the layout becomes trivially easy and intuitive. So in order to give helpful advice, I'll need to know the...
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    Women instant video replay system

    I just sent you a DM
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    Women Press handstands

    Gotta be honest: I've never understood why women's programs tend put so much emphasis on presses at a young age. It would make more sense for men's programs, since MAG uses presses on every event except vault. But for women, the only place you really need it is for cast handstands on bars, and a...
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    Anon Gymnastics news

    Gymnasticscoaching.com is usually my first stop, though to be honest I really don't stay all that up to date on gymnastics news.
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    Off Topic Floor Music

    Is this the track you're talking about? And you're looking for something with a similar feel but more energetic that you may be able to splice in? The first songs that jump to my mind are The Usurper Queen by djpretzel, Sturm Und Kong (also by djpretzel), and maybe Calamitous Judgement by...
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    Women Coaches not coorporating with gymnasts injuries. What are the next steps?

    Step 1: get documentation from your doctor about these injuries. A note signed by your doc confirming your injuries and resulting limitations is all you need. Step 2: talk to the head coach, with documentation in hand, about this issue. Step 3: If that doesn't work, escalate it to the owner...
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    Injury Bad Back and Knee

    Just remember: gymnastics will last you until your mid twenties at most, but your back and knees have to last the rest of your life.
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    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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