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  1. Geoffrey Taucer

    Coaches Buying a gym

    @Aussie_coach might have some insight, though it probably varies depending on what country you're in. Just remember, when you buy a gym, you do not own a gym; the gym owns you.
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    Women Maybe bragging a little?

    Congrats!
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    Coaches Competitive Coaching at 15

    Because it doesn't pay enough for what you put into it. Any other job with comparable physical demands (like any construction trade union) will pay better and have better benefits. Any other job requiring comparable niche technical expertise (any industry-specific engineering, for example) will...
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    Coaches Competitive Coaching at 15

    I think it's a great idea! I don't recommend coaching as a career, but I highly recommend it as a job! Here's the main pieces of advice I'll give: 1) Coaching is, before all else, theater. Your first, last, and always most important task as a coach is to captivate your audience. Be big and...
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    Anon Tumbling progressions (offshoot from 2026-2030 CoP thread

    Alright, I went back through the Xcel rules and I'm revising my "ideal" xcel passes: Bronze: Handstand forward roll and cartwheel step-in bwd roll. Silver: Either FHS or standing BHS, and cartwheel step-in bwd roll or BHS Gold: Standing 2BHS and either front tuck or FHS-FHS (wish I could use a...
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    Women Straddle or hollow body past low bar

    There really shouldn't be much mechanical difference between doing it straddled and together (assuming everything else is correct). I'd go with whichever feels more comfortable.
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    Women Double Back

    I strongly prefer and recommend ROBH for working double backs, unless your ROBT is already significantly stronger than your ROBHSBT. Generally I think it's best to use RO when you want the next skill to go long, and BHS when you want the next skill to go high. However, it certainly can be done...
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    Women HELP! Froggy back handspring needs fixing

    Rewards are better than punishment, but honestly I tend to shy away from those as well. We're getting a bit off-topic here, but in my opinion it's best if the skill itself is the reward. There is a well-documented phenomenon in psychology called the overjustification effect. What it means is...
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    Women Double Back

    Oh, if it's got a good T&T program you're in exactly the right place! I'm hesitant to make suggestions about training this, because so much of it is dependent on your current amount of power, your individual quirks, your coaches' spotting ability, etc. So I'm not going to give you pointers on...
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    Women Double Back

    Do you have trampoline access? A loose foam put? A resi? A tumbletrak? It'll help to know what you have available
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    Women HELP! Froggy back handspring needs fixing

    Not a fan of conditioning as punishment if it drops. Otherwise, this is not a bad idea
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    Anon Should I say something?

    Yes, communication goes two ways, and is a collaborative effort. That's why it's important to let the coach know what's working and what isn't. If the coaches' way of communicating is hurting a kid's confidence, the coach should know that and adjust accordingly. But also, while the...
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    Anon Is TOPS a Talent Pipeline or a Legacy Relic?

    I think there's this intuitive idea that the best 7-year-old gymnasts will go on to become the best 17-year-old gymnasts. That's just not how it works. Everybody has an upper limit on how good they can get, and getting there faster doesn't increase the height of that limit; it just means you...
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    Women HELP! Froggy back handspring needs fixing

    I'm not a fan of trampoline parks, or of working tumbling at home. Happy to discuss what I'd focus on as a coach if she were at the gym working with me, but let the records show I do not encourage going to trampoline parks to train without a coach. Anyway, having said that If she's doing...
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    Women HELP! Froggy back handspring needs fixing

    Short answer: rows and rows and rows of multiple backhandsprings from a stand on tumbletrak, and lots of straight jumps on trampoline. Long answer: the problem is most likely not the backhandspring itself, with the transition between the roundoff and the backhandspring. The snapdown and...
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