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    Women Toe shoot fall?

    1) This most likely means you're doing the toe shoot correctly; a proper toe shoot should have enough rotation to take you past your feet 2) To answer your question: if you can roll, roll. If you can't roll, land as flat as possible, with the head neutral.
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    Gymnasts Not nice people in gymnastics

    I've noticed coaching tends to disproportionately attract two specific personality types: 1) People who delight in the accomplishments of others. These are some of the most delightful people I've met 2) People who delight in wielding authority over kids who have no real ability to challenge...
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    Gymnasts Finger pain on handstand canes

    You might have better luck asking this in a circus or hand balancing forum or subreddit. That said, I'm sure you're not the only hand balancer in here
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    Parents Purpose of backward roll to pushup?

    It's an excellent drill for two of the most important bars skills for mid- and upper-levels: clearhips and giants. EDIT to expand: Keeping pressure on the hands while bringing the body over top (preferably maintaining a rigid hollow and keeping the feet in the lead) is very important for both...
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    Anon Pursuit of D1 gymnastics financially unsound.

    Yeah, if you view your kid's tuition as an "investment" that will someday pay for itself with scholarships, olympic medals, endorsement deals, etc, then lottery tickets would be a more sound investment. But that's also a really dumb way to look at youth sports anyway. What your kid really gets...
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    Women Front layout front tuck

    So, I can't see actually trying to train FLO-FT without the arms rising in the connection, but I CAN imagine an athlete bringing her arms up too much or too early, and telling her to try to do the whole thing with the arms down. I feel like something is being lost in the translation here
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    Off Topic Share your Pets ... Let's see those Pet Pictures!!

    Friday was Darwin's last day. We gave him chicken and rice for breakfast, a big chunk of salmon for lunch, spent most of the day lounging outside in the most glorious weather I've seen all year. He had a chocolate peanut butter cup right before he went under, and passed away with his head in my...
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    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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