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  1. Geoffrey Taucer

    Women What would you do?

    (The alternative, of course, is to move elsewhere. Don't know how realistic that is for you.)
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    Women What would you do?

    There was a time when I'd have written letters, reached out to people, tried to make waves and convince the important people to change things. These days? *shrug* I just like to coach technique. The laws of physics don't care about competitive requirements, they don't care about scores, they...
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    T&T Blocking

    Handstands, but also everything surrounding the block. To me, block isn't something you *do,* it's something that *happens* when you do the rest of the skill correctly. If your shoulder position is extended, your core is tight, and you come in at the correct angle and speed, block will happen...
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    Gymnasts Favorite events

    To do: 1) Floor 2) Rings 3) Vault 4) Everything else except high bar .... 9283648182638) High bar To coach: 1) Tumbling 2) Trampoline (and, by extension, upper-level vaults and dismounts) 3) Compulsory-level UB 4) Rings 5) Everything else except beam and high bar 6) Beam .... 93726294628) High...
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    Women Casting out of kip

    The drills JBS suggested are excellent. I'll add one more thing, with regards to the kip: wait just a little bit longer before bringing your hips close to the bar. Right now you're hitting great glide extension and starting the kip at the right time, but think about holding your toes at the bar...
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    Women Aim for ROBT or ROBHSBT for platinum

    ROBT an easy short-term goal that's detrimental to long-term development, and I would avoid it. When the world finally wises up and declares me King of Everything, my first act will be to ban ROBT.
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    Coaches Vault Tips: Half Full & Yurchanko Twisting Full

    Regarding the Yurchenko: are there other options you might consider? The thing is, a Yurchenko entry is really really well designed for generating lots of rotation. So taking a Yurchenko entry and then NOT flipping seems to run directly counter to the nature of the Yurchenko entry.
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    Women Casting out of kip

    On a trip with the family this week; ping me next week and I'll take a proper look
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    Parents Tons of athletes left the gym in my area. I don't know why.

    This is a fairly common occurrence, especially if a coach who has been there for a long time left. As NutterButter said, this is not a gossip board. Speculating about the goings-on at various gyms isn't what we're here for. If there was an event that the wider community needs to know about...
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    Women Casting out of kip

    This progression might help as well then:
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    Women Casting out of kip

    How's your cast on its own without the kip?
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    Women Casting out of kip

    A video would help. But based on common errors, here's my guess: You need to hit a strong cast-loading shape at the end of the kip; that is, both the feet and shoulders should be in front of the bar as far as you can get them. (My unpopular opinion is that the elbows should be slightly bent for...
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    Anon Bay Area Gyms

    Are any of the California Sports Center locations within your reach? I used to coach there, and I think they're excellent (or at least, were when I was there 10 years ago).
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    Parents Wondering about double layouts

    Hard to tell how much the spotter is doing and how much is her. In this video it looks like the spotter is doing a significant amount. I would defer to her coach. Going purely by this video, if I were her coach I'd probably continue training it but not be any any hard rush to put it in a...
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    Parents Floor music find - had to share

    As a musician and coach, I really hope we're not headed for a future where floor music is just an endless sea of genAI slop. I'm not speaking as a staff member (no rules broken, you're not in trouble or anything), merely as a musician, but let me go on record saying I strongly dislike this, and...
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