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    Coaches Back hip circle drills and spotting

    thank you! yeah I've been working candlesticks with them, but they can't do them on their own yet. They only get 10 mins a week per event anyways so it makes sense. I will try starting from front support to candlestick, that seems helpful.
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    Coaches Back hip circle drills and spotting

    I'm a rec coach and some of the kids have their pullovers and baby casts. Would like to work on back hip circles, but I'm not sure how to introduce the concept and also how to spot one. Would love any advice.
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    Gymnasts College Gymnastics

    would also be helpful to know what skills you're competing and training currently. A lot of higher level skills have drills that you start doing multiple years before you train the actual skill.
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    Parents Looking for gymnastics bar

    potentially just a pull-up bar for conditioning would be pretty good. or a floor bar if you would wanna work on handstands and stuff but it's probably not necessary
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    Women Which event are you always mentally prepared for, and which one completely ruins your mood when your coach suddenly switches to it?

    ready for everything but floor.
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    Gymnasts Wristband color preferences

    mine was either black or blue, just colors I liked lol.
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    Coaches Back handspring hand placement on balance beam

    all the coaches at my gym coach non dominant hand in front to stay square but I think we had a couple gymnasts who learnt dominant in front and they were fine.
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    Coaches Confidence with RO BHS

    I coach a gymnast who's basically doing her round off back handspring on her own on tumble track, but still won't go for it without a spot. I'm still kind of a beginner coach, and I'm not sure how to help her build confidence in herself. I think saying that I'm going to spot and taking my hand...
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    Coaches drills and technique for a front full?

    I'm a recently "retired" gymnast (I graduated high school, have not done summer practice) but will go back to gymnastics once college starts! I really want to learn front twisting, I can whip a front half but I don't think its the right technique so I'm looking for some drills/advice/cues to get...
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    Women Xcel Diamond Vault

    Also if her other events look good, maybe L7 is an option (the vault is to a mat stack)
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    Women Xcel Diamond Vault

    I'm pretty sure you either have to flip or twist to get the full SV. If you can't do either, you can also compete a nice clean half on or FHS and just take the lower SV?
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    Women beam series level 8

    haha it would have to be a very crunched roll with a front walkover that ends really close to where it starts to get space for a nice roundoff tuck. a L8 at my gym did front walkover/fhs - round off and took up most of the beam
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    Gymnasts 2 Pass Level 8 Floor

    is it 3 saltos being Bs? My gyms level 8s competed RO BHS full and FT FP and started with 10s. The full and the FP are Bs, so that's only 2 B saltos..
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    Coaches Drills and spotting back hip circles

    What are some of the best drills for back hip circles? How do you teach them? I'm helping coach a rec gymnast who's trying out for pre team and it would be nice to have her back hip circle or at least underwtand the concept of a back hip circle. also, how do you spot one?
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    Women Xcel diamond floor

    Front pike is generally the most common from what I've seen (FHS FP or FT FP). Or if you're better at back tumbling, I've also seen fulls (especially if trying to go to L8 after XD).
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