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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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    Men Atlanta Area Gym Recommendations

    This may have been because the entire womens team (L4 and L8 I think) quit two or three seasons ago. Reasons from what I know included lack of coaches, lack of quality coaching, not a good fit etc. Seems to be mens focused now, but don't know much about the program.
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    Women Cartwheels in running tumbling???

    I don't see why not since BHS and BT are both flight elements. I also don't know if you even need the FT step out (although this sounds like a cool pass!)
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    Women What makes a good Xcel program?

    I was a gymnast who did Xcel. At my gym, Xcel practiced with the DP team so it wasn't lesser hours or less intense or whatever. I loved Xcel because of the flexibility allowed in each level, as well as the fact that it tends to skew older. I started gymnastics late (around the end of 7th grade)...
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    Women Workout plans for retired gymnast in the gym?

    I recently retired from gymnastics after finishing up my last season as a high school senior (xcel diamond). I'm looking for workout plans in the gym to continue to work on my strength. Does anyone have any workout plans? I'd like to get into lifting (done a bit before, but nothing >20lbs upper...
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    Coaches Getting into coachint and advice for beginner coaches

    How did you get into coaching? How did you learn to spot skills (and also, how do you spot athletes taller/bigger/larger than you)? How do you figure out the correction needed on a skill (I know this one's very broad)?
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    Women Level 8 Floor

    Well you should really be asking your coaches that as different gyms have different requirements but also have they not talked to you about expectations of moving up? At my gym, the 8s compete(d) back fulls or 1.5s, and front tuck + front pike or a similar front salto connection. There are...
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    Parents Grips while learning kip

    Did the rest of the group get grips recently? It took a while for me to trust my grips enough to go a 100% on them. (I still sometimes don't trust them, especially if I'm not allowed to chalk between turns)
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    Parents Grips while learning kip

    I'm just a gymnast but I learnt my kip with grips. And having had my kip for a few years, I still don't think I can make one without grips. I kind of wish I had learnt it without grips to understand the wrist shift motion as that has caused me some trouble learning circling skills (because I...
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