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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    I hear you on that. A specific all around score without exceptions can be very frustrating and counterproductive, especially when a gymnast misses by .05 and is told they need to repeat. I’m some ways vault is the easiest and hardest of all the events, as the mold aphorism goes, “you can’t...
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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    @JBS i would love to hear about Yurechenko blocking! My other daughter is a L7 and vault is also her weakest event so that could be hugely helpful. This discussion has reminded me of a previous discussion we had on giants, where you said that high level gymnasts often pull their heads out when...
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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    Thanks everyone for the replies and interesting discussion. I 100% agree that she is nowhere near an elite level vault and that there are many other issues and deductions with the vault that her coaches have been working with her on. It was just striking to me how much difference that the head...
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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    Hmmm, that’s odd. I had the videos set as unlisted which I thought would work, but just in case I’ve now made them public. I know the code of points says that the head should be neutral, but my understanding is that there is substantial disagreement among coaches about whether it should...
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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    Hi All, My youngest daughter is in Level 4 and has struggled with vault all year. Her state meet is coming up this week and she is trying to get her vault out of the 7s to have a chance to meet her gym’s score out requirement. I was scrolling through some videos of one of her recent meets and...
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    Women Bent knees in Giant tap - Deduction?

    Oops, sorry! I was mixing up Komova and Mustafina, who won the Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016 using the same bent leg tap technique when doing giants (see below freezing frame at 24 seconds). I'm just really surprised that these Russian gymnasts would intentionally be using a technique on such a...
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    Women Bent knees in Giant tap - Deduction?

    Thanks for the info! I guess I’m a bit surprised it is a deduction though because when I look at Komova’s giants in her gold medal Olympic bar routine (at 41 seconds) her knees are incredibly bent. Was she taking a deduction or is the code of points different between FIG and USAG on this skill?
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    Women Bent knees in Giant tap - Deduction?

    Hi Folks, My daughter is in level 7 and strongly encouraged to use the FIG bar settings. To not hit her feet on the low bar, she has started to bend her knees and tapping right as she is passing over the low bar. I had thought this is likely a big deduction, but now I’m reading that this is...
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    Women Olympics scoring question

    Thank you very much for the detailed response! That is interesting very helpful. I had originally thought that both the D and E scores would have been reassessed. Just from what I know of the code of points the deductions seem particular to the skill so it would be hard to score if you are...
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    Women Olympics scoring question

    I have a question about the whole Jordan Chiles floor score change controversy. As I understand it, she was originally not given credit for the leap skill but then after the challenge she was and so her difficulty score and overall score was raised by 1/10th. But why were there no execution...
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    Women Giants on bars- advice needed

    You’ve really almost got it and I’m sure you’ll get it. Not a coach at all but the main thing I see from a physics perspective is that your head is coming way out from between your arms on the bottom of your swing and it’s killing all of the momentum at the bottom of your swing. You can see your...
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    Gymnasts Are all level 10, elite and college gymnasts daredevils in general?

    I don’t think so. My oldest daughter is not a 10 but is getting there and is not a thrill seeker at all. It’s the long slow gymnastics progressions and drills that has allowed her to start doing some of those “crazy” skills. I always say that fear is healthy and is only overcome by developing skill.
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    Coaches drills for undercut backhandsprings

    Two things I see. Your hurdle should be longer and lower, you are jumping to high. Also, your arms are bending in your round off which is killing your block and results in landing with chest down. Push more through your shoulders and reach farther forward. I agree it looks more like a RO issue...
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    Women Is pulling up your pants a bad idea?

    Could you clarify this last bit? Does this mean finish the glide in a more horizontal position with the feet farther from the floor or lifting the hips more when bringing legs to bar so that shins hit instead of feet? Or maybe something else? Thanks!
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    Parents Gym wants girls training 1-2 levels ahead

    There is no way your daughter should be competing level 3 both for development and fairness to the other gymnasts. I understand some gyms like to compete down but this is extreme. Is there a training hours difference between 3 and 4 at your gym? Most gyms there is a difference and that could...
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