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    Women NGA Scoring

    My gym has decided to switch over to the new organization, NGA. Aside from the fact that no one really knows exactly what it's about, I had a question about the scoring. I'm planning to move up from Xcel Gold to Platinum this year. Although I'm not completely 100% ready (beam & floor are fine...
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    Women Xcel Platinum Tumbling

    That's really good to know! Thanks for the response (:
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    Women Xcel Platinum Tumbling

    Thank you so much for the response! And thanks for telling me about the switch leap, that's such a relief because my switch leaps are... not the best lol. This makes me feel a lot better about next season!
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    Women Xcel Platinum Tumbling

    My goal is to move to Xcel Platinum (after 3 years of Gold) next year, and I've looked over the requirements a lot. I'm confident that I understand all of them except for the floor requirements. I know you need a switch leap and obviously a turn, but for tumbling, what I'm reading says you only...
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    Women Post season meets and Coronavirus

    This is probably a dumb question but since USAG cancelled all sanctioned meets, do they have the power to close all gyms? Just wondering because my gym just posted that they’re staying open until they’re told to close.
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    Women Post season meets and Coronavirus

    I live in Indiana, and our Xcel State Meet was just cancelled. They say they’ll reschedule it, so I’m hoping that actually happens. Our level 2 & 3 already had theirs, and 4 & 5 is this weekend so it’s probably too late to cancel it. Xcels were supposed to be next weekend and optionals were the...
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    Women Flyaway problems

    This is exactly what's been happening to me for years. Sometimes, it helps me to go if I have the coach say "let go" and "flip" when I need to do those things just so I don't have to think about it as much. I know how much this problem sucks, but I'm sure we'll get it eventually, it just takes...
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    Women back walkover on beam

    I agree with everyone saying to give it time & not put pressure on her. I had a huge mental block on back walkovers for years and finally got over it this year. She’ll get through it, it just takes a lot of patience.
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    Women Floor & Bars Deductions

    I'm an Xcel Gold gymnast, and I've noticed this season that my scores have been consistently lower than I'd like them to be. Vault has never been good for me and beam has been a disaster this year because of nerves, so I know what I need to fix on those, but floor & bars are sort of a mystery to...
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    Women Bars B Skills

    That's a good point! Somehow I hadn't even thought of that.
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    Women Bars B Skills

    Honestly I hadn't even thought about how a front hip circle would be helpful. That makes it make more sense that shifting my hands is what I struggle with since I haven't really worked on front hip circles. I'll definitely try to focus on those more and try glide swings with regrasping the bar.
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    Women Bars B Skills

    That's a good idea! I do worry about kipping up to the high bar, but if I can get that, that would definitely be something to consider.
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    Women Bars B Skills

    I can do those things, but I definitely think strength could still be an issue. I think I could still do a kip with the strength I have, but more would make it a lot easier, and I could do it with better form. I could also see how technique would be an issue - my glide swing is okay, but I don't...
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    Women Bars B Skills

    Thank you for the suggestion! I didn’t know that it was possible to do a toe on/toe off without a handstand. I’ll mention that to my coach and see what she thinks!
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    Women Bars B Skills

    A little background: I’ve been Xcel Gold for 3 years and could’ve moved up to Platinum 2 years ago if it wasn’t for bars (I don’t have a kip - embarrassing I know lol). But I’m getting close to my kip and definitely don’t want to do 4 years of a level since 3 is already unusual enough, so I’ll...
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