Recent content by hawks09

I know exactly how you feel. I've seen a few of these done correctling and when they are done right they are amazing. I think the trick is getting your feet behind you before you catch the bar, this way you have momentum for youre kip. It seems like you want your hands in front of the rest of...

Handstand trainer this is called a handstand trainer and it works wonders. This will help your casts because when you put your hands on the floor and your thighs on the bungee your shoulders should be over your hands. With a little momentum you are able to push yourself to the handstand, with...

To start off I am a new level 8 and our gym doess NOT have a pit. In competition right now i compete a half on full off but it scores really low and deffinatly doesnt place. I have asked my coach many times to work tsuks and yurchenkos but we never have, are there any good drills that we can do...

A large group of girls went to Karolys camp in texas which was amazing and we had the a great experience. We will also be going to IGC later in the summer, we go there every year and love it every time. And last year we also went to Woodward PA, which was exciting!

You can find "we run this" and hundreds of other songs at floor express music

Smiling is deffinatly needed and a great asset to a routine. However just make sure to keep it real. Ive watched numerous floor routines where a girl smiled the whole entire time,it looked like she practiced in the mirror and the judge kind of looked annoyed by it. So just make sure your smile...

That is the story of my life :( However i would say stick with it. Ive wanted to quit for the past year but i just couldnt imagine myself sitting at home afterschool just doing nothing. All my friends hate gymnastics and say that im never gonna have a life and all this crap. But you will be so...

As a gymnast I would say keep the full. If her full is good enough there is no reason to take it out. When i competed level seven I kept my full in my routine and scored low to mid 9's. She will not get anything extra for the full however it shows the judges that she is doing harder skills. One...

There are so many choices for who should be on the team and it seems unfair tht we can only choose 6 people. If i could choose this would be my team: Liukin: Bars&&Beam Johnson: Vault&&Beam&&Floor Memmel: Bars&&Beam Sacramone: Vault&&Floor **Those in my opinion will no doubt be on the team...

Some of our level 8s do this bar routine: (starting inbetween the bars) kip, 1/2 piro, freehip, kip, squat-on, kip, giant, giant, flyaway.