Recent content by zona

In Arizona many of the judges have an affiliation with one gym or another, so they often judge girls from their own gym.

My husband made one for my daughter recently and she has found it very helpful. I purchased 48 inches of a round rail - I looked up the width of standardi uneven bars and tried to find one the same-I think it was 1 5/8. I was unable to find a completely round rail at this width-one edge is...

After missing out on a few craigslists listings for mats, I was just contemplating the possibility of making my own mat. Were you able to find the mattresses inexpensively? Anyone else made their own mat out of other materials?

We purchased an embroidered logo for a few dollars off e-bay and sewed it on to a red and black leo and created a much loved gym dog leo.

Is there some special requirment to have a free hip to 3/4 at level 8. The coach told my daughter if she did not do her free hip (which follows a piourette at handstand and I think a kip and a cast on the low bar) to at least 3/4 height, her routine would have a 9.5 start value. The JR. Op...

Any suggestions on how to help build muscle? My daughter's thin and long legged training 8. Coaches keep staying "if you could just add 5 lbs of mucle. ." It's not as though she has no mucle-her older sis actually keeps photo of her lil sis' "abs of steel" in her phone. I think she just...

Thanks for respones.I realize pounding on runway too much can be hard on their bodies. If she were doing non vault runway drills I would still consider that working on vault.When I say they're skipping vault, they are not doing vault drills on the floor either. In past they might go a week or...

How often do you have your gymnasts train vault? My daughter is trying to learn a level 8 vault. Floor, beam and bars seem to be worked on almost every practice, but they seem to often not do vault. It seems to me the way to learn a new skill is to work on it often, at least some at every...

My daughter taught herself the valez after seeing it on utube. She taught herself to start with an outstretched arm on the side of her bent leg but just learned from her coach that she should be starting with her arm and leg extended on the same side. She finds it difficult to do it that way...

I've had d in dance and in gymnastics (separate places). It's normal for dance facility to have a recital with pricy outfits, but seems crazy to have a class in gymnastics suddently do a dance routine. My d's dance studio sold dvds, but parents were allowed to tape-just no flash photos. If I...

Saw a L7 floor routine on u-tube that appeared to be close to an exact copy of a very utube popular/successful now elite gymnast's L7 routine. A gymnast at our gym had a former gymnast who had moved out of state take her routine off u-tube. Her mother did call and say they were using it and...

Thanks and you're correct she wouldn't be learning new tricks. I just thought, if it worked for back handsprings she could practice more and have less chance of falling at a meet (we only went to 3 meets before state). A 12 foot might be big enough for a series, but may be not.

Just wondering if there are any optional gymnasts who use a beam at home. My daughter competed level 7 this year and I'm wondering if a low beam or floor beam(and mat) would be useful to practice things like back handsprings