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    Parents Level 7 Bars questions

    I have been watching my daughter fine tune her level 7 bars. Her first meet is in January. In her giants, she seems to have a slight arch in her tummy at about 20 degrees short of handstand, and then her tummy brings her the rest of the way up until she stops at for a split second at vertical...
  2. twinmomma

    Women Bars Shoot Through Help

    My DD seems to be struggling with her shoot through in her L3 bar routine. She gets it, but she hits her foot on the bar as she shoots through and sometimes ends up falling out of it. She's SOLID on everything else. Her coaches don't seem to be giving her any drills or tips to help, just...
  3. Ali'sMom

    Women Bars - deduction for adding in extra cast?

    On L4 bars, my DD doesn't get enough momentum on the long hang kip to connect her back hip circle, and added in an extra cast to do it. Can anyone tell me for sure how much of a deduction that is? to add in, I guess it would be adding in an element? Trying to figure out how much of her last...
  4. R

    Women Is this a little unusual? Bars question

    To have a kid that can do a double back off bars, and land it cleanly but cannot do lay out flyaway? I should also mention she has trouble with a single tuck flyaway. I've searched the threads, but couldn't find anything, so just wondering if this is common?
  5. C

    Coaches Level 9 bars

    Kip pike on jump to high bar, kip cast handstand giant blind into bail, kip pike on jump to high bar giant freehip double back .... what is that start value? Now if u did the same bars and took out the freehip and just did giant giant double back what is that start value?
  6. stxrdusty

    Women Help on learning a Shaposh (Shaposhnikova) on bars

    My dream skill on bars is a shaposh; however, I don't have a coach available. I'm on my university's club gymnastics team and we unfortunately don't have a coach. I have a consistent free hip to handstand, so I was wondering how hard it is to learn the throw technique for a shaposh? I've seen it...
  7. F

    Women Anyone else spending far more time on bars than floor an beam??

    I spend far more time working on bars and vault skills than on beam on floor! I would have been ready for my competition on floor and beam almost a year ago, but I just needed the time for bars and vault...although I am strong on bars and the yurchenko vault isn't that hard I think, it just...
  8. munchkin3

    Women Inconsistent Bars are making me crazy!!!!

    DD has some really kick butt L4 bars, straight arm kip, really powerful, nice cast to hollow horizontal. Her long hang kip is straight and to horizontal too, decent swings, a bit of work needed on the half turn.....she is working on casting to above horizontal and keeping really hollow and...
  9. Hannahmariee00

    Women Hand "adjustment" issues on uneven bars..?

    Ever since the beginning of spring, I have started to develop issues about how my hand placement is when I do skills (especially kips) on bars. I do not know if this is just a personal problem that I am having, but I'm trying to find somebody who can help/relate? For example, my grips (no...
  10. OzZee

    ALP 5/6 bars element question

    @Aussie_coach or anyone else. Can you clarify the new level 5/6 bars element: Underswing (to finish at top of bwd swing) Long swing (Full swing fwd then back) My daughter and her coach seem unsure on what this is meaning. At what point to stop the underswing before dismount? Then follow...
  11. F

    Women 1/2 handstand pirouette on bars - which value and how hard is it really?

    Why does a 1/2 handstand pirouette come so late in gymnastics? (I guess L8 in USAG?) Is it harder than a free hip to handstand/toe circle to handstand/stalder to handstand? And why? What is the hard part about it?
  12. B

    Women Low scoring level 5 bars videos

    This might sound crazy but I'm looking for some videos of the new level 5 bar routine that do not score very well. Due to a crazy mom and a long, drawn out, stressful move up decision I have a girl in my group who doesn't really have any of her level 5 skills. No flyaway, a clearhip that is...
  13. L

    Women Level 6 - how many girls do BHS on beam and at least one giant on bars?

    Just trying to get a sense for what skills are seen the most. Thanks!
  14. Ginger

    Women L4 bars - half-turn dismount - R x L?

    So my daughter is a righty gymnast, but when she does this dismount, she turns to the left (meaning, her left hand stays on the bar, her right hand goes off and taps). I watched a few youtube videos and it looks like that the righty gymnasts always turn to the right (makes sense as their right...
  15. K

    Women is floor too easy compared to bars?

    I see many gymnasts in the gym and on INSTAGRAM (a social media app where people can post pics and vids, in case you don't know) I also follow many gymnast, mostly from L6 to L9. Ok so what I noticed is that most of them have like amazing floor skills for their Level, but are not really good on...
  16. P

    Women Bars Help

    So, I know that bars is (for many people) the hardest event, and often the one holding you back from going to the next level, whatever that may be. I recently switched gyms and was told at my old gym that my problem on bars was lack of strength, and I know that bars is an event where you really...
  17. P

    Struggle With Bars

    So, I know that bars is (for many people) the hardest event, and often the one holding you back from going to the next level, whatever that may be. I recently switched gyms and was told at my old gym that my problem on bars was lack of strength, and I know that bars is an event where you really...
  18. P

    Parents Bars just not happening for my pre team DD

    I'd love some thoughts on this. My DD has been on pre team since March. Since moving to pre team she's made a lot of progress on floor, beam and vault. She has all of the skills on these 3 apparatuses to move up to team (x cel bronze) -and even to do it well. But her bars just aren't coming...
  19. munchkin3

    Men Level 8 P Bars

    Is it possible to make a Level 8 Pbar routine WITHOUT a press to handstand? DS has trouble with it due to injury so I am just wondering if a decent L8 routine can be made with out it.
  20. K

    Women bars - strength or technique

    I was wondering how much of bar work is strength and how much is technique? I guess back hip circles, front hip circles and kips are definitely technique skills, although you need some strength for glide kips. Giants are also a technique thing I guess. And dismounts of course. But what about...

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