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    Bars scoring

    Just completed Level 5 sectionals. Made State, but there was some really odd scoring going on. Maybe a coach out there can explain to me how it is mathematically possible for one girl to fall off the bar on her glide kip, do a pull-over back on (so no complete kip), two step her dismount, and...
  2. Iwannabemargo

    Bars Fear

    If you have been keeping up with my other posts ( and why would you ? :rolleyes:) you will know that my dd has been driving me nuts recently. She has always been a scaredy-cat, afraid of trying anything new, but recently she has been acting out at gym (stomping screaming, crying) if asked to do...
  3. Geoffrey Taucer

    Level 9 Bars Connections w/ front giant

    I'm looking for possibilities for connection bonus for a level 9 bar routine. We're looking at front giant 1/2-opvershoot handstand, and clearhip-toe shoot to high bar as her connections right now, but she's a bit inconsistent hitting the handstand on the clearhip, so we're trying to put in an...
  4. E

    Gymnastics Blooper- me falling on bars!

    My second shootover ever.... Oops! - YouTube At least the first one was alright though haha.
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    • Forum: Gymnast Forum
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    Giant progressions on bars

    My older dd has progressed to doing giants on the pit bar. Before the past week or two she has been working clear baby giant drills gradually getting more and more clear, but only from 3/4 handstand to 3/4 handstand (and on the channel bar). Now she is doing it from the cast handstand and on...
  6. B

    2011 World Parallel Bars Champion - Danell Leyva

    Just a quick congratulations to Danell Leyva and his coach Yin Alvarez! Here is Danell preparing for his World Championship title over 4 months ago. Its great to see how much he tightened up and became comfortable with his super difficult set - What an achievement...
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    Level 7 Bars requirements

    Are giants required for Level 7 bars or can the girls do something different? My daughter 'almost' has her giants can do them with an 'almost spot'...at this point I think it is confidence... and her coach said that for the first few meets they can do something different (I forget what, sorry!!)...
  8. B

    Teaching & Learning the Giant/Long Swing on Parallel Bars

    Hey everyone - Here is a short video clip about teaching the Giant/Long Swing on Parallel Bars... Hope you enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY7CFJGJfXY
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    Fixing Bent Arms on Bars - drills/conditioning to do on my own?

    Hi all! I'm a retired competitive swimmer (but still mostly in shape), 5'7"/138lb, and brand new to gymnastics. I'm taking an adult gym class that meets once a week, and I've noticed that whenever I go on bars, I have this awful tendency to bend my arms like crazy. I can keep them straight...
  10. gymgal

    America's Funniest Videos - uneven bars falling down - Oh My!

    I was watching an old AFV show tonight with the kids when a gym blooper series came on. First thing I did was make dd leave the room - didn't want her to see what can happen. She sees it in real life enough... Anyway, there were at least three clips of regular sized uneven bars collapsing during...
  11. C

    hop full women's uneven bars

    I have a WAG level 10 gymnast with good basics. We are currently training a hop full for next years bar routine. She is spotted on the tramp bar with the following progressions: Back drop, hop with no grip change to handstand. Back drop, hop 1/2 to mixed grip. Back drop, hop 1/2 to 1 arm, 1/2...
  12. JBS

    AAI moving to uneven bars with more flex...high bar too???

    AAI unveiled their plans to move to uneven bars with more flex at congress this year. Anyone know if they are also planning on a high bar with more flex?
  13. G

    Double Tuck Dismount of Bars issues..help?

    I am a level 9, 10 hopeful. In order to go to level 10, i need a double tuck dismount. A few years ago, I attempted them, but i was only 9 or ten and i ended up not making it completely around, and kneeing myself in the nose, breaking it, also causing a lot of fear. I have been able to avoid...
  14. 2

    Fear of swinging down from Handstand on bars

    Hi everyone - need some words of wisdom for my dd. She has been working on giants on bars for some time now. She is scared to swing down from her cast handstand. If she just does a high cast, not handstand, she said it is less scary. She can flyaway from a handstand. Any thoughts... Thanks...
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    Coaches Korbut Flip on Bars

    Through my research I have found that the Korbut Flip is not allowed because of the standing on the high bar. Could it be done on the low bar? It seems to me that more dangerous skills like Geinger and Yeager are just as risky if not more especially when you add twisting. I am asking because I...
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    Need some advice on fear on the bars.

    Last December my daughter hurt her elbow while trying to jump from the low bar to the high bar. Since this time she has had a fear of making that jump. We have been working with the coaches and at times she has made great progress. However, for every step forward there seems to be another...
  17. L

    Coaches Level 7 afraid of giants - struggling on bars

    I have an "older" Level 7 (freshman in high school) that has struggled for several years now on giants on bars. Meanwhile her skills on the other events continue to accelerate. She has phenomenal tumbling on floor (double fulls, front layouts, double backs into pit and on tumble track, triple...
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    Parents Brag alert- She loves the bars!

    So my niece is loving her new gym and structured practices and skills and everything. Like I said up until this summer she'd been doing rec classes through the city recreation district. I brought her to a few gyms and we both really like the one she's at. Anyway she tested into a L 5 group...
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    Bars that won't hold chalk

    We are having an ongoing issue with getting any chalk to build up or stay on our bars. We have 4 sets of AAI bars, 2 are old, 2 are newish, maybe 3-4 yrs old, and some older S/A bars. Chalk won't stick to any of them. We have tried the cheap chalk and the expensive chalk (Italian grippy). We...
  20. J

    Level 9 bars start value

    Can anyone tell me what is the start value of this routine for L9 bars? Does this routine meet requirements for L10? Thanks in advance. P.S. I trust my dd's coaches, I was just curious as I have no clue how the start values and bonuses work for L9/L10... Lowbar: kip, squat on, Highbar: kip...

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