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  1. S

    bars strength

    What helps a child gain strength for bars? My daughter struggles with bars and I think a lot has to do with upper body strength. She has tiny arms (though her entire body is solid muscle). She is great with the other events (at her last meet she was 1st and 2nd on the other three events...she's...
  2. G

    Scared of bars :(

    At the start of the yr one of my team mates went on the low bar in the pit she said it was a bit shaky so my coach went on to check, it didn't shake when my coach went on so my coach thought it was fine. I went on it and it wasn't clipped in right on the side and it came undone and one side of...
  3. Swiftli

    Level 7 Bars Start Value

    If a Level 7 gymnast competed the Level 6 bar routine, what would the start value of the routine be?
  4. M

    Help understanding L7 bars scoring

    DD will start competing next weekend and she and I don't fully understand the bars scoring. She is competing clear hip on the low bar and giant on the high bar. Her coach was trying to explain different bar routines and start values but it went right over my head! If DD does clear hip below...
  5. E

    bars

    In level 7 will the gymnast get better scores doing the clear-hip to hs on the high bar with two giants or will the score be the same if she does the clear hip on the low bar? dd's coach wants her bar routine to be: kip, straddle cast hs, pike on to high bar, kip, straddle cast hs...
  6. G

    Good Luck fairies for bars please!

    I'm trying free-hip to handstand, sole circle to handstand to a lightning bolt next week! Please send some luck!
  7. G

    Double dismount of the bars

    My daughter is L9 15y gymnast. She's been doing double tuck of bars for 4 years without spot. Never fell. Last year she was introduced to the Chinese tap and this year she is told that her "regular" tap is dangerous and is relearning it cos her toes are not pointing high enough in the tap...
  8. UnoMas

    L4 bars shoot through question

    My little DD has just started doing her shoot-through on bars again (it was lost for a long time!) She is casting and getting her foot over the bar, but then falling forward into a sort-of-mill circle, getting stuck upside down!:eek: It's like she is surprised that she has gotten her leg...
  9. X

    Acceptable 8 bars mount.

    I was just curious if Jump with Bent Hips to Handstand 1/2 turn is an acceptable mount for level 8 and if the 1/2 then counts as the pirouette? It was a B but, I am not sure anymore. Thanks hope someone can help.
  10. G

    How to do reverse giants on bars.

    Ok so im practicing reverse giants on bars, but my body just wont get over the bar. Is there anything i could to to help get myself over. Any advice, strength, or drills would help. Thx.
  11. J

    For coaches- adjustment of bars

    My daughter went through a big growth spurt, she's 12 yr old and 5'5. She is the tallest girl in our gym, although not by much. A few of the girls are 5'3-5'4. Due to a nagging knee injury, she had a rough year and will be competing level7 for a third year. she has worked through the...
  12. Geoffrey Taucer

    Early pirouette on bars, effect on skill value

    A free-hip to handstand with 1/2 turn and a swing 1/2 turn to handstand (ie blind change that swings back down the other way) are listed as Cs in the JO CoP. Point 7 on page 59 says "In order to receive the value as listed in the JO CoP.... the circle element bust reach within 20 degrees of...
  13. J

    Cheetah pads for bars

    Who uses Cheetah heel pads for bars? Or any other type of heel protectors..
  14. L

    Pike on (uneven bars)

    Hi, My coach said that I should start working on pike ons soon. I don't really know much about them technically but how different are they from squat ons (in terms of difficulty) and do you have to cast a lot higher? My cast is only at barely horizontal now, so how can I work on getting it higher?
  15. gymnastgets10

    Question for Judges/Coaches? Level 8 bars SV

    I'm going into level 8 this year and I'm struggling with bars a little. I was wondering if I don't get my pirouette by the beginning of the season and compete a level 7 bar routine with a clear hip a little above horizontal, a cast almost to vertical on the high bar and 2 giants what my start...
  16. G

    Help! Name for a move on bars

    So, I always see this move on bars but never knew what it was called. It is when the gymnast is on the low bar, casts usually to handstand, puts one foot on the bar, then the other foot. Then, she swings backwards like a sole circle, and it looks like she is going to do a toe shoot, but instead...
  17. B

    coaches/gymnasts, i really need my handstand on bars but just cant seem to get it.

    I have read the other threads with drills, but those just don't seem to help.. *this is really long, sorry..* I am trying to get my cast handstand. My coaches have me working both straddle up, and straight body. side note : I am a level 8 trying to go 9. I know i shouldn't have gone 8...
  18. R

    Bars problem at meets

    My lvl 7 DD has this very wierd problem. She has an amazing bar routine at practice, but when she gets to a meet (only on bars) she gets "tired, and feels like she can't breath, and her chest feels tight." I don't know what is going on. Is it because she is nervous? This doesn't happen on any...
  19. All Chalked Up

    Bars Fairies Please!

    So I have gymnastics tomorrow, and I am DYING to get my kip. And not get a rip! I perform so bad when I get a rip (I have my "peaknuckle" easily,was doing peaknuckles, ripped, then could go about halfways into sole circle and then failed.) I really want my kip! And I am so close! I already have...
  20. twisting007bigflip

    horizontal swings on bars

    I know this is going to sound silly, and I'm a little embarrassed to be asking this in the first place, but... What constitutes a swing above horizontal on the high bar? Do the kid's shoulders need to be open totally with their armpits at/above the horizontal plain to the bar? Or, does it count...

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