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    Anon Beam Mat Safety

    In her first meet this season, my DD was warming up on beam, fell on a turn, and fractured her tibia b/c the 8" mat under the beam had been pulled farther to one side by a coach during warmups to accommodate a taller teammate that was dismounting at the same time off the other side and otherwise...
    • Anonymous (2443)
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    • beam mat safety
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    • Forum: Anonymous Posting
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    Parents She did it! ( overcoming a mental bloc on beam)

    Hello, L8 DD had a mental block on beam since L5 ( after a seing a upper level gymnast falling on beam and having a concussion). 4 years of meets with at least 1 fall on beam ( up to 3) and my DD looking completely terrified on that beam ( painfull to watch). Scores ranging in the 6-7 range...
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    WAG Why is the equipment ie bars, beam etc raised on podiums?

    I recently went to OU vs Florida's womens meet. I noticed the mats and equipment are not raised on podiums. Why do they do podiums in elite? Out of curiosity.. Also, how does the equipment stay stable enough on podiums?
  4. Gymnast2009

    WAG Beam excel gold

    I need tips on my full turn on beam. I am having a mental block after turning fine for weeks and I can’t remember how I have been doing it. I don’t like it anymore cuz now I feel like my toes are off the edge of beam and I’m gonna split so I bail. And anlso for excel gold I know there is a jump...
  5. AYEMama

    WAG Beam skill re-do/deduction question

    My daughter has a BWO BHS series in her beam routine. At the last meet, she started the series, but her BWO was wonky (would've fallen completely off if she attempted the BHS), so she redid the whole series. What is the deduction for redo-ing an attempted skill? The series re-do and rest of the...
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    Parents Xcel silver beam question

    For xcel silver- Is the split jump required for beam or can they do a tuck jump instead? My daughters coach told her to do a tuck jump at the next meet because she performs it better than the split jump but every routine I see they do the split jump.
  7. digiac4

    Parents Wrist Brace for Beam

    My daughter, training level 7, broke her wrist last spring (in two places). The area near crease of her wrist can still get sore especially as she is upping her reps. She still does some strengthening and exercises but we are looking for a brace to use when on beam for support. She wears tiger...
  8. MuggleMom

    Parents Level 8 Beam series

    Can you do a handstand back tuck for your level 8 beam series? DD is returning from back fractures and beam is probably the biggest strain on her back. She did BHs tuck last year for level 8 but doing enough bhs to get comfortable with the series is too much for her back right now. Her coach...
  9. PeanutsMom

    WAG What needs to be added... (L9 Beam Routine)

    What needs to be added to this beam routine to make it Level 9? Straddle up handstand mount full turn Switch leap/Sissone BHS BHS Side Aerial BHS Back Tuck dismount Thanks for feedback
  10. coach1234

    WAG Beam series

    In L7 beam if a gymnast does HS x BHS as their series does it matter if its a split HS or legs together also does the handstand have to be held for a certain amount of time?
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    Parents Beam issues

    Hey I’m new here and new to gym! My daughter has got into the development team at gym. She started gym 6 months ago when she was 5 (she’s 6 this month). She is brilliant at floor and vault but really poor on beam and is average at bars. She struggles with bars due to lacking upper body strength...
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    Anon Level 6/7 Beam Mount Scoring

    Wondering if a more "complicated" beam mount offers anything of value to a score at levels 6/7. The TOPS/HOPES/elite coach at her gym asked to do her beam choreography (yep, that was weird...my kid literally has no chance of being moved to that group, nor would we agree to it, so it was not...
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    WAG L7 beam question

    Hi, wondering if someone can help me understand. If a L7 gymnast is supposed to do a HS BHS (connected) on beam to satisfy the requirement, what would be the deduction if the gymnast doesn’t do the BHS? 0.5 for no connection and 0.3 for no B skill? Is that it? What’s the deduction for just not...
  14. coach1234

    WAG Beam Mount Value

    Please can some some tell me what this mount is worth in the JO (DP) code and would you be allowed to compete it in level 8?
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    WAG BWO vs BHS on beam

    Hi! I'm currently a level 4. (Very late). For level 5 beam, I was wondering if you could learn a BHS without learning a BWO since I had a back injury and BWOs hurt a lot. FYI, I did train back walkovers about 9ish months ago. I wouldnt want to compete BWOs since they hurt my back a lot, so is it...
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    WAG Backward element - beam - NZ step 7

    Hi all, I have a 14 year old and she is really struggling to be able to do a backwards walk over. What are the alternative options for the backward element for step 7 in NZ on the beam? She can do a tick tock but we are not sure if that is counted as a backwards element.
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    WAG Ideas for beam mounts

    Hi all, i have a level 2 and a level 3 team that will be starting their competition season in 2 months. At the moment they all just have very simple basic mounts for beam, which for the level 2s is fine, but i was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for some more unique and impressive...
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    Coaches Level 8/9/10 beam coaching

    My daughter just moved to a new gym for over one year now. I am not gymnastics coach and don’t know how specifically beam coach help optional gymnasts. We have a beam coach . We observed for over one year. We only see the coach just watching the gymnasts , not providing any instructions. I am...
    • Gaby
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    • beam coaching level level 8
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    • Forum: Coach Forum
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    Parents Beam

    How hard/easy was is it for you to learn a back tuck dismount on beam? Any tips or pointers?
  20. Wellington_Wimpy

    Parents buying folding balance beam for practice at home

    I bought a folding balance beam for my 7 year old granddaughter so she could practice at home. (see item https://www.ebay.com/itm/133533154506). But IMHO, it seems too squishy. Is there any benefit to her to use it? I am considering just using dimensional lumber and covering that with...

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