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    Pre Team - Step Out of Handstand on Beam

    I am starting to teach my 5 and 6 year old pre team girls handstand on beam and just need some ideas on teaching them proper step out position. So far, we do front support holds on low/med/high beams to understand hand positioning and balance. That is all we have really done so far. This is a...
  2. S

    Level 4 Beam deduction?

    Is there a deduction for a USAG Level 4 gymnast hitting vertical on handstand? I just read in another thread where someone thought that there was a deduction, but couldn't remember. If yes, what is the deduction? .1? .3? full value of the skill? I only wonder because my dd's L4 teammates...
  3. M

    Spring Layout-Step out BEAM

    I need help with my level 9 gymnast. Im teaching her a backhandspring layout stepout on balance beam. Are there any good drills besides having her tumble up onto a panal mat? I need some advice on this one. She has her back tuck on high beam..help please:)
  4. GymnasticsOBSESSED

    Beam shoes?

    Hi, I was wondering if any of you wear them? Our coach said that we can get them if we want to use on beam and floor but they cost a lot and take ages to wear in like grips. Do you like them? Do they help you? Is bare feet better? Our coach said many of the girls in the gym just wear them as a...
  5. K

    Parents Please send some beam fairies

    My dd has here second meet tomorrow, and if you remember her first meet report, she had a rough going on vault. She actually landed on the vault on her second pass. It scared me to death. She had a decent practice this week, but she still isn't getting the best spring off the board. So please...
  6. B

    pre-team beam warm-up

    I'm running out of ideas for things to do with pre-team on beam. They're really only level 2/3 although we try to work some level 4 skills too. Any creative ideas?
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    Landing position for Beam handstands

    I have two beam videos that I watched recently that gave conflicting information. One is called It's About Stability with Debbie Rodriguez, the other is Balance Beam Handstand Complexes with Tammy Biggs. For landing a handstand, Debbie teaches a lunge with 3 positions (hands on beam, straight...
  8. lccmac

    Level 5 Beam Mount

    My dd is a first year level 5, and is half-way through her season. She really struggles with the mount on beam, and I am hoping for some advice or excercises she can do at home to help. From what I can see, after her v-sit, she puts her left heel down on the beam to stand up. It makes more...
  9. sally

    Coaches beam

    Hi there, Just wanted to know a question if a coach could help me out. My daughter is 5 and she has a fear of the beam. The problem is I feel it is that height of the beam (a mental thing), the height of the beam is for idp10 gymnast and I feel she gets frighten. The problem is now she is...
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    Level 4 Beam Dismount

    Hi, Just wondering what the deduction is when a gymnasts does not turn on her level 4 dismount and just goes straight down from the handstand? Then gets back up and completes it. Thanks for your help.
  11. UnoMas

    help on beam arabesque...young gymmie

    Hello wise coaches, My younger DD is 5, will be 6 in February. She has been training and "competing" level 2 (in-house meets only) for almost a year. She is doing really well and has recently increased her hours and has made some nice improvements. I think she is getting close to finally...
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    Beam Deduction Coach standing by beam

    I hear there is a dectution for the coach standing by the beam. Our coach always stands next to the beam like off the matts, but 3-4 feet away. Is that really a deduction? Level 4 none of the girls get any type of spotting. Thanks.
  13. M

    Cartwheel on the beam

    My level 5 daughter fell off the beam tonight doing a cartwheel. She has struggled with this skill. She can do it, but it's a mental thing with her. She had split the beam at level 3 and never forgot how it felt. She has been working so hard on getting confident doing the CW and she was...
  14. B

    Back walkovers on beam

    Today one of our coaches forced me to do a back walkover straight onto the high beam, with no padding on the beam, and barely any help :( after about 3 minutes of me saying 'I can't do it' and the coaches telling me to do it, I did it and landed it. But how can I get over my fear?
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    Backwalkover on hard beam

    I am a level 6 gymnast and i totally have my backwalkover on more of a squishyish beam bu there is this one really hard beam at my gym that has absolutely no squish my forst question is are the beams at the meets really hard and my second is there any advice to get this wierd thing out of my...
  16. L

    scared of beam

    Any suggestions for a Level 3 who is having trouble doing her handstand on the beam? she has beautiful form on the floor, but is scared to pieces up on that beam. she falls EVERY time when doing a full out handstand. The only way she can stick it, is for her to do a teeny tiny "baby"...
  17. M

    Parents Okay Just an short and sweet update about Emily and Beam...

    She managed to compete Beam at State and do her back walkover :) Thank you for all the beam fairies and Back walkover confidence vibes:) We really appreciated it!! State was tough for Emily with a few mental blocks showing up again... ugh... Anyway, it is over with and done and a month and a...
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    Parents well it looks like we might scratch beam at state

    Emily is once again going mental on the BW on Beam. She lost it after Thankgiving thanks to a break and then had a private last Friday and got it back and then had it Monday but then we had a snowday on Tuesday and well tonight she lost it again. Ugh.... At least she has scored out of level 6...
  19. G

    Straddle jumps on beam L10

    I was wondering if anyone could tell me the JO value(letter) for a straddle jump 1/2, 3/4 and full on the beam for L10. All of these would be starting facing the end of the beam. Thanks.
  20. B

    Beam Nerves

    Any ideas or practice techniques for overcoming nervousness on beam during meets? Girls that have beautiful beam routines in practice and can hit every time sometimes fall apart in meets. I don't know how to teach confidence under pressure.

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