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  1. F

    WAG Level 7 Bar routine clarification (giants/casts/flyaway)

    I’m trying to gain a better understanding of the Level 7 bar routine: First, if DD doesn’t quite make her cast to handstand at first on low bar, but then she makes it on the high bar, does that still count? Second, she will probably do two giants on high bar (clear hip to 45 on low). I’ve...
  2. everydaygymnastics

    WAG Flyaway

    Any tips on what To look at and what position to be in after you let go? Also, when do you tuck your legs in the flyaway? Before or after you let go.
  3. B

    Parents Annoyed - flyaway meet where only competitors were teammates

    Hi all - please give me a reality check on flyaway meets. We just returned from a weekend meet where we paid for flights, 2 nights hotel, and all the other stuff that goes along with travel to find that our only competitors were our teammates (in our age group). Is this normal? This is our 2nd...
  4. P

    Parents Flyaway

    Flyaway tips, drills, explanations, and also drills for at home?
  5. lime-gymnast

    WAG Layout flyaway mental block

    I’ve perfected my layout flyaway and have even started to do cast handstand layouts on the pit bar, but I started to flip before I let go of the bar and developed a mental block after bailing twice at a practice. My coach told me to work on something different for now but every time I think of...
  6. lime-gymnast

    WAG Layout flyaway mental block

    I’m in a relaxed gymnastics competitive program. I’ve been competing for about a year and a half and have been in the sport for 3 years and a half. This program is laid back and our team is 10-15 (age) and very wide range of skill, but most of us are working on kips and cartwheels on beam, front...
  7. C

    WAG Front Flyaway Question

    I have a gymnast that wants to learn a front flyaway. I don't have very much experience with these, but how would you go about teaching it? Our main problem is that our gym doesn't have a pit bar. Is it the type of thing where we should just put down soft mats and have her play around with them...
  8. astrogabbyx

    WAG Fear of Flyaway

    I've been working on flyaways for a really long time. A couple of months ago, I was doing them just fine with a coaches spot/into the pit alone. Now I can't. When my coach is spotting me, I freak out and don't let go. When I try it into the pit, I get too scared to flip so I end up doing a...
  9. S

    Parents Suddenly won't let go for flyaway

    My DD who is 11 and competing level 7 this year has suddenly stopped doing flyaways. Tuesday she had a great bar day was doing giant into a layout flyaway and also used the strap bar some to improve her form on her giants. My husband caught the tail end of practice and said she was letting go...
  10. KiraDombrowski

    WAG Flyaway help

    One of my friends is having major flyaway trouble. She is fine doing it on the low bar with a spot but once she gets on the high bar she won't let go. She will start tucking early and slightly pulling in on the high bar. This has developed some fear. My friend has hit her feet which gave her...
  11. C

    WAG Starting Flyaways

    Hey everyone, I'm an older gymnast and a lower level than most gymnasts my age (Xcel gold). I am at the platinum level on every event other than bars, but I'm just starting to work on back tuck flyaways to try to move up a level. The coaches say I would be able to do the flyaway since it's...
  12. G

    Drills and tips for a front flyaway

    Drills and tips for a front flyaway
  13. gabs

    WAG Fly away fears

    I have all the foundations down but im scared of letting go. Does anyone have any drills that can help with that
  14. The_gymnast

    WAG Flyaway Tip

    My flyaways have been great in the past, until yesterday. My coach was gone for 5 days and we didn’t work flyaways so now I don’t tap at all, tap too late, or close my shoulders. I keep hitting my toes on the bar. My tap swings without the flyaways are good, but when I connect it it all messes...
  15. Gymnastorlz

    WAG Flyaway problems

    So at my last gymnastics practise, I was scared to let go of my flyaway and just couldn’t let go. Most other practises, I let go after two or three tries, and once I get the first one over with, I’m fine. I’m now stressing and putting pressure on myself since the practise I couldn’t do it in...
  16. G

    WAG Flyaway Problems

    About a year ago my DD moved up from bronze to silver. She had been working very hard as her best friend moved up before her. She finally moved up and had an okay first year. Now we know that she is not going to move up(gold) as she would have a terrible year on beam and floor as she has always...
  17. Geoffrey Taucer

    MAG Quad flyaway

    Have y'all seen this madness?
  18. M

    WAG Flyaway HELP!

    My level 7 has developed a strange problem with letting go too early on flyaways. It happened the week after regionals. She just goes really far and suddenly can't seem to figure out how to let go at the right time. Help please! Are there any drills she could do, things she could tell herself...
  19. 4schnoodle

    Parents Pike flyaway

    So my DD just informed me that she is doing a piked flyaway dismount and it got me curious… How much “Pike” is too piked? Like should her feet go all the way to her face? Should it be more like a 90° angle? This is more just a mom question from curiosity (don’t like to have her discuss too many...
  20. P

    WAG Flyaway mental block

    How do I help my 10yo DD deal with a major mental block on her giant-flyway? She's been very frustrated and her mental state is getting worse after each practice. She competed cast- flyaway all season last year and then had giant-flyaway for about 3 months. She's lost everything now and won't...
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