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  1. G

    Coaches Vault form help!

  2. ivyagogo

    WAG Improving form on all skills - especially back handsprings

    As most of you know by now, my gym has been rec only ever since I started coaching there. Kids were coming once a week for an hour. I am now starting an xcel team. Girls will be required to come twice a week for 90 minute classes. Most of these kids have pretty lousy form on a lot of skills...
  3. Coach247

    Coaches Form X Technique?

    If you had to choose only one to base your coaching on, witch one would you choose, and why?
  4. Clover

    WAG Height versus Form on Cast Handstand

    I have a question for coaches and knowledgeable parents about cast to handstand. My DD has very nice form on her cast to handstand, but she doesn't get all the way up. At her TOPS testing earlier this Summer the judge actually complemented her on her beautiful casts. However, she didn't get...
  5. A

    WAG Question regarding form vs very fast skill progression

    My youngest DD, 8, was placed on TOPs this last fall. This is a new program at our gym, and we were told up front, that it is mainly for the benefit of extra training, and not to expect anyone going to any National Camps, etc. That is is an experiment. My DD, and 2 other girls, just finished old...
  6. G

    WAG I have horrible form

    My form on almost everything is horrible. No matter how hard I try, how long I practice, how hard I focus, I just can't seem to keep my arms and legs straight and my toes pointed. My tumbling looks horrible and this is the reason I can't add on a second bhs... I vault with my arms and legs bent...
  7. A

    WAG I would like some input on these form of skills.

    Hi I would like some input on the back handspring and round off instructions in this clinic with Wade Petersen. March 4, 2011 MOV08635 - YouTube March 4, 2011 MOV08636 - YouTube March 4, 2011 MOV08637 - YouTube March 4, 2011 MOV08638 - YouTube March 4, 2011 MOV08640 - YouTube March 4, 2011...
  8. S

    WAG Back Hand Spring Form Tips

    Hi, was wondering if you have any tips on how to help my 8 YO L4 improve her form on BHS. Obviously her coaches are working with her but just wondering if you have any additional advice.. it’s mostly those bent legs of course..
  9. R

    Parents Form a maturity issue?

    Hi All, This is my first time posting. My daughter is 6 years old and has been doing gymnastics for two years. She is on a team which is preparing for level 5. She can do all of the skills, however, her form is not great. For example, no matter how many times the coach (or I) remind her to...
  10. Faith

    form - natural or learned?

    I noticed a comment on another thread about good form being unusual in an optional 8 year old, and the other about the L4 kid who came last ending up an excellent L10. So got me to wondering watching DD's class, is form a natural thing or can you learn it? DD is in a group of 7/8 year olds...
  11. beamer

    form issues

    Hello, I decided to give up my "lurking" Chalkbucket life and become a member: too many good questions and answers! Also, I have a pressing one of my own. I have not seen too many "form" questions addressed directly in posts here, yet this seems to be an issue that many gyms, parents, coaches...
  12. gymmomntc2e6

    Coaches hypermobility & form

    I was wondering if hypermobility affects form. Is it harder for a child that is hypermobile to be tight, have straight legs than a child who is not? I am asking because it seems that the girls I see struggle more with tightness have some level of hypermobility. Just coincidence in what I...
  13. M

    advice for standing back handspring with bad form

    I'm an adult gymnast training for a level 6 compulsory meet in 2 weeks and my standing back handspring on floor is just ugly. My round off back handspring is still strong, but the standing back handspring is so hard now that I haven't been training for a couple years. Basically I can't do it...
  14. F

    Coaches Teaching tight body/form to young children

    Hey everyone! It's been quite a while since I have been on here, but I could use some major help. I teach young kids, around the ages of 5 up to about 8. I have some beginner kids and some advanced kids combined into one class. The advanced class is my normal group and I do perfectly fine...
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  15. gymgurl

    Improving Form

    Ok I am one of those dreaded gymnasts that has the worst form and doesn't learn it very well. I blame it on the first "gym" (if it even deserves that name) that taught me not to rebound out of my round off (it was a crappy school program i was in the "advanced group i think within a year or...
  16. K

    I lost my back handspring but can't seem to get it back in the right form.

    Last may at my gymnastics recital i had my round-off double back handspring all by myself with no spotter and started working on back tucks. But this summer i was out for two weeks and when i came back i couldnt even do a round-off back handspring. Ive been working on my back handspring since...
  17. S

    How do I get my girls to care about their form!!!

    We have been having a big problem with our level 3 & 4 pre-team girls this year. It doesn't seem to matter how many drills we do, or how much correcting, our girls just don't seem interested in fixing their form. We do muscle isolation, kick drills, we correct bent arms, legs, un-pointed feet...
  18. gymmomntc2e6

    form & staying tight

    Any suggestions to help a gymnast who really stuggles with form. She has very long legs and arms and is very thin ( eats well but only seems to get longer !!) and is hypermobile. She has a really hard time staying tight - she always looks loose like a noodle. When told to be tight or...
  19. K

    Will form and tightness improve with age?

    My daughter is a 7 year old level 4 gymnast. She can do almost any skill you ask her to the first time she tries it. She is very strong, but she does not stay tight and does not always point her toes. Will this improve as she gets older? This has been a problem since she was a level 1. She...
  20. Robindq

    Proper Form on Layouts

    Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me fix the form on my layouts. They used to be pretty arched throughout, but i managed to make the second half nice and straight/hollow, the problem is, as soon as I set for my layout i still arch into it. It looks like this...

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