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    WAG Giants

    My daughter has been working on giants for the best part of six months. She can do them with straps. She is getting so frustrated with herself as she can do them if the coach is stood next to her (not helping just stood there) As soon as the coach moves away daughter is unable to achieve any...
  2. Dahlialover

    MAG Giants Without Grips

    My almost-8-year-old son recently got his giants on the high bar (regular bar, not strap). He doesn’t have grips yet because the head coach says that younger boys should not use grips because they will make their hands weak. None of the older boys at our gym learned giants without grips, so...
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    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...
  4. GymDadWA

    WAG Giant Swing Timing

    Anyone have any updated tips on delaying the arch phase of the giant, DD like many gymnasts just goes into the arch and whip stage before she is at the very bottom of the swing so runs out of steam before she is at the top. Read through old threads and watched all the youtube videos we could...
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    Anon Finger positioning at the bar, rip prevention and tips for giants.

    I always grab the bar with my thumbs above it. Is that dangerous or does it makes things more complicated? I always get rips, maybe because of my thumb being not there with the other fingers (more pressure?). Do you have a tips to get less rips? Or to treat them right? I always have the feeling...
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    Parents First giants

    Just wondering, my 8 year old daughter just did her first supported giant. What kind of age were your daughters when they completed their first unsupported giant? All very exciting times for her!
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    WAG Level 8 Front Giant

    Can a Level 8 use a front giant in their bar routine? If so, how would you compose the routine?
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    Coaches Level 8 Front Giant

    Can a Level 8 use a front giant in their bar routine? If so, how would you compose the routine?
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    Anon So frustrated with giants

    I am training for Level 7 and have been swinging a full giant with a spot for over a year. I tried them on my own for the first time last week. But every time I just arch off the back side. My coach says I'm not tapping hard enough and not pulling my toes over the bar. I can cast all the way to...
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    WAG Giant Troubles

    My DD competed level 7 without a giant but is now working Level 8 and absolutely needs it. She is struggling and feeling really frustrated. Her coaches have been really trying to get her there but she doesn’t know how to apply the feedback. She says she knows she needs to shoot her toes up but...
  11. ReluctantGymMom

    WAG Can giants be the only circling skill for level 6?

    DD competes HS to CHS to giants to layout for her bar routine - she said her back up routine is HS to giants to layout without the CHS if (insert random gymnastics words about pushaway angle) is off. Would that actually fulfill her requirements? I know they have to have a circling skill for...
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    Parents Giants on P Bars

    How long did it take your son to learn the giant on p bar? My son seems really reluctant learn that skill.
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    Parents Ocd elbow and back giant

    Hello, my name is Valeria and I speak Spanish, so I'm sorry if something is wrong. My 12-year-old daughter has OCD in her elbow and is returning to gymnastics after conservative treatment. She has no pain, and he fully extends her arm. But she still can't move her hand for a back giant Has the...
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    WAG Giants

    So in late April I made my first giant which took a really long time for me to learn(over a year). At the end of May I separated my Growth plate in my wrist causing me to take 4weeks off. When I came back I couldn't make a giant for the life of me. My coach and I tried to go back to baby giants...
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    Parents Inconsistent giants?

    My DD did her first independent giant on the high bar on Monday of last week. She is usually the type that one she has a skill, she has it. This skill though has been super hit or miss. One practice she will get around on her own pretty much everytime and then the next practice (like...
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    WAG Giant problems

    My daughter has been trying to learn a giant for TWO years and it’s just not happening for her. The gym has a strap bar and she does them with ease and great form there. Today, a coach spotted her not as much on the high bar and she flew off several times. Help!!! She is sooo ready to move...
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    WAG Giant half? Blind change?

    What is the difference between a blind change and a giant half? I realize this might be a very dumb question.
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    How can I learn a giant on the uneven bars?

    Hi there, I am an older and taller (5'1) level 7 gymnast and I really want to learn a giant. I have been doing strap bar giants for a year and they are ready to move onto the wood bar. This was my first year competing level 7 and I had two free hips in my routine to fulfill the requirements...
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    Parents Pirouettes , blind , front giants

    My daughter is a level 7 . She moved up from one season of 4 to a 7. She has perfected her bar routine for level 7 and she was working on pirouettes along with other upgrades like stalders and then a few months ago they took her off of working pirouettes and started doing front giants. She...
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    WAG Giants

    I have a couple of girls who are learning their giants between the bars. They have had their single rail giants for more than a year, and strap bar giants for years. They straddle to pass the low bar because they are already quite tall (the taller one is 160 cm and the shorter one is 150 cm)...

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