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Another question coming from DD: why do most girls do layouts out of giant swings instead of tucked flyaways? Unlike on floor, there doesn't seem to be a requirement in L7/8 bars for a layout. Does a layout control the swing more? Do most girls find it easier to do the layout? Also, Mr...

I haven't been on in a long time but have enjoyed reading about all the successes your young gymmies are having. States are in 2 weeks and I can't believe the season of craziness is almost over. Background...my little gymmie was a level 5 last season, tested and made it onto the National Tops...

Alex had a fantastic meet last Sunday! It was a very small meet just us and one other team. Unfortunately our team came in 2nd. Alex placed 2nd AA out of about 10 girls. They went out of the typical rotation. Vault was first - 8.725 - Best vault this season! 5th place Beam - fell on that...

So I did giants for the first time yesterday and they were really easy for me..like by the end of the workout I was just getting a light spot on the first one and then doing the second and third on my own. The only problem is the cast before it. I don't have a cast that's even close to a cast...

DD did her first unassisted back tuck today (after quite a number of drills) and did several (assisted) giants. One small step, I guess, but at her gym these are big skills that they work a lot of drills towards, so it was pretty cool to see them. I'm sure there's plenty left to do, but it was...

Finally! D did 3 back giants on his own today in strap bar. He is beaming. So excited. He has gotten front giants before but was scared of back giants. Now he can finally work them in practice! That was a serious mental block for him. I am sure it will be a while before they are...

Is there a way that my dd can incorporate a giant on the high bar but then somehow get in position to do the "pike-off" dismount? I am sure her coaches will figure it out. For gymnix she needs either an uprise (no way), a giant (she's a pro), or a flyaway (no way, she's terrified) as her...

Hi all, I am in the process of making a photo collage of one of my gymnasts learning giants - So far I have her performing them on strap bar on her own, then on wooden bar with support - she is doing something funky in the upwards swing on the wooden bar and I'd like to show her still images...

My DD is working on trying to fix her giants. She knows that she isn't supposed to arch at the top of the giant but is having some trouble fixing it. Could you take a look at her giants and offer some suggestions on how to fix them...

My daugther got her giants about a 1 1/2 years ago. Her coach said she was a natural swinger and had perfect body shaping in her swings and giants. She recently has gone through fear issues and was afraid to do the flyaway. She has her flyaway back but has lost her good shaping (hallowed out...

This past Friday Alex's coach told me that she did 2 giants on the high bar without a spot! Her coach taped it but the file was too big to send to my phone. I did see it and they looked great! Hopefully I will get a chance to go in and record her doing one soon!

My daughter won't compete level 7 for a year, but she very bravely got up on the real bar tonight and did her cast handstand to three giants. A month ago she was near a nervous breakdown thinking she would never get her giants. And a couple weeks ago she was in tears about having to do them...

DD did this last night!! I posted a little while back that she was scared of going over on the giants. Well the coach had her start with tuck giants, then raised the bar but still let her do them in tuck, then had her work on them with a tuck and straightening her legs at the bottom, then she...

I was speaking to dd's coach tonight and she was raving about dd's bars... up to the point of actually going over on giants and doing the flyaway. And this is after doing it once with a spot on the strap bar. So her coach was working with her on swings, and she said to dd, "when your form and...

In the beginning of the summer DD started working on giants on the pit bar. She was really close . . . then she slipped. . . Crumbled right down, head first . . . new coach, couldn't grab her. . . down she went. well, they tried everything over the summer. She was flying around strap bar but...

So, dd (10yrs, platinum level (L6-7 equiv)) tells me the other night that while trying her giants with a spot, she is "planking" over the bar. I have no idea what this means so she tries to explain it by saying "well, it is sort of like doing my baby giant. I don't mean to do this but as I am...

I'm looking for possibilities for connection bonus for a level 9 bar routine. We're looking at front giant 1/2-opvershoot handstand, and clearhip-toe shoot to high bar as her connections right now, but she's a bit inconsistent hitting the handstand on the clearhip, so we're trying to put in an...

My older dd has progressed to doing giants on the pit bar. Before the past week or two she has been working clear baby giant drills gradually getting more and more clear, but only from 3/4 handstand to 3/4 handstand (and on the channel bar). Now she is doing it from the cast handstand and on...

Hi all, Just beginning to teach these skills to one of my gymnasts who just doesn't get the wrist shift and I'm a little bit at a loss as to how to fix it! She can do giants on shiny bar in gloves and loops, but she obviously doesn't have to shift her wrists for them! She can do really nice...

Hey everyone - Here is a short video clip about teaching the Giant/Long Swing on Parallel Bars... Hope you enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY7CFJGJfXY