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  1. gym monkeys mom

    Fear over giants over and over......

    I may have posted on this before but it still occurs so here it goes again.... DD will be a 3rd year Level 8 (15yrs) due to injury last year that put her out all but 1st month competition season. So really this is only the 2nd year of 8. My question is why does she have reoccuring fears of...
  2. V

    giants :)

    I did giants for the first time tonite! :) My hands are def. paying for it but it was worth it!
  3. S

    Got another one.. Closed shoulder angle on giants

    Closed shoulder angles on giants.. Done the tramp bar bouncing to handstand from their back.. done the reverse angle off of a cheese/wedge with a floor bar and shift to handstand with spot.. tried explaining the issue of tapping at the right time.. what else ya guys got?
  4. D

    Strap bar giants! help!

    Hi, okay, so I have my front giants on strap bar, but I cannot get my back giants, and those are the ones I need! on my back swing, I get to a complete handstand, but in my forward swing I get almost to. handstand I go " belly up" as my coach says... i feel like if I pull my feet over ( so I do...
  5. I

    I learned GIANTS in 15 MINUTES!!!

    I am sooo excited! I am competing level 6 currently, and my coach put me in the optional group, to start training level 7, so I can possibly test out and go straight to level 8 after my level 6 season is over! Today was my 2nd day in the group... and my coach said, "Hey, why dont you work baby...
  6. G

    giants?!?!

    hello everyone ive been working on my giants since may and i cant get them. i can do a cast handstand and i do them on straps but i just dont get it.
  7. M

    Giants

    http://www.youtube.com/embed/gc7iL3cy62Y DD's first giant without coach on block by her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc7iL3cy62Y
  8. R

    Front giant spotting and mechanics

    So... my head coach has decided that our front giants need to be the "whip" method (for girls), something that I need to work on a bit. I can teach front giants for girls, and I have done so successfully using a hollow rise method. I feel comfortable spotting this (shoulder in front, wrist/hip...
  9. L

    Coaches Level 7 afraid of giants - struggling on bars

    I have an "older" Level 7 (freshman in high school) that has struggled for several years now on giants on bars. Meanwhile her skills on the other events continue to accelerate. She has phenomenal tumbling on floor (double fulls, front layouts, double backs into pit and on tumble track, triple...
  10. G

    Giant drills on straps?

    Hey! So today at summer camp near the end of practice my coach let me start swinging on straps so i could try for my giants. So i did my taps and then my coach told me to do a cast away to tap to back uprise...i did it a couple times but then when my coach left i couldn't do them...and if i did...
  11. hawaii_gymnast

    Giants

    I have been starting to work giants at gym. I have been doing drills for quite some time now and they arew fine on the strap bar. Yesterday I tried them on the real bar (with double spot) and I just can't get over. My wrists stay under the bar, I can't shift my wrists (same problem with...
  12. GetaGrip

    "Speeder" Giants

    Lately I've been practicing what my coach calls "speeder" giants. These are when you tap early while arching and separating your legs to get height and distance into a flyaway. I thought it looked really easy, but I'm having a hard time forcing my chest and hips down so I can tap early. I'm...
  13. P

    Is it right time for giants?

    I coach girls who are 7-11 years olds. Some of the girls are very strong and very good on bars and i have been wondering if it's right time to start doing giant drills with the best ones. We have already practiced floor bar handstands and their tap swings are ok. They have also done tap swings...
  14. B

    Giant problem

    I don't know why but i cant to a giant. I'm not even that scared of doing them its just, every time i get a spot my arms bend and i end up just doing a three quarter giant. I need some help on how to keep my arms straight so that i can go around and make my giant! Please help.
  15. flipper's fan

    DD has lost her giants

    They were last seen in the gym, so if you find them, please return them to her immediately. She needs them for her meet tomorrow. It is her last chance to qualify for states and she is really distraught.
  16. D

    Arching her giants

    My dd will be competing Level 7 next weekend. She did three meets of L6. We found out just last week she will definitely competing L7 at the next meet which is next weekend. Get this, she will be getting her floor routine four days before her first L7 meet. She has all her skills and was...
  17. GetaGrip

    Giants on the Low Bar?

    I've seen some younger gymnasts do giants on the low bar with a spot because they don't need to bend their legs, but now I'm starting to see them in competition: YouTube - Taylor Allex Level 10 Bars - Peppermint Twist (right after her shoot half to the low bar)...
  18. MamaofEnS

    Parents Giant Flyaway crunch time

    Hi All, Well, my L7 DD just learned on Wednesday that since she isn't ready to compete bars, she can't compete at all! I wasn't aware of this policy, especially because apparently it is only true in L7 (at our gym). Well, there are about three weeks until the next meet. All my DD is missing...
  19. KyraGymnast

    Mett tomorrow andI lost my giants! D:

    Hey everyone- so i have a meet tomorrow (at 8 in the morning, ugh!) and it's the first sanctioned meet we've competed in this year. Unfortunately, i lost my giants about two weeks ago, so I'm not competing my regular bar routine at this meet- normally I do the normal level 7 routine (kip, free...
  20. S

    level 8 giants

    Is there any other options to doing giants at level 8? I believe they need to handstands and two circling elements. I was just wondering what else would cover these requirements. My daughter is having trouble getting her giants. She has gotten them once in a while over the past year or so...

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