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  1. twisting007bigflip

    Women Cross handstand, legs in split...new level 3

    Can someone define this for me? Does the split need to be parallel to the ceiling for it to count with no deduction? Or is this more of a "lever hop" where they can kick up to a partial handstand and never join their feet? Also, after watching the American cup, the elites are no longer able to...
  2. gymnasticswim4

    Handstand Block

    Whenever i do my handstand block on vault, i sail through it only to find that i was piked. Tips on how to get rid of the pike and keep the hollow position?
  3. 20gymnast13

    Women Backwards roll to handstand (back extension rolls)

    Am I the only one with this problem? I can't seem to hit the handstand! My coach gives me some drills, but they don't seem to work:confused:. okay, so the problem is my coach said I don't have enough power in my arms when I roll. I know it sounds confusing. But anyways If you have any...
  4. GymBee97

    Parents HS state meet today

    Ok DD has had one rash of injuries after another. Today is the High School state meet and her team is going for the 4th straight year in a row (crossing fingers). 1/2 the team is injured with braces, supports, taped ankles etc. So we are hoping they can pull it off. My own DD is doing vault...
  5. 5StarNinjaXx

    Women Cast to handstand and giants(:

    So today I attempted to do my cast to handstand and giants by myself. Keep in mind that I've done this with a spot since the beginning of summer 2012. I have never in my life done a cast to handstand by myself before tonight. My teammate got her giants the practice before and I got pretty...
  6. G

    Women cast handstand taking forever

    hi everyone one of my best friends at my gym is a good level 8 who struggles a lot with bars. she mounts the high bar then does an overshoot then kip squat on kip cast free hip layout flyaway. she has been working cast handstands A LOT for almost 2 years now and she can sometimes almost make...
  7. ~Gymnast~

    Handstand/Front Handspring

    Most of the time, when i do a handstand, i go into a front handspring. I dont know why, but my muscles are so used to doing a front handspring. How can i stop myself from doing a front handspring?
  8. htimcj

    Women Straight Leg Cast Handstand vs. straddle to Cast Handstand

    Is there a difference between doing your cast hand stand with completely straight legs vs going up in a straddle? DD is trying/doing them without the straddle. She gets it every once in awhile. Two other girls on her team get them more often but straddle up to them. Is one easier than the...
  9. cbifoja

    Women press handstand pike through question

    My daughter has been playing around with doing a press handstand than then piking through her hands to hold herself up off her floor beam. She saw the American Girl movie and said that was what McKenna does. She can't do it and I was teasing her telling her that her legs are longer than her...
  10. M

    Women Holding a handstand

    I can do handstands, and my average time held is a few seconds. I can always to a half pirouette and a third or so of the time I can do full. Occasionally I've done more. Sometimes I can hold my handstand for a while, however, what can I do to consistently improve my handstand? My gym doesn't...
  11. gymgurl

    Women Handstand holding

    Sounds silly for me to be asking this as a level 7 but I really suck at holding handstands. I am in the process of making goals for 2013 and one of them is to be able to hold a handstand without a wall for a minute. At the moment I can hold for 10 seconds at best but that's it. My walking is...
  12. htimcj

    Women Kip-cast handstand!

    I love it when I see a skill for the first time! DD10 L6 did her first connected kip cast handstand! She was so excited. It isn't consistent or particularly pretty yet but she made it! I always tell if you have done it once you can eventually do it again!
  13. G

    Women What is the purpose of doing this type of cast to handstand (optionals)

    My dd does a cast to handstand on bars. but her teammates all do a cast straddle then bring their legs together at the top of the bar, what is the purpose of them doing that? What is the difference?
  14. R

    Women Cast to handstand for level 4s?

    Hi everyone! This is more to satisfy my curiosity than anything else. My DD is currently on level 4, and I usually ask her what was fun for her after practice. The past few weeks she has said the most fun thing was practicing casts to handstand (with the coach spotting of course). So I guess...
  15. G

    Parents Level 6 Beam Dismount (Not Holding First Handstand Long Enough)

    My daughter's first Level 6 meet is coming up soon, and she is struggling w/ holding the regular handstand at the start of the beam dismount long enough...she is just going right from the first handstand to the side handstand (then twists down from there)...her hands place correctly for it all...
  16. G

    Parents Handstand roll down

    My dd has this on her routine for in gym meet. Her meet is nov 10. She does amazing handstands when it's just handstands. But when it comes to handstand + roll down it looks like she is doing a very good dive roll. It's been going on for a month now. Every week it's worse and worse. Her...
  17. Flipomaniak

    Women How to get power out of a toe handstand?

    My coach wants me to start working rays and melonies, but I can't figure out howto get power! He just says segmentation... Any suggestions?
  18. MaryA

    Women Handstand Book?

    So, pretty regularly I get an email advertisement for Karen Goeler's Handstand Book. I have gone as far as to put it in my "cart" but have never actually ordered it. Does anyone have any first hand experience with this book? Is it something my daughter would enjoy, say, getting in her...
  19. Flipomaniak

    Women Tips for bail handstand....

    So I can kind of do it... If you look at a video of me in slow motion I'm landing on handstand, I just can't balance in handstand like a lot of people. I just plop right over. I also arch a bit and I can't figure out how to keep my core tight. Any help? Please....
  20. V

    Women Stopping/Controlling a Cast to Handstand

    DD has a pretty typical L7 bar routine - kip, squat-on, jump to high bar, kip, cast, free hip, giant, giant layout flyaway. In her coaching evaluation last night, they told her that she would be scoring in the 9s, but her biggest deductions are probably in her high bar cast (she's hitting HS...

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