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  1. GetaGrip

    Straddle Cast to Handstand

    I've been practicing my level 7 bar routine lately, and my casts apparently are very archy with bent apart legs. To make things on my bar routine much better, I've been trying at making a straddle cast to handstand, but I've only started today. I'm having some problems getting my but up in the...
  2. C

    Kip cast handstand

    I am really bad at kip cast handstands and I’ve been working at them for almost a year now. I have a meet in a week that I really want to compete bars at so i was hoping that somebody could give me some tips and drills to help me get mine better by then, please!!!!! --I do a kip cast straddle...
  3. gymgurl

    Handstand Flatback Vault

    being level four my vault is a handstand flatback. I have been told i am piking but i don't know how to fix it, could it be that the springboard is to close or too far from the vaulting table? how do you measure how far it should be? This piking thing is bugging me because my coach says its...
  4. B

    Toe shoot to handstand

    I recently started working these with one of my level 8s. She has a beautiful toe shoot to high and a free hip handstand so I thought they would be easy, but she couldn't get it. We've only done one practice, but I'd like to have her learn it as fast as possible. She seems to fling her feet...
  5. D

    help with back extention to handstand

    my daughter is a level 5 (first year) and has a really nice floor routine - scoring 9.4 usually - I can see that her primary deduction is her back extention to handstand - she rises nicely, but arches and does not hold the handstand complete..... her coaches are not giving her any suggestions...
  6. F

    Tips for FreeHip Handstands

    I am getting SO close to my freephip handstand but I can't quite get it. Does anybody have any tips or drills so that I can get it! Thanks in advance!:)
  7. C

    Kip cast handstand help!!!

    I am really bad at kip cast handstands but I need mine so can someone give me some tips please...:(
  8. fishchimes

    Tips on keeping legs straight, holding handstands, and pushups

    I decided to do three questions in the same post because for some reason having three posts in the same forum makes me feel uncomfortable... xD Lol. You only have to answer one if you want. So I have always had a problem keeping my legs straight during skills. I have REALLYREALLYREALLY long...
  9. G

    North Carolina HS Graduation Project

    For my high school, we have to do what is called the NC graduation project...which will take up our whole junior and senior years. We have to give a presentation to the community as a senior about our project. I am only a freshman, but my english teacher is making us come up with what we want...
  10. C

    Parents Sami's first HS meet of the year...

    didn't go so well. In fact it went so badly that she refuses to let me put video of it on YouTube. She did varsity vault, bars & beam and JV floor (last to go though--in HS typically means the coach things you'll get the highest score). Vault went fairly well--she did a half on/half off first...
  11. C

    How do you come down from a cast handstand without peeling off? (for giants)

    I have recently just gotten my cast handstand but every time i come down from it, I'm all archy and I usually peel off into the pit. Are there any tips or drills or advice for coming down in the correct position?
  12. M

    Will I ever get my staddle press HS?

    I'm a L5, and I'm worried because I can't get my press to HS. In our strength training every day, we have to "try 10 press handstands from sitting" but I can't even make a press from straddle sit to straddle stand. I can barely/sometimes make a press from straddle stand to handstand, and I have...
  13. G

    Kip Cast HS Help!

    I am a level 7 and I am haveing trouble with my kip, cast handstand. I really need it to be able to make my giant! (right now...on high bar, my cast is about horizontal!) I can't do a cast handstand either...but i am really close! Well, I guess I can do it, I am just afraid to! It is...
  14. N

    Parents Cast to Handstand!

    I just had to share.....Olivia got her cast to handstand at practice Monday night. :eek: Bars was the last rotation of the night so her arms were bent, she was tired, but she did it! Got her feet all the way up and she held it!! She doesn't need this skill for level 6 but I think this will...
  15. F

    Handstand help

    I know this is a really basic skill, but i'm new to the world of gymnastics. I'm sixteen and i've been doing gymnastics about a month. I'm currently at a gym that is much more focused on rec gymnastics than competitive. My class is pretty big (with girls who can not even do cartwheels) so I...
  16. M

    Parents Mini Brag.. Handstand on beam

    We have a beam close to the floor at home and J has been practicing alot. Last night was the first night she REALLY looked good doing her handstand on the regular beam with no issues, not looking shaky after the handstand etc. She was able to hold the handstands 3-5 seconds with a straight body...
  17. D

    Another press handstand question

    Hi I've noticed the great influx of press to handstand questions and I have one that is a little specific. When I attempt a straddle press to handstand from a seated straddle, I have trouble. I round my upper back and it looks like I am trying to press up vertebrae by vertebrae. When I watch...
  18. G

    cast to HS and Press HS?

    On bars, i can't seem to get a cast HS. I get so close, but my coach says i am not opening my shoulders. I can't seem to figure out how to open my shoulders! Are there any drills for this? Also, i am incredibly strong, but i can't figure out how to do a press handstand! I have tried every...
  19. G

    press handstands

    I really want a straddle press hand stand, but i can't figure it out. I can pancake on the floor and hold myself off the ground on my hands, but can't rotate my hips up into the handstand. Also I can straddle press all ready standing. Maybe I just don't have enough strength or something. Any...
  20. T

    Bars - split to handstand

    What's the difference between doing a split to handstand or just going into a handstand? I've noticed that most, if not all, other girls do a split to a handstand while dd just goes straight up to a handstand with legs together. I asked her what the difference is and she said that it's just the...

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