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  1. coachmolly

    WAG Covering a Mat

    Sort of a strange question, and a long shot that anyone will have any info, but I thought I would ask in this forum as it gets the most traffic. We have a mat that needs a new cover and HC has tasked me to come up with something. But with the measurements in hand, I'm wondering if it's really...
  2. L

    Coaches Is it possible to safely stack panel mats?

    So I can rarely get my hands on spotting blocks or anything similar but I have tons of panel mats, in the old days we stacked them up and just dealt with the slip and slide but obviously today the gymnast safety has become priority, as it should have always been. Any suggestions on how I can...
  3. coachkazoo

    Coaches How to prevent mats from slipping?

    Does anyone know a best way to prevent mats from slipping on a school gymnasium floor? Just your regular basic blue panel mats and some thick landing mats. We started running classes in a school but everything slips...all we can do right now, do everything against the wall. Any ideas how we...
  4. GymAuntie

    Parents Where to find good wedge mats

    Does anyone have a recommendation on where to find a good wedge mat and practice mat? We'd love it if it if the two don't cost as much as a mortgage too. :) My niece likes to flip around at home. Nothing serious but we see how much the wedge mat helps in practice and thought it would be good...
  5. MBJ974

    Coaches How Do You Clean Your Mats?

    At our gym the coaches do the cleaning. Yesterday, I noticed that after I was finished wiping down our mats with the solution that is supposed to get rid of chalk, they still had a chalk film on them. How and/or what do you use to clean mats at your gym?
  6. Ali'sMom

    WAG Mat for home beam

    Can someone please tell me why a 6' mat is more expensive than an 8' one??? Not really looking for real answer, just venting. I just don't get it :(
  7. K

    WAG Mat to spring floor?

    Our gym doesn't have spring floor. We just have regular gymnastics mats (that can fold). I have a meet tomorrow and they have a spring floor. Is it going to be hard to adjust? I don't compete where we have levels. It's just a fun meet. I just started a few months ago, and I'm not really advanced...
  8. twinklytoes9468

    Parents Foam for crash mat

    Hi I am a coach and also a parent.I want to buy foam and make a couple of mats to put under our home bar.Does anybody know what grade of foam would be most suitable?
  9. Coach247

    Coaches Not removing the mat after mount deduction.

    Hi everybody. We just had a meet where all our level 3 girls, that competed a glide pull over, got deducted because their mounting spring board wasn't removed until after they started their pull over. The judge said the deduction is called "failure to remove springboard or mounting mat/block...
  10. D

    Parents Tumbling Mat?

    I know everyone says to keep the gym at the gym - and I agree. But my dd especially is practicing handstands and such everywhere (not just at home, grocery store, library, it drives me nuts!)! And I fear it is going to get worse! I was thinking about investing in a basic mat to have in the...
  11. S

    WAG Conditioning to improve front tuck height on the air mat

    Hi, I am an adult gymnast trying to improve my front tuck height when jumping off an air mat. I can land on my feet most of the time but my low height does not allow me to progress to higher skills like front tuck half twist. Could you suggest any conditioning exercises that I could do at home...
  12. amblan01

    Off Topic 14th birthday:Used mat or makeup? Answer fast! Its tomorrow morning!

    From my parents I still have one big gift. Should I buy a used landing mat or spend $150 on MAC and Sephora makeup and perfume? I already got all the clothes I need from VS and scheels from my grandma so I don't need clothes. I'm getting into make up and as a back up plan would spend birthday...
  13. D

    Coaches athletes foot and mat cleaning

    Ok, so one of the parents kids accused us of giving their kids athletes foot. Now, I clean the mats religiously with bleach and soap, but I wonder, what can I do more, with like 100 kids all running barefoot. Can I realisticly make it a germ free enviorment or is there a cleaner that can kill...
  14. J

    WAG Mats sliding when landing bar dismounts

    I have noticed recently at a few meets that the mats sometimes slide out under girls when they dismount bars (Level 7- Level 10). Why isn't it required for the host gym to provide a non-skid liner between mats? It seems a little unsafe and it can be unsettling to watch. I feel like the...
  15. Flipomaniak

    WAG Landing mat at meets

    So I have a double tuck and a double pike in my routine. My coach would like me to do it without a landing mat but it's my understanding that it is allowed. Am I right? Can I use a 4 in mat for landing on floor for my double backs? I've seen it before. Also would you let your gymnast use one...
  16. aerialriver

    WAG Hurdle mat for vault

    I heard today that you are no longer allowed to use a hurdle mat for vault unless you are using it for your hands (like doing a yurchenko) I heard it was because a gymnast slipped on one and broke her neck and now their is a big law suit. Is that true? Also are they doing something different...
  17. ivyagogo

    New Mat - Really hard!!!

    We got a new Tumbltrak Dismount Mat today. Yahoo, very excited. However, the darn thing is so hard it hurts to land on it! I started taking my classes and have the kids just jump up and down on it to try and get it broken in. How long will it take so that we can actually use the thing? I'm...
  18. C

    Cleaning Sting Mats

    We have two of these nasty things in our gym They are so NASTY!
  19. K

    Coaches Tumbling Technique on Sprung Floor vs Un-Sprung Mats

    I'm a first-year head coach getting ready to start the high school season. I assistant coached last year, and the girls seemed very receptive to my comments and made some amazing progress in a very short period of time (the head coach was pretty useless in terms of technique). In general, I'm...
  20. Kiwi

    Names of different types of mats?

    I keep seeing various types of mats named here - panel mat, sting mat, resi, cheese and so on - and would like somebody to please explain what they all are. We have lots of different types of mats in our gym but I've never heard anyone, even the coaches, call them by these names. Maybe our...

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