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Is there a difference? I notice the flat Palm presses are harder, but a friend of mine who is a coach also feels it can put unnecessary stress on the wrists. For competition, I know girls are not really doing these in their floor routines like the guys, so I am talking about for conditioning...

Is there an advantage to kipping, and casting with the legs together, vs. straddle? It look pretty to straddle cast HS, but is it harder to pike HS? What is more desirable?

Which glide do you use, straddle or pike? I use straddle.:-)

Some of my gymnasts do gainer pikes off the end of the beam, one of them takes off slightly wonky every time and lands to the side if the beam this mean it will get downgraded, does anyone have and tips/drills that will help her to take off in a straight line so she can get credited it as a 'c'...

This is true on floor but what about the other events? Is a double tuck dismount the same as a double pike dismount on beam and bars? Which do you personally (gymnast, parent, coach...) like to see best?

1) I have a pike jump in my beam routine! Or did..The coach wants to take it out, but i am very determined to prove to her that i can do it with the appropriate height she is looking for (horizontal). What are some conditiong drills or flexibility drills i can do to get it higher? I dont think...

My daughter is competition ready on her double tuck and is close to being competition ready on her double pike. But she is still having trouble with her double fulls. I can see where the dynamics of the double tuck/pike is very different from double fulls. So I think being able to do one does...

Do you use a straddle or pike glide in your kips? What's your preference?

So DD is doing RO BHS BLO and she gets around ok and has good height but the landing is some what piked. What do you do to fix this? I have no intention of coaching her or helping her myself. I am just curious. I don't really know the mechanics of this skill. I am thinking that perhaps she...

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...

My DD seems to have a particular aversion to pike stretches. She has her splits, both ways, and can get flat to the floor on a straddle stretch, but the pike is not pretty. Obviously practicing several times a day (that's what her coach told her to do) will help. Just wondered if there were...

My DD caught her 1st pike Jaeger last week! So excited for her. Which is best to train for level 10, straddle or pike? Do they have the same value?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95AwXGqF1dE

I'll get straight to it : 1. How would one retain, or even improve, shoulder flexibility when working shoulder strength at the same time? - as these two things seem to work against each other. 2. What are some good solo drills to help reach a full pike fold? - the drills I've seen so far just...

Overall I know the straddle works more muscles and the pike works the middle and lower abs,but other than that what's the difference, which one is harder and what do you prefer? I like pike presses because their easier and I cant seem to make my straddle ever but I like the look of them better.

My dd is competing level 6 first time tomorrow with 3 weeks to learn routines :) she looks good excpet when she does her cast on the high bar she is piking a little (like bent at the booty) and she said her coach tells her to pike there but we've watched lots of videos and never see any pikes...

DD is training level 8 and is sooo looking forward to finally being able to compete her tsuk. Coaches at her gym and at FlipFest camp say her vault is great, but I've only seen her do it unto a mat in the foam pit. I've noticed before that the higher level girls at our gym mostly vault into the...

What is the value of a front handspring pike 1/2? Thanks!

Is a front pike dismount on beam an A or a B?

How do you PROPERLY do a Pike and a Layout (E.g Head Position, Arms,Body Etc.)I need to get a Standing Pike -> Standing Layout -> Standing Full before July ( 4 Months ) I can do a Standing Tuck but it's not high enough for a pike (I'm messing up my ankle :( ). Tips to improve my Backtuck and...

What are the drills and progressions to get to this? -> Video I'm having trouble finding any instruction anywhere http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z64RkyCa190