swings

My gym class is working on kips. My coach said I would have a beautiful kip if my glide swing was better. What I seem to do almost constantly is get my shoulders higher then the bar when jumping into my glide swing, and instead of gliding out straight then putting my toes to the bar, I glide out...

What's the best way to improve the grip on a pair of p-bars to prepare for giant swings? I know there are a lot of different formulas out there (water, honey, syrup, magic voodoo dance, whatever) to allow kids to better grip the bars, but I never worked anything harder than a moy to upper-arm on...

My daughter just turned 8. Over the summer she got her first grips and things seemed fine. a couple of weeks ago she started slipping off the high bar in her tap swings. After 2 bad falls the coaches took her grips away. last night she did it again - thankfully over the pit. They said...

I have two questions about rings. First: does anybody have any really good drills for teaching the proper pressure on the rings on the front swing? I have one guy who just can't seem to get the hang of it; his arms remain vertical for the whole swing; if he tries to swing higher, he just goes...