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We are heading to the Azarian team Cup this year, and I am looking for tips for travel.... Driving in LA is really, one of my absolute worst nightmares. I have done it once before, in 1996..lol. So...It looks like Orange County/Santa Ana is the closest airport, which I am all for. But Long...

Each generation of coaches improves by taking what prior generations have learned and building on it (as is true with most things). But there are also often nuggets of wisdom we wish we'd found earlier. So, to all the veteran coaches (ie 10 years or more): post advice you would like to give to...

My 6 yo DD is super strong for her age. But, her range of flexibility is far behind the other girls in her group. I’ve tried to get her to do splits for one minute on each leg before she goes to bed, but (since she is six) doesn’t want to most nights. Should I just not worry about it and hope...

My DD's class has been working shoot throughs and it seems like her long legs are not working in her favor for this skill. Anyone else experience the same? Can this skill be done when the legs are long but arm length not so much [emoji56]

A bit of a back story (sorry, it's long). DD is an anxious child, always has been, until she's comfortable and then look out b/c she'll own the room. She started pre-competitive gymnastics at age 5 and it has both helped confidence and personified her anxiety at various points over the past 4...

ive been working on my front hip circle for over a year now and I still don't have it! Any tips? Sometimes I can do it (I have to muscle them up) but other times I just can't make it!

So my back handspring on beam, as you can tell by the title, has a problem. My legs are straight, I have good height, I go straight - everything is good except for one thing. I can only get one hand on the beam. Because of this, I've been working on the low beam for a while, but while I've...

Hello I am a 28 year old female, and I am in shape. I only weigh about 108 too. I have been practicing everyday on my gymnastics mat at home, and I go to a trainer about 2-3 times a month. I am stuck on the cartwheel and bridge. I can do a handstand, but I am wobbly. I am not even close to...

My DD (age 8) is a level 4 and recently had her first competition, ever, and didn't come up with the scores she was hoping for. Minus a brain fart on bars (back hip circle on low bar...she doesn't even know why she did it), her scores were reflective of messy form not from falls or missed...

Sorry for posting a lot today :D I'm about to go back to gymnastics after the holiday break and I've been trying to find out some more info since I can't ask anyone at the gym. So anyway, I think a good skill to train would be a Korbut, because then I couldn't fall (or it would be easier not...

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone had drills or stretches etc to help straighten out my DDs back leg on her beam split jump. She's lvl 5 and seems to always have a bent back leg. The coaches tell her to just straighten it but she can't. She's a very strong, powerhouse gymnast, but not...

I have a kid who has made a few kips in straps here and there, but isn't very consistent. She has a good pull and can get herself up when I spot only her legs, but rarely makes it if I only spot her back. She'll bring her toes to the bar, but won't hold them in. She is great at bar holds and leg...

I don't know if I have come to the right here, but I decided to try! I know nobody can predict the future, nobody knows what a person can do and it depends on many factors. But as you all have some sort of gymnastics background, I will be happy with any subjective opinion or tip! I did...

Our gym is having its first out of state meet in Sevierville, TN. Other than some older posts/reviews (2014 and older) I have not found much about it when doing a google search. There was no facebook page for the host or event but I did find their wordpress website and found information. Still...

Hey everyone! This weekend will be my first meet of the 2015-2016 season. I'm so nervous! My meet is Saturday. Today was my last practice before the meet.... I had an excellent beam workout, an okay bar/floor/vault workout. I feel like I'm going to fall this weekend! Bad practices always make...

Hi! My daughter is really struggling to keep her legs straight on her Level 2 beam mount (while they are swinging to the push-up position). She is getting frustrated and is looking for tips. She says she is squeezing them as hard as she can but they still bend just a little. In general, she...

My DD who is 4 and my son is 1.5. I was originally going to put DD in gymnastics when she was about 2, but in the end I went with dance, which she still does and loves. In the past year she went to a gymnastics party and fell in love. It was all she talked about for months. So we had her...

Hey, I just started coaching this beginners rec class at my gym and I have this tiny 7 year old girl who is extremely overweight. She easily weighs more than me. Spotting her is hard but tolerable on most events, except bars! She has zero upper body strength or body coordination so spotting...

As many of you know, I hurt my ankle months ago on beam. Diagnosed as a sprain. I have had pain ever since so we went to the orthopedic today. Nothing on the xray, however my ankle is very loose. He could nearly dislocate it (not literally but if you can get what i'm saying, it came far out if...

Okay so I've been working on back handsprings on beam for over a year now. They haven't gotten any better. I'm still on low beam with mats. I have done it on the medium beam with a spot. I've been told so many things about my handspring are wrong. Like, I keep my head in and end up not seeing...