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[dkgymnast]

hey! I'm moving up into a new group starting in the summer but there are certain skills that i have to get to stay in the group: kip, flyaway and free hips on bars, roundoff back handspring back tuck and back layout, front handspring front tuck on floor, and round off or back handspring on beam. I fi dont get these skills i cant stayy in the group and i really reallyy want to !!! does anyone have any tips for an of these skills how to get them faster maybe ???

 

[Mack_the_Ripper]

Just work hard in practice and trust your coaches! It's really better to have professional coaches who are watching you practice give you advice than random strangers on a message board. Hm. I find it odd that you need a kip AND a clear hip...generally clear hips are quite difficult to do well and kips are learned earlier...same thing with the back tumbling on floor. I would think that unless you're a talented tumbler, it's hard to go from not doing any back saltos (flips) on floor at all, to doing a good layout.

 

[KyraGymnast]

Just work hard in practice and trust your coaches! It's really better to have professional coaches who are watching you practice give you advice than random strangers on a message board. Hm. I find it odd that you need a kip AND a clear hip...generally clear hips are quite difficult to do well and kips are learned earlier...same thing with the back tumbling on floor. I would think that unless you're a talented tumbler, it's hard to go from not doing any back saltos (flips) on floor at all, to doing a good layout.

I think that it's beneficial to get advive from gymnasts (specifically from the website) because they may have experienced the same hardships, setbaks, etc.

If you already have a kip and a back hip circle, then it's yime to learn a free hip (clear hip)! start like a back hip circle, but pop off of the bar with your hips when you're upsidedown.

A layout is just loiuke a back tuck. the only thing is that you have to set very high, oull your arms down very quickly and rotate with your hips.
YOu can practice back drops with a bounce over on a trampoline, and pull your a rms down like a layout so that you land on you feet. this will help with body positioning

HAve your coaches help you! That's what they are there for!
Good Luck!