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i have come across this problem, too, with some of our gymnast. i would suggest doing more pike stretches and really gaining flexability in the hamstrings. i also asked a good friend of mine about it because she is a physical therapist. she agreed with them needing more flexability and also...

it is also important for your dd to keep her chest up. there should be no leaning forward during take off or while she is in the air. also walking toe ball heal is the best entry. hope this helps!

thanks that does help!!

jsut wondering if anyone had any good drills for kips?

sept 9...less than a week! Shawn Johnson the Actress - Gymnast.com

i was just wondering what everyone thought of the 6-3-3 format for team finals. i like that the gymnast have to be consistant and it makes for a more exciting final, but i think this format promotes specialist, which i dont like, and i also think it is less of a "team" competition because some...

thats how we do it too!

they have the gymnastics gala on nbc tonight (8/20) at 8. my mom says they all just do gymnastics for fun and to music and stuff. should be cool to see!

so shawn put her pass back in and she still had the same A score of 6.3. how does that happen? hope they fix that before even finals because she has had a 6.5

i agree!!! i am a huge shawn fan for all of the reasons you pointed out! shawn was on last night, but nastia was on fire. im glad nastia won, but i dont think one girl is truely a better all arounder than the other. it always comes down to who is better on any particular day. and i guess...

does anyone know if shawn is planning on putting her rudy back into her floor routine? or why she took it out in the first place? im so excited to watch both shawn and nastia tonight!! i hope we go 1-2

i just remembered too that he thinks the new symtem is confusing for people and hard for them to understand

oh bela he makes me laugh. i dont really understand what he was trying to say with the umbrella thing...but he did, in so many words, say he didnt agree with the new scoring system. he thinks it is easier for people to cheat and show favortism, hence the mention of the judge. he also believes...

i agree!! but it is still hard to accept that it will be tough for nastia to win

this is a neat little behind the scene short series about gymnastics. i think they started this series in 2007 and it follows team usa to all the major competitions and such. here is the link to the first episode The AT&T blue room presents USA Gymnastics hope you like it!

her music is growing on me but it was not what i was expecting. maybe if i see the movie i will like it better

i found another article from the ny times i thought was intersting because bela karolyi comments: “Oh, come on, she was just in diapers and everyone could see that, just like some of the Chinese girls are now,â€￾ Karolyi said. “If you look close, you can see they still have their baby...

i think most of the time, gymnast keep quiet when they have an injury so they dont miss any practice time. i had stress fractures in my wrists and had to take three month off for recovery. as a gymnast, it is ingrained in our minds that injury and time off is bad, but i often wonder if i would...

i was bored one day and decided to add up their start values. i looked at the results from the usa gymnastics website for both nationals and trials for both days of each and this is what i found for the start values shawn vault: 6.5 bars: 6.4 (day 1 trials) and 6.2 (nationals and day 2...

this thread is fun!! lets see... *im learning how to cook more than just pasta and eggs, which is what i live off of when im away at college *i love traveling and hope i make it to venice before it sinks *rascal flatts!! love them *george washington and I share the same birthday *i cant...