full turns!

[gracefulone]

I don't know about you, but I know a lot of people who have or have had trouble w/sticking full turns on beam. It's an embarassing skill to fall on, yet hard to master. Last summer, when I found out I was moving to level six, my parents bought me a four-foot low beam. I did full turns on it until they were perfect. Practice will make perfect! Now all my friends can't believe all the full turns I stick> Good Luck!

[JBS]

Great tip, what other skills do you like to practice on your home beam?

[gracefulone]

I like using it to practice handstands, even adding the quarter turn for the level six dismount training. I aslo work on my jump pass, as well as other jumps to surprise my friends at the gym!

[gymbabisMom]

When gymbabi was in level 5 and 6, I used to just slap myself in the forehead when she would stick these huge beautiful leaps, jumps and other seemingly more dufficult things, then fall off on her turns. She always had wobbles on them even when she stayed on, so I guess they were much harder than they look..

[gracefulone]

gymbabismom, I know what you mean. One of my best friends on the team had the most gorgeous backwalkovers and fell off standing up from her mount and full turns occasionally.

[flipflopdreamer]

I have never actually done a full turn. All the other people in my class will e on back walkovers and I'll be stuck on full turns. I always drop my heel 3/4's of the way.

[gracefulone]

one way to practice is to go in releve, do a quarter turn, hold, and then set your heel down. Keep going all the way in a circle.

[midwestgymmom]

My dds beam routine at her last meet was beautiful stuck everything except for when she slipped of the beam after her half turn Guess what she missed out on a medal for: (.5 fall deduction) and she sticks every cartwheel.

[gracefulone]

My sis used to fall off on her half turn too! She would go around and then look like she just kind of hopped off. It stinks missing out on a medal like that. Last meet, I took second on beam w/an 8.7. The girl who won had a 9.05. Here's the catch: I fell on my backwalkover, wobbled my full turn b/cI was nervous after falling, had flexed feet in my tuck jump, and didn't hold the forward handstnad in my dismount! I was disappointed, but it just means I'm in the running for future meets. Same w/your dd. If she was that close, she'll get up on the podium for sure!

[audra]

In college I went through a stage of not being able to make my turns, my coach made me move it to the end of the routine, and said if I stuck everything not to do it. At first I didnt understand until the first meet when I didnt do it, and my start value was a 9.8, much better to take the .2 deduction instead of the .5 for the fall. I didnt like missing required skills so the next year I did 1 1/2 turns instead.