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For a flyaway the gymnast should be in a hollow shape up into the release and as they rotate. The gymnast should also push away from the bar as far as I am concerned, as that is how I was taught it to get the rotation moving away from the bar. For the angle it depended on the gymnast I think...

From a judging point of view it doesn't matter whether you do pike or straddle. But at my gym the decision is usually made based on which looks nicer because some people bend their legs in the pike on but not in the straddle or vice versa. It can also depend on height, because sometimes the...

I coach 4-6 hours a week at the gym I train at, and occasionally come in early or stay late on training days to help in the office and they did a DBS check on me and I'm under 18, because HC said I technically don't need one, but did one anyway. I also have one for school, because I do work...

Haven't got the full results yet for South West, but from judging vault we saw some amazing vaults for National 1 and Compulsorys. Range also looked pretty good. Think there were only 7 fails overall between national 1,2,3 & 4 and compulsory 5,4 and 3. And there were over 120 gymnasts competing...

If the doctor is insistent on the cast, you could try what I am doing currently. 3 weeks ago I landed a change leg to ring wrong on beam and broke my ankle :( luckily it was an avulsion fracture rather than a full on break, most likely because I tore the ligaments last year and was treated...

I got myself an avulsion fracture at the bottom of the ankle joint two weeks ago. When I did it it was swollen and bruised instantly, but because it was an ankle that already had ongoing problems related to mistreated ligament tears I assumed it was fine, and walked on it for 2 days. Now I'm...

I would be willing to have a look at it. Am qualified as a judge and am doing my coaching in UK :)

A drill my coach has used with some gymnasts that don't get the timing and shape right on straddle cast handstands, is to get the to do kip cast to above horizontal with your shoulders past the bar, because her theory is if you aren't getting your shoulders past the bar, it could be as simple as...

Oh, and general core, arms and legs conditioning :)

My coach used to use them for just about everything in one way or another, but now we use them (1-3lb depending on size and strength of gymnast) for... - ballet conditioning (leg kicks, heel raises, squats, splits extended etc.) all of these are done with wrist and ankle weights to make us hold...

We used to shut for the 2 weeks the schools shut. But this year we are in a warehouse for gym so we are closing on the 23rd and opening on the 3rd, but there are 2 optional daytime training sessions for squad and pre-squad girls between Xmas and New Years :)

Not from the US so don't know how this particular level is judged. But as a judge in the UK, I would take deductions for the above. But also for lack of distance on dismount, second hand barely touching bar on dismount (incomplete turn), potentially the pause on the low bar before the squat on...

@TinyDancer my clubs group that does the club grade path, train 3 days a week for 2.5 hours to start with and then build to 2 days a week for 2.5 hours and 1 day a week for 4 hours. But when I did club grades we did 2 days a week for 4 hours. So it is possible on lower hours.

My club sets conditioning and flexibility for all squad and competition groups. But it varies depending on what we are doing competition wise. We have target sheets, which have all our current skills, and for every 5 in a row stuck we get a tally line. We also have moves we are working on, a...

16 hours for compulsory 5 is quite good considering the hours in my area. My club only does 14 hours for compulsory 4. Im training in a group that does WCL, Wiltshire levels, regional/national grades and club grades. And we train from 10-21 hours a week and an extra 3 hours the week of a...

Can I join please?

I liked the original video, and love how much artistry has been put into this routine. But the dance has been taken straight from the original routine into this one, which regardless of the routine irritates me. I've got ally raisman's floor music from 2012, but the routine is completely...

There is one girl at my club that is a bit like that (throws shoulders over bar), but can cast to a tight vertical handstand, just doesn't feel in control of her giants coming from handstand, so HC lets her cast to horizontal into them. It is just plain scary to watch, especially on strap bar...

Yeah, I wasn't 100% as I have just passed my club judging course with 93% on practical and 84% on theory but In the UK, and we were tested using FIG not the changed rules for different levels of competition. :) sorry

Don't know if there is a rule change in us for levels. But FIG rules is 0.5 for the extra cast and up to 0.5 for lack of handstand in the cast. Hope that helps :)