Haha... Yeah, once she got to Optionals, I quit watching practices. When the phone rings during gym time... there is that split second that I always get a sick feeling. :eek:
She is doing a giant, higgins roll at 12 oclock then swinging down but stopping the down swing at about 2 oclock, letting go to regrip then swinging directly into a bail. Does that makes sense?
Does anyone know the value of a Higgins Roll? My DD said she was told it was a C. I saw one place online that said a B. She also said it counts as a release since you let go of the bars to regrip prior to connecting it to the bail. I just can't see this being worth much in her routine. Looks...
I heard that they changed the release move requirements to be 1 high bar and 1 transitional bar release. So the standard bail/Chinese sit up doesn't cut it. Has anyone heard about this?
We did that meet a few years ago. Night one the cab fare to the strip was double the cost of dinner. Night two we moved to the strip. Although the hotel was cheap and had larger rooms, it makes more sense to spend the cab fare once for the meet. I would suggest not staying any further that New...
I heard that USAG is changing the uneven bars to ones with more "bounce". They are definitely harder to hit handstands. Anyway, I heard that change was THIS season. Someone else said it was next. Does anyone know for sure?
My friend went 2 years ago. Loved the meet. The only complaint was the pools, beaches and slides closed early (6?). Their guess was to get more people gambling. The kids were bored at night.
Is defined as this on the GymDogs website:
Kick Over front - gymnast starts standing and swings one leg backwards overhead making herself flip forward landing in a sitting position on the beam with one leg straight and one bent.
Does this have another name? Not seeing any YouTube videos where...