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    Coaches Organizing Drills/Resources

    I am a huge fan of this App called "Evernote." It's this program where you can set up digital notebooks. Some notebooks that I set up include: Drills — Screenshots of drills that I see online or at clinics, lists of drills for specific skills/levels, and skill circuits. Workouts/Complexes —...
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    WAG Leaps, leaps, leaps!

    A gymnast can have a split stretch on the floor that is all the way down and square but unless she has the necessary strength and quickness in her legs and the muscles around her hips, the split stretch won't translate into great leaps and jumps. Over the summer my girls (level 4 through 10)...
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    Coaches Switch leap with turns

    Here's a skill breakdown of the switch leap 1/2 I made a while ago because I had to teach it to someone on beam. Here are some key points: - Swing leg should be at its highest point when the push foot leaves the beam. A lot of problems occur due to a slow and weak push from the bottom foot...
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    Coaches Side Aerial + Back Layout Step-Out Beam Feet Placement

    I like the idea of the layout to two feet. She does that sometimes anyway when she's really crooked out of the back handspring. She competed a front aerial last year (level 9), but we are working towards adding a switch leap 1/2 out of it or a switch leap + Split jump 1/1 out of it, since she...
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    Coaches Side Aerial + Back Layout Step-Out Beam Feet Placement

    Hello, coaches! I have a question about the feet placement during a side aerial (D) + back layout step-out (C) connection on beam. More specifically, if you have a lefty gymnast which foot should be in front at the end of the side aerial/take-off for the layout step-out, and which foot should...
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    MAG Tkatchev vs clear hip tkatchev

    I found Tkatchevs from a giant easier than from a clear hip. Tkatchevs from a clear-hip, in my opinion, didn't allow me quite as much wiggle room, timing-wise, than the Tkatchev from a giant swing. It required more exactness and precision. However, to be fair, I may have felt that way because I...
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    Coaches Gainer Full off Beam ...

    When I competed them I would stand on my "good leg" and swing my "bad leg," which meant that I did the full twist turning towards the beam. I'm not sure if that's the normal way to do it, but since my "good leg" was the leg I jumped off of when executing switch leaps, I could conveniently...
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    WAG Front and Back Walkovers In Level 9/10

    I'm a level 10 gymnast and I always do them in the basic tumbling portion of my warm-up. I only do 2-3 of each, though, concentrating on proper technique and clean form. I think the ability to perform them correctly definitely reduces injuries; unfortunately, not all gymnasts have the ability to...
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    Hi, Chalk Bucket!

    Hi! I'm a new member here from the US, and am 19 years old. I started recreational gymnastics at 5 years old and immediately fell in love with the sport. Over the course of 9/10 years, I became a level 10 gymnast. I quit the sport around 15 years old, but recently started training again. I've...
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