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    Coaches One handed valdez einhändiger Valdez

    It looks very cool but not exactly easy to me. I feel like my gymnasts would dislocate their (supporting) shoulder on the first try. :eek: I love old routines like that though! So many skills we don't see anymore.
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    Coaches Social distancing games and drills

    We had our first practice back today and did a stop dance game with everyone staying in one spot and running, jumping or moving until I stopped the music and called out something they needed to do (shapes, conditioning, easy skills, silly stuff too). The girls definitely had fun.
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    Off Topic Hamilton movie

    I am over the moon excited they are releasing it early!! I saw it twice (on Broadway and in Chicago) and tried to win tickets for the last OBC performance four years ago (I got a mug instead). Hamilton is what got me a bit too obsessed with musical theater. I know the entire show by heart. And...
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    WAG How are you all doing?

    Those look great! May I ask what kind of saw you used to make the octagon shape for the Forster type bar? I have two wooden bars left over from some floor bars I built and I've been meaning to turn them into Forster bars.
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    WAG How are you all doing?

    Hey! I'm considered an essential worker so I'm still working and getting paid as usual. (I'm in residential child care. Think Annie, but modernized, and I'm the sensible older sister of Miss Hannigan. Yes, I've signed up for Disney+.). Gym is my side gig, you could say. So I'm fortunate in...
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    Coaches I miss my girls.

    "Ribs in, grandma with the walker approaching the Trader Joe's! Ribs in!" I miss my gymnasts too. Trying to stay productive by creating an at home workout program for them.
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    Front hip circle help

    First off, don't do gymnastics on a pull up bar! That's dangerous. It's called pull up bar for a reason: it's meant to do pull ups on, nothing else. At open gym, you could look for a set of men's parallel bars, get into front support on one bar and lean forward with your chest up until your...
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    At home conditioning during gym closure

    Thanks for all the great ideas in this thread! I've added the happy abs workout to our quarantine training plan.
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    WAG Friend Drama, Gymnastics related

    Much has been said and great advice has been given. Here's my perspective as someone who was bullied in elementary school and had to learn the hard way that her "friends" were not worth fighting for but we're actually an overwhelmingly negative influence on her emotional well-being. Kids can be...
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    Coaches Handstand flatback is giving me migraines

    Thank you!!! I'll add a hurdle line next practice! Any pointers as to where to place it to start with? I've read differing suggestions online. We don't have a carpet runway so we have never used one before. But I'll bring tape!
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    Coaches Handstand flatback is giving me migraines

    I've been coaching vault this year and drilling running, handstands, body tightness and arm circles and hurdles into the board. However, when we try to put everything together, it seems like my gymnasts just forget what they're supposed to be doing (none of them keep their legs straight after...
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    Coaches Veterans: post tips for new coaches

    I wish we had a trampoline! I have to make do with mini tramps.
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    WAG Heartbreaking

    So tragic. I didn't read through this entire thread until just now because I had to coach at the last meet of the season today and didn't want to freak myself and my gymnasts out. But my heart breaks for Melanie, her family, coaches and teammates. What a horrific thing to witness. I can't...
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    Coaches Backward roll to handstand

    Are you talking about a back extension roll or a backward roll to handstand that starts with bent arms? Lack of strength. Slow arms before/when hitting the ground. Arching into the handstand. I teach back extension rolls down an incline into a pushup position first and then build that up by...
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    Coaches Kips - straddle vs. no straddle

    Thank you for your insightful reply! I appreciate it. Bars is not our strong suit right now so I'm really striving to become more knowledgeable. (I do spot of course. And spotting kips currently involves a lot of jumping back and forth to make room for straddled legs. That's one reason I want...

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