I am hoping that someone with a lot more gymnastics experience can help me out with this. DD had a 5th metatarsal avulsion fracture last fall and it failed to heal after 8 weeks so she had surgery and they inserted a screw. It finally healed. The Doctor know wants us to consider taking it...
So DD is out with her 2nd broken bone in less then a year. I have had 2 medical people recently mention to me female triad and so doing some research it could fit but I don't want to jump to any conclusions. I mean broken bones do happen in gymnastics and it sounds like its fairly common for...
I have been catching up this week on Worlds. I keep seing this women in all the women team broadcasts. It is an older women with short brown hair. She is dressed in USA warm up but I can't figure out what her role is. Anybody have any insight?
DD is starting to think a lot about college and where she wants to go. We did some research this weekend and of course the school that she has wanted to attend for their gymnastics program doesn't have the major she was thinking about. So that got us looking a several other schools with good...
DD is having back problems due to tight muscles and some imbalances in her back. She is currently in PT. Saw this product and wondered if anyone had any experience with it.https://elitesportzband.com/
DD is very strong and loves to condition. She is always challenging herself by trying to increase her numbers. Some of her current numbers are 100 v ups and 83 dips on parallel bars. Then last weeks she decided to add a weight vest to some of her conditioning. Of courses the number or reps...
My DD has had her front giant for some time now and its pretty good. Last night coach tells her that he is changing her techinique on this. He wants her to learn it with a Chinese tap. He is not super good with explaining things so I was wondering why he wants to change it and how long it...
My dd has had a tough week on bars. About two weeks ago she was putting up a fairly decent level 9 bar routine. And now 2 weeks later she can hardly do any of the routine. She is casting over the bar and falling. She is struggling to make her pirouettes. And falls on her clear hip to hand...
For the last couple of weeks DD has been struggling toward the end of practice with her energy level. Her practices are 4 hours long and she has a snack before practice. Snack is usually Greek yogurt or cheese or nuts or dried cereal and then some sort fruit. I have suggested a quick bit of...
DD has previously competed tsuks vaults well. After a long break from working these vaults she is going back to tsuks. She is having a lot of trouble with the entry. Her coach keeps telling her she turns too early. She has been trying to fix this for a month now without much progress. She...
Anybody have any experience dealing with growth plate inflammation in a shoulder? I have found lots on the internet about the typical growth plate issues of knees and heels but not much on the shoulder.
DD has been restricted all arm bearing activity for the last 5 months with a stress fracture. She got the go ahead from the Dr. 2 weeks ago. She is supposed to be easy back into things and she has been. She of course has lost lots of upper body strength. She still occasionally has some pain...
Question for everyone. My DD is working on her bhs layout step out series on beam. She has had this series for a while now but hasn't consistently worked on it for a awhile. With the season about to end she is doing these more and more now. She is can land this on the beam but struggles to...
DD is working on up training several aerial skills on beam. Could someone give me quick value of these skills.
I know layout stepout is a C and so is a back tuck. What is a side somi, side aerial, front aerial, swing front, back pike, and front tuck worth.
My DD was first introduced to elite gymnastics when she watched Nastia win gold. She has wanted that same thing ever since. Obviously being a little older now she knows how hard that would be and has even verbalized that she knows very few actually make the Olympics but she would like to be an...
I completely don't understand the what gets bonus and how much bonus something gets. My DD just says its bonus but doesn't know how much. On beam what is the bonus in connecting the bhs to the layout step out? Also what is the bonus for connecting Switch leap to straddle quarter? On Floor what...
I just received DDs floor music for the year and its so short. Its 1:07 long. I am not sure if she is competing 8 or 9 yet but wanted to know what the rules say about routine length.
DD loves this music and would like to use it but we can't figure out the name. Does naybody know the name of this music?
Anna Dementyeva - Floor Music 2010_2011(EXACT VERSION!) - YouTube
DD competed this last season as a L8. She is hoping to compete 9 next year. She worked on yurchenko drills last spring and summer but was not doing super great on those. She started learning tsuks in the fall and ended up competing the tsuk tuck this season. She has a lot a power off the...
I was wondering if someone could give be an explantation of the elite procedure. I know that in order to qualify for elite you need to have a compulsary score and an optional score. The score you need depends on what you are qualifing in (SR,JR etc). But from there I have several questions...