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I am coaching an 8 year old gymnast (xcel bronze) who has super flexible shoulders - they can interlace their fingers and dislocate back and forth comfortably and they do it all the time for fun. Their back flexibility is great too - back bend front limber and walkovers both ways with good form...

I asked Chat GPT to make me a stalder-press plan to help a group of 20 gymnasts achieve a stalder press within 3 months, with 25 minutes to dedicate to press-work per day, 4 days a week. here's what it gave me: "Month 1: Wrist mobility and stability (25 minutes per day, 4 days per week) Spend...

Normally I just have them add tape to the finger holes until it fits again. This isn't working with one kid, what are some alternatives? I've seen folks use rubber bands, how can I set that up? I'm also having lots of kids report that their grips are stretching out way too fast, like 2 weeks or...

The top part of her wrist guard is peeling a little.. is this normal? Too worn and should be replaced?

My head coach brags to me about not needing to lesson plan for her Xcel Diamond/Platinum groups, winging it is enough. When I'm out and she subs for JO, I give her a lesson plan, and she will reuse a single day's lesson plan for months. One gymnast did her first ever double pike (never tried...

had a fun time at state this year with the lv4s :D we didn't place as well (18T of 77 compared to 7/73), but our team score was comprised of all 2nd year 4's last year, and all 11 of our 4's this year are first years, so I'm pretty happy bars was pretty great, we went from an 8.9 averg with 16...

New to the forums, I'm 21 years old, I've been coaching for ~5 years, with the majority of that being girls' Lv.3-5 in California. I'm now coaching at Golden Bear Gymnastics in Berkeley, CA and have been really excited about learning and improving my coaching recently. Anyone have any good book...