One of our compulsory levels has in the floor routine back extension roll into a blind change. Can someone please explain to me how the gymnast initiates the turn?
I need specific knowledge about twisting, preferably from knowledgeable trampoline coaches!
My older DD (who did rec gymnastics for a couple of years but wasn't very good) has been doing rec trampolining for about 5 years and joined a competitive squad this year. She loves it, since joining...
I have also got a friend who has written a children's gymnastics book I would like to let CB members know about. (I don't want to hijack, so mods please move this if you feel it should go somewhere else).
The writer is a gym dad and the book is about his daughter: http://goodheartbooks.com/
My DD is repeating step 5 and her skills don't seem to be improving much, some have actually gone backwards. She struggled with this step last year, came 2nd to last in most competitions, but so far she is not looking like she will do any better this year. I was hoping that another year in the...
I was having some groin pain when doing round-offs so went to see my physio the other day (she is a dance physio and very good). She believes the pain is from an inflamed hip joint capsule caused by an 'impingement' when my femur rotates inwards as I have very little range in that direction...
I remember reading here one of the coaches (maybe IWannaCoach?) saying you don't need to try to turn in a round-off because when you kick your leg you turn automatically (I've tried this and it worked). It seems like this is happening to my DD in her handstand on beam - when she kicks up to...
I've read numerous posts here about people changing gyms, but I never thought it would be me! We have been at the same gym for about seven years, and for most of that time I hadn't really considered changing gyms. But this year many things are changing. DD had trained with many of the same...
DD has been doing okay with her flic-flacs (RO-flic, RO-flic-flic, tic-toc-flic), I mean far from perfect but looking basically okay. But in the past few weeks they have changed and are now terrible. The flics now look like she is trying to get her whole body over before her hands land, with...
DD says her coach makes her group do 100 box jumps, 150 tuck jumps, and 20 lengths of the floor for depth jumps. She also said that one day when one of them complained about the box jumps, the coach upped it to 150 for all of them. Is this normal? It seems like a lot to me. (Last week DD had...
I asked this question on the 'chasse' thread but it seems to have kind of got lost, so I thought I'd ask it in a separate thread. On a split leap my DD swings her front leg into the leap right out of the chasse and this is also the way I've been doing leaps. That is, chasse would be L-R-L...
My DD (9 years old and training step 5) has been working on glide kips for the past few months. This week she has finally started to get some of them! :D She is not consistent yet and her arms are still slightly bent but they are proper kips (not horrible muscle-up ones). She has only done a...
She doesn't get new skills very often and it often takes her a long time to get them - she took a long time to get her RO-flic. I know she has been feeling nervous about trying to add the second flic. Today the coach just told her to try it and the first time she landed on her knees, but the...
Just wondered if anyone had any experience with or knowledge of these. A girl in DD's group is using them.
I can't find any technical or scientific information about how they actually work. Do they work as well as taping? If they do work well I would be interested in getting some for my DD as...
I'm not usually much of a bragger, but I'm so excited for DD. She's been struggling with the stoop-on all year, and it was getting her down, especially as "everyone else can do it except me". She isn't very flexible, with a terrible pike, so trying to get feet to the bar with straight legs...
My DD's group have to do 100 box jumps during conditioning. DD and some of the others are starting to get very sore feet when they do this. DD tells me it doesn't seem to be working any particular muscles. Can someone tell me what is the purpose of this exercise?
Just wondering if anyone here has had any experience - good, bad or indifferent - with Shock Sox? Are they any good? Do they work? Are they just a gimmick? Do they cause any problems, such as slipping or bunching?
DD (8) is now training step 4 and they are learning RO-BHS (called round-off flic-flac over here). Recently I noticed she seemed to be having problems and even avoiding practicing them at training. She keeps bending her arms, even when she is trying to keep them straight. After talking about...
I've hurt my wrist, I'm pretty sure it is from doing too many round-offs at training. I also think it is because I can't turn my hand in ninety degrees, probably putting extra stress into that part of the wrist. Went to physio who says problem is in the scaphoid (in the side of my wrist at the...
I am just wondering about how coaches develop their conditioning programs - do you consider muscle balance when planning your programs? And if so, how do you put your programs together to achieve balance? What exercises do you include for the various muscle groups?
I am asking because my DD...