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    Another kip one. Please help me

    Please help me. I am 15 snd have been trying nearly a year. My megs ate a bit bent on the video but they are usually straight. I cant leam over the bar i am too far away. What exercise or drill do i need?
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    Slimgym

    Hi I am trying to cheaply equip a new satellite venue for rec gymnasts.I am thinking of buying vault , beams and mini A bars from this company (slimgym) but can't find any reviews about them online.Has anyone had any experience of their products and customer service?
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    Coaches Building a Tumble strip

    e have been trying to get hold of a reasonably priced tumbling strip for a while, and I have just come across a website selling a 'kit' which supplies the springs and/or foam blocks, fixings to join the boards together, instructions and screws, cups for the springs etc. I have priced up the...
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    Coaches cheap gymnastics floor for light use rec kids

    Hi I am setting up a little rec club in a community centre to operate only once or twice a week , most beginner kids 8 and under a few older ones up to 13. Class size up to 15.We are fortunate to have had some second hand equipment donated but i am struggling with a 'floor' .There are some...
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    Music for general gymnasts c gymnasts age 8-10ish

    For gen gymnastics novice comps, please could I have some age appropriate suggestions to suit different personalities .Obviously usual BG no Disney etc rules apply.
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    Coaches Half on, half off

    should they continue turning in the same direction, or 'unwind' in the second half? I have seen both, and I must say I think the former looks better. I got to wondering whether the 'unwind' version id a compromise for gymnasts who can't get their hands all the way round? Any guidance would be...
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    Coaches when to do heel drive from springboard

    I have been trying to take development gymnasts right back to relearn vaulting basics for handspring vaults which were dreadfully pikey going on and dreadfully archy going off . so far worked on run up (still a work in progress-but getting better) hurdle and armswing and landing on board...
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    Coaches Front handspring on the floor

    I have a 10 yr old gymnast who has never been able to do a passable handspring on the floor - nice on fast-track, nice off a spring board, nice off a platform 6 inches off floor.She can do handstand hop ok , head spring is not great, but better than some who can handspring better than...
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    Parents just need to rant

    So I am both a coach and a parent (I don't coach my own kids) but I am posting this from a parents point of view. My kids have been going to the same gym for 5 years and I must have paid them thousands and thousands of pounds.Yet I never feel treated as a customer. Because it's a gymnastics club...
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    Coaches Rec class organisation

    with young new beginners, do you have the same coach going round all the pieces with the same group, or have the coach staying with the same piece and the groups moving round.
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    Parents Foam for crash mat

    Hi I am a coach and also a parent.I want to buy foam and make a couple of mats to put under our home bar.Does anybody know what grade of foam would be most suitable?
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    Coaches straightening legs

    I have a 7 yo gymnast who can't seem to get his legs straight.If he is sitting in pike he cannot straighten them completely and I can't straighten them if I try to. He can't straighten his legs to lift his heels off the floor in this position.Yet standing up knees are not bent so it must be...
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    Coaches very basic info needed for newbie coach

    Hi I am taking my first group of rec gymnasts to their first competition outside the club.The HC has given me a routine for them and it is very simple and straight forward but I am so consciouis of not letting the kids down as they are trying so hard!! One of the vault options begins: run up...
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    WAG questions about UK regional grades

    (1) How many hours do your gymnasts working to grade 14 and grade 13 train? (2) can they skip a grade/ start on grade 13 rather than 14 (3) what grade would be in-age for a child born Dec 2004?Many thanks
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    Coaches advice on UK qualifications please

    I have been helping out with recreational gymnasts for about a year and I have done a level 1 Womens Artistic qualification.I am now thinking about doing level 2 but I am unsure whether to go for general gymnastics of artistic.The club is a general gymnastics club I am already expected to...
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    WAG backhandspring

    Hi Please could somebody explain what shape we should be aiming for during the second flight of the BHS ie snapping down from hands back onto feet.I have only done a basic coaching course and I think they said to tell gymnasts to think of chest snapping up as much as legs snapping down and keep...
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    arabesque

    i have just started volunteering at a gym and waiting to do my first coaching certificate. I was working with beginner 5 and 6 yos practising their floor routine working towards their first little in-house competition. one of their mo0ves says 'arabesque'' but I notice they are all leaning...
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    is this a safe teaching method?

    To teach a young child who has never fallen back into bridge before, to go off and try it by herself on normal floor mats on a solid floor ?

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