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Your story is just awesome and so inspiring!

Welcome back! In addition to what CoachMolly said. Maybe some leg lifts on bar. Push up bounces on tumble track maintaining the hollow position. Push up walks, calf raises, squats, jumping on and off blocks.

Make sure that your round off is good first, feet together and good rebound. If you have the good round off and rebound that should put you in good position for the back handspring. A lot of girls that have that similiar problem do not finish their RO before trying to go into the Back...

Yes! Just getting her to understand that she had to lift while keeping her shoulders over the bar was the biggest issue. Thank you!

Good news!! One of the girls got her shoot thru on Monday. We were both thrilled! Better yet, she could still do it at practice last night. Now if I could just get the other girl to get hers.

Our younger non team girls do handstand holds against a wall, as long as they can. Our team girls do not do holds, they do handstand walks once or twice accross the floor.

Welcome and good luck with the gym switch for your daughter!

Both of my DD's have basic cell phones with texting they are 4th and 5th grade. The oldest has had hers for 2 years. But, we do not have a home phone and neither did their dad. I wanted them to have them to have the phones basically to be able to reach me is case there were issues while at their...

Well, I tried it with them. However, they won't physically let me put them into the correct position for it. They won't stay tight and just let themselves flop. I have the same problem with them on beam with handstands, and side handstand dismount. I've spoken to the director and head coach and...

Thank you! I will try this tonight at practice with them! :)

I have 2 level 4's that cannot do shoot thru's. We are mid way thru the season. I've tried a block under the bar that they stand on and then jump up and shoot thru. Even when I spot them it takes them forever to get their foot thru. They just keep doing the same thing over and over. They cast...

Our LV4's and 5's have 6-8 hours a week. 3 days, 2 hours each. Then open gym 2 hours on Saturdays. But, we are at the YMCA so the hours are a little less. Plus my DD's do 2 more hours of tumbling. Our LV 6 and up are there an extra 1.5 hours a week plus open gym if they attend. My DD's would...

I am a level 4 coach and each year there always seems to be at least one gymnast that something always hurts. This year there is a girl that her ankle always hurts but if she ices, she is good to go in under 5 minutes. That went on for about the first two months of the season. I suggested that...

You can look for your first foo to land. You can also try T-ing your hands which usually puts you in a better position (if your not already doing that). It helps some of our gymnasts. Make sure you are kicking straight over. A lot of girls want to kick around the side and it just doesn't work...

We teach the same thing with blocks and then panel mats removing layer by layer. For your shoulder flexability though try working your bridges more and really pushing though your shoulders, if you are able you can also take that bridge and push up into it on your forearms which stretches the...