Recent content by hammy1207

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I think I've found a new favorite! Thank you!

I like to give my girls cue words to think about while doing skills, and I was wondering what words other coaches use. My cue words work sometimes and with some kids... For baby giants (long hang pull overs) I use kick and shift. For clear hips I use drop, shift, open. What do you use for...

I believe either one is accepted, but if have to read it again to be positive. I teach my kids knees up.

Thank you so much for all of your input so far! I really appreciate the help, and it's nice to see new drills.

Sounds like a great place to start! Thank you!

With all this talk of clear hip drills, I was wondering how you introduce clear hips, how you explain them, an what drills you start with. This is my first season teaching the clear hip from the beginning, and I'm looking for all the help that I can get. Thanks!

Looks fun and easy. On a side note... This is my first time teaching clear hips from the beginning, and I was wondering how you introduce them to your gymnasts

We do a little bit of everything. We do some event conditioning, crossfit circuits, and traditional stuff.

Stay positive and have fun! It's states weekend for us here in Alaska too. I'm super excited to see how my girls compete.

This week is the last week of our season, so next week starts new skill training. I was planning on teaching progressions for this and clear hips. I'd like to give my girls options in case some are not good at clear hipping. What progressions do you use?

Thanks for the post! I see lots of summer planning and activities!

Competition was a success yesterday! She scores a 7.0 with over 1.5 in deductions on her kips because they were spotted. Next step...make the kips without help in the meet

We had a lightbulb moment and she has it figured out!! I told her at the beginning of the week that she had to catch the bar if she wanted I compete bars tomorrow. All week she caught 2-3 a night. Tonight she caught them all!!

I've been thinking about my kiddos need to improve strength and flexibility, and I was thinking about implementing some TOPs strength into our workouts. Does anyone know where I can find info (I've looked on USAGs website). I'm looking for basic lesson plans, etc