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I am one of those super involved gym moms on my daughters' gymnastics teams. Some of the l4s&5s are struggling with getting their front hips with straight arms. Any drills or tips i could share with the team?

One of my daughters is doing level 4 this year, but is having really bad leap fears. She will do them good on a low beam but once she goes on a high beam her leap has almost no air time. It is hard to explain but she basicall steps and slides that foot back and replaces it with the other one...

I have loads of bragging for each one of my fantastical little daughters right now! Here goes: Kaddie- Bars: Straight arm and leg kip and longhang kip, and a straight arm front hip! Vault: Handstand flatback with a block and two extra 8 inch mats! (Upgrade from the previous 1 mat with no block)...

I am posting this for my coach friend who does not have a chalkbucket profile. He has a level 7 who did exceptionally well this season. At states she got: Vault: 9.65 Bars: 9.705 Beam: 9.4 and Floor: 9.6 with an all around of 38.355. She however cannot seem to grab a hold of any level 8 skills...

My little 6 year old will compete level 5 this fall season! Quick Q: She turns 7 in May so she can compete level 5 starting in September, right? Anyways this little squirt has conquered kips, dive rolls, front handsprings, two back handsprings after the roundoff and cartwheels on the beam and...

My newly level 7 gymmie wont do her cast handstands on the high bars. She was fine in level 5 but now the whole hanstand thing gives her the creeps. This is wierd because she loves them on the low bar and holds them. She doesnt even like giants on them anymore because, get this, when she reaches...

Couldn't find a more suitable forum for this. One of my DDs and a couple other girls at her gym have lower back issues. For my DD, she had it for her first competition year then she didnt have it for half her second year then it came back! It hurts when she does bridges, front limbers/walkovers...

My level 7 daughter (age 9) likes to hold cast handstands on bars anywhere from 2 seconds to 5. In a meet, if she holds them for 4 or 5 seconds will she get deducted?

Currently, my level 4 daughter trains Tuesday 4-7:30 and Thursday and Friday 4-7. My level 5 trains Monday and Wednesday 5-8:30, Friday 4-7, and Saturday 9-12. My level 7 trains Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 5-8:30 and Saturday 9-12. In total: Level 4: 9 1/2 hours. Level 5: 13 hours. Level 7...

I have a question about elite gymnastics scoring with the new system. I know the difficulty level is taken from the ten most difficult elements, but my question is with the execution. When they score execution, do they deduct from only the 10 most difficult elements or all of the elements...

Audrei, my nine year old daughter finished level 5 in early November, and they barely trained them until they launched them into their level 6 competition! At our gym, they do one level six meet, if they score out they go level 7, if they don't they remain 5. Audrei kept telling me that she...

Kaddie is my daughter that is in level 3. The time where it is determined whether they are going to move up (and to which level) or not is coming up soon. We know that she is moving up, but we don't know to what level. She has the age requirement for both levels 4 and 5. She has the following...