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I've been doing bhs on beam for around a year now, and though I can stick them most of the time in routines, I feel like they are still an "iffy" skill. This may sound like a silly question, but how do you get consistency with these things. I know just doing it over and over will achieve that...

My team just got new leotards this year for competition season and they are gorgeous! The only problem is that they (or at least mine) rides up A LOT! At the mock meet we had several weeks ago, I found that I couldn't do a back walkover without it going up. I'm not talking really about wedgies...

Hi all! I know that this must be a common topic, but I have looked through many forum threads and just didn't get the answer I am looking for. I am working on cast handstands at my gym, and my coaches say that I am strong enough to do it, I just don't know how. (I'm doing it in straddle). I...

I'm going into my second year of level 7 and I'm looking for ways to improve my endurance for floor routines. At the gym we'll do 'endurance routines' where we substitute the tumbling passes for sprinting (from current corner to the one you'd end tumbling pass in 3 times) or the same thing with...

I'm working on cast handstands at practice, and I was wondering if there were any excersizes/conditioning that I could do at home to help me improve cast handstands? Thanks :)

Just wondering for level 8 how many As and Bs (and Cs maybe?) are needed for each event? Also, any other special requirements?? Thanks

One of my friends was looking at another gym, it's well known, nice facility and equipment. She has wanted to switch to the gym for a year now, and went for a day to try it out. I asked her how it was and she told me how one of the beam coaches started yelling at 10 year old, telling her that...

I have been doing the front handspring vault for a year now, and it still isn't that good. I don't stand up when I hit the board, I just reach straight for the vault. My coaches have told me to stand up on the board, drive my heels, reach farther out on the vault, and many other corrections. I...

I've seen a lot of different approaches to moving up, and I was just wondering what everyone thought/the policy/rules at your gym on things such as moving up, staying in a level for another year, and skipping levels.

I am a level 7, and I don't actually hate beam. My first meet is coming up though. At practice, I can stick a routine, but in the past I have had problems on beam at meets. (In (old) level 5 (new level 4) I was always petrified of falling on the cartwheel (which only happened once), (old) level...

I have hurt my left wrist at least 3 times doing back handsprings on low beam by myself. My left hand is behind my right hand when I grab the beam, and will slip too far to the right and twist. It's bothering me because this time when it happened, I couldn't do back handsprings on beam for a...

So I'm starting optionals this year as a lvl 7 and I'm working on picking out floor music. A lot of my friends say that I should get it off YouTube, but there are also floor music websites... what do you think?

I've been working on my backhandspring on beam, and I want to get it on the high beam by the end of the summer. I have been using panel mats on the side of a low beam and I can get my hands on almost every time, but I have trouble getting my feet on (and staying on). We practice much less in the...

I've started working on backhandsprings on beam, and I'd like some tips... I'm just wondering if anyone has any "tricks" that will make it easier thanks

What skills do you need to have in order to compete the new level 6? Is it the same as this years level 7? Or is it easier?

At practice a few days ago, we got a new coach. She isn't replacing anybody, our gym just needed more coaches. To say the least, I'm not fond of her. She was overly enthusiastic and acted like she owned the place. I was getting frustrated because we were put with her on vault and floor. We were...

I'm wondering about how much conditioning should be done at practice the night before a meet. Our old head coach would never have us do any conditioning the practice right before a meet, just stretching. This year, we have a new head coach, who will have us do limited conditioning if we have a...

There is a 13 year old level 4 at my gym, who has level 6 skills on floor, but is still polishing off level 4 skills on the other events. She has asked our head coach multiple times about moving up, and our coach has told her that she will think about it, but the most recent answer was that she...