Quick question: Can you perform the toe on hecht from low bar to high bar in a straddled position in JO (feet straddled on the bar)? It specifies only piked sole circle to toe hecht to high bar in the COP. If you can not be straddled, would the skill lose VP or incur some sort of 0.3 deduction?
Does anyone have any success stories for a female gymnast learning a press from straddle-L past the age of 15, who is not tiny, if they had not been working on it as a child (when they were a part of other programs)? These people can hold a static handstand effectively, can lower down to...
I would love to know if any of you have encountered this in your gyms; I can not fathom why this is difficult to understand: We OFTEN have parents who are very angry because they want their child to work out with the team but not actually be on the team. In other words; "please let me come to...
I was wondering if anyone has ever struggled with this or has any advice:
I think that doing beam is the most exhausting thing ever---like infinitely more tiring than floor routines. It is difficult to get through a beam routine just because it feels like I want to stop and rest halfway...
According to FIG, regarding competition attire:
"They must wear a correct sportive non transparent leotard or unitard
(one piece leotard with full length legs-hip to ankle), which must be of
elegant design. She may wear complete leg coverings of the same
color as that of the leotard; under...