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Any good exercises for wrist strengthening? Either at the gym or at home exercises would be great.

Looking for front handspring drills that 6/7 year olds could do. They are just starting and tend to land in a squat. So far: I've been spotting them thru the motions slowly, been having them try them off a panel mat or crash mat onto the floor, been having them do flysprings on tumble track...

Anyone know of any websites selling gymnastics merchandise that ship to Canada?

I am starting my pre teamers on kips soon. Any good kip drills out there that coaches or others are willing to share? I want to have a portion focusing on the glide swing. Thanks :)

Hello fellow coaches A few of my talented pre teamers (5 and 6) just don't get "hollow" in handstand. We do TONS of body shaping drills and some girls are AWESOME at it. Others, not so much. Not sure if they are not getting what I am saying or if they cannot get their body to that position...

I have a bit of a decision to make here and am looking for input. Basically I am a pre team coach to kids who are born in 2004 and a few kids in 2003 too. For the past 9 or so months I have had 10 kids intotal that I coach, placed into 2 different training groups. Now about a month ago, I...

This summer my pre comp group will train 8 hours weekly. 3hrs, 3hrs, and 2hrs on 3 different days. On the 2 hour day I am thinking of making it a different warmup and strictly conditioning, flexibility day. Then ending the day with few contests/games. Anyone have a good conditioning program...

I coach a very potentially talented 6 year old. She has only been in pre-team since July 2009. She is very strong, tight, lacks a bit in the flexibility area, but all around, a good gymnast. My big issue with her is that she rushes, through EVERYTHING. I have tried so many things...talking to...

I am starting to teach my 5 and 6 year old pre team girls handstand on beam and just need some ideas on teaching them proper step out position. So far, we do front support holds on low/med/high beams to understand hand positioning and balance. That is all we have really done so far. This is a...