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I've been working on my handstand forward rolls in class. Everyone in the class, even the newbies, have no trouble with them, but I can't seem to get them. When I first did them with a spot I automatically was rolling out of them with straight arms, but the coach said to first do them with bent...

Can anyone give me advice on how to get over fear of a skill? Some of you may know I've been having trouble with my back handspring for awhile. I started twisting it one day out of no where. One of the ones I twisted ended up with me landing on my forehead and with my arm pinned under me...

So, this really has nothing to do with gymnastics but.... I'm trying to collect data for my senior thesis and need more, so I thought I'd post my question I'm asking people on CB. If you have the time please help me out by answering! I'd really appreciate it! QUESTION: If you were to make...

I started gymnastics in July/August and right away had a pretty good back handspring. Then about 5 weeks ago I started turning my head to the side and now I can't break the habit :(. Three weeks ago I was practicing back handsprings and because I tuned my head and went crooked my left arm missed...

I was wondering how adult gymnastics programs are run at other gyms. You always here about how important following skill progressions are for younger gymnasts, but I feel like like the adult classes at my gym don't do that. All the classes are drop in so there will be new people who have never...

I recently started gymnastics, but have many years of ballet training. One of the coaches at the gym asked if I was a dancer and was explaining some stuff to me by comparing it to dance training. ex. a hurdle to a sissone or how in dance you keep your shoulders down but in gymnastics it's key to...

Hello! I'm 21 and recently just started gymnastics. I had some free time this summer and thought gymnastics would be a fun, new, challenging workout. I've danced since I was 2 years old and am hoping gymnastics helps with upper body strength that is somewhat lacking in dance training. I'm...