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    Coaches Starting to coach optional gymnasts

    Oh wow, I'm still a little bit confused about yesterday. It was my first day coaching optional level gymnasts (the first optional level in here). I have absolutely no experience about that level because I'm new in this gym and earlier I coached (and did gymnastics by myself) in a different gym...
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    Coaches Drop kip machine

    I was watching gym videos on Youtube and found an interesting French video. In this video (time 2.40), you can see a gymnast doing drop kips with a some kind of kip machine. It seems to work, at least the girl on the video can do drop kips with that belt thing by herself. On the other hand it...
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    Coaches Tell about your job and your groups!

    Hi! I'm a young coach and after one month I'm moving to a bigger city here in Finland because of my studies. I have changed e-mails with a (kind of) head coach of that city A's gymnastics club. She suggested me to start coaching FOUR recreational groups and one new pre-team. I'm quite excited...
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    Team girl moving

    One of my oldest team girls is going to move next fall to a bigger city in the southern Finland. This town where we live is very small and the gym club is small as well. My team girls practice only two times a week, 2 hours at the time. This girls, let's say her name is Maria, is very talented...
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    A kid with no self-esteem

    Hi! There is a 9-year-old girl in my team. She has done gymnastics for about 4 years and I have been her coach for about 2 years now. Her big sister (who is 11) is in the same team and her two other siblings are doing gymnastics as well. Well, this kid has very poor self-esteem and it's a big...
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    Backward roll to push up position

    Hi! I have three new 10-12 year old girls in my team. They haven't competed yet but they are getting ready. Gymnastics is just for fun for them and competing as well, so we are not talking about gymnasts who are going to have a long and excellent career. They are the oldest ones in the team and...
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    First level C meet

    Hi there! A few weeks ago I posted a thread where I asked your opinions about competing before having all the skills. I wasn't sure if I should let three of my girls compete for the first time in level C or not. Well, we went to the meet and they did great! I didn't expect them to score well...
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    Competing before having all the skills / remembering the routines?

    Hi! I have a couple of girls who have competed in level B for 1-2 years and they have already scored 32.0 AA which is a required score to move up a level. They have also done a couple of meets last year after getting that score and did very well... Well, the first competition is coming on...
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    Full turn on floor!

    My gymnast can't get the full turn on floor. Today was their gold mark testing day (something like your TOP-tests there in US..?) and full turn is required. Simple full turn. But the girls looked something like jumping frogs or chicken trying to fly when they tried to do that skill... It was...
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    Coaching dvds?

    Hi guys! I love to watch coaching videos from youtube, but finding them is sometimes difficult and the videos are very short. I have to say that some videos are not very helpful, for example Expert Village just shows level 6-10 girls doing easy skills, they don't show drills or give any...
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    Your favorite Youtube floor routine?

    Hi guys! I love to watch gymnastics videos from Youtube. One day I found a floor routine video that was posted a couple of years ago. The British gymnast on video was just 9 year-old when doing this routine. I absolutely love the way she works with the music. I also think that the music choice...
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    Little Emma got her press handstand today! Watch the video!

    OH MY GOD, I can't believe I'm writing this: my little Emma GOT HER PRESS! It wasn't too pretty or under control but she did it! She has been practicing it for about a year now but actually I thought that it wasn't even realistic goal. The girls practice just two hours two times a week so she...
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    straddle press to handstand

    hi! i'm the coach of a 7-year-old gymnast who has been working to get her straddle press to hs for a year now. i haven't coached upper level girls so i have never had a gymnast that has had that skill... i'm pretty sure that this gymnast is very close to get that skill but i'm not absolutely...
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    Warm ups and strength training - new ideas needed!

    Hi! I have watched a lot of videos in Youtube, but I haven't seen very many videos of warming up or strength training. I love watching warm up videos because it's always great when you get some new ideas.. I think we always do the same things and the girls are getting bored. They even know what...
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    Four of my girls are allowed to move up!

    I'm the coach of level B girls here in Finland and I have coached these girls from the very beginning. The girls had competed 2 years or less. They just practice under 4 hours a week so they haven't improved very fast and I already thought they will never move up. But then it happened, after so...
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    Different scoring systems

    Hi! I have watched a lot of USAG compulsory level routines from youtube. It's fun to see other systems and compare them to our Finnish system :) One thing that I have noticed is that in US almost every gymnast got 9s and their all-arounds are 34.00 or more. Here in Finland there is just a few...
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    Is it right time for giants?

    I coach girls who are 7-11 years olds. Some of the girls are very strong and very good on bars and i have been wondering if it's right time to start doing giant drills with the best ones. We have already practiced floor bar handstands and their tap swings are ok. They have also done tap swings...
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    a handstand roll on floor and tap swings on bar

    hi! i coach level B girls here in finland. they are between ages 7 and 11 and our level B is comparable to USAG level 3. our level B floor routine is pretty easy to learn, but the girls have some problems with a handstand roll on floor. some of them bend their arms and pike their body too early...
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    hi everyone!

    p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } i'm a 17 yo high school student from finland. i started gymnastics when i was 5 yo. i had my first meet when i was 10 or 11 yo and competed a few years. here in finland gymnastics is not that big issue than in US or UK. there is just something like 15 sport clubs...

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