clear hip

Is the free hip circle a skill on it's own (like a kip) or is it a progression to another skill? Just curious.

What is easiest to do to handstand if you have NO experience in circling skills. Gymnast is super strong (various handstand presses, rope climb, leg lifts,..) and super flexible (overspltits, pancake,...) and a pretty good overall L5 gymnast. Free Hip, Toe On or Stalder?

Hi all, I am after some ideas for free hips/clear hips. My girls are 12+years and of average size -ie I'm not spotting tiny littlies! They are just starting to work on clear hips and just not really getting it. They know what their body is meant to be doing but can't get it to even after...

Pea is wondering if there are any coaches who would look at a video of her free hips. She is in a weird position right now and is being shuffled between the L4 and optional training groups (because of flyaway fear.) So she is not getting a lot of feed back on this. She desperately wants to...

I can do an okay free hip, but after the free hip, I can't flip my wrists for the kip. Has anyone else had this problem, and if you did, how did you fix it?

We've been working clear hips for months now and they're only sort of getting better. We've done lots in the strap bar, lots spotted, and lots to the wall. Most of them are beginning to come out at horizontal, 3/4 with a spot and handstand spotted on straps. I'm hoping for faster results. Anyone...

How long does it usually take to get these skills? DD is 8 and is working on her level 5 skills. She has everything except these 2 skills. Are they harder than learning to kip?

so i have this skill but now im coaching and i have no idea what to tell the gymnasts in order to help them with the skill i keep demonstrating but im not sure what i should say to help them.. any comments and advice is appreciated!!

So my coach said he was thinking about me trying clear hip tkatchevs. Reason being he believes there should be less to go wrong and less possibility of injury/big falls compared to giant tkatchevs. Also our bar is a rec bar and doesn't go high enough for me to giant anymore (don't worry, I go to...

Having trouble finding a good video of this drill. Feet on wall, clear hip circle back to wall. Anyone have one? Thanks.

Last Thursday I dislocated my elbow while doing a free hip on bars. I'm perfectly ok now! Definitely going to continue working on the skill once I'm injury free, but some advice would be a huge help! (I let go of the bar about midway through the skill, put my arm out and..)

I remember a post about this from not too long ago but don't remember the answer. Do level 6s have different angle deductions than levels 7-10?

Hi there, if a gymnasts is stron enough to perform a free hip to handstand, how long does it usually take to get it ? I have a gymnast who beautifully performs free hip to handstand on strap bars but on bars it is barely there... Does she just need time ???

DD9 just moved to L5 and is learning the new L5 skills. She has gotten all the beam, floor and bars skills EXCEPT the clear hip. Her season doesn't start until summer so we have lots of time to work on this skill, but I was wondering if anyone out there has any tips I could pass along to her...

Will a clear hip that completes in a "clear support" below horizontal receive B value? This is for the USAG JO program. We have had conflicting info on this from judges. The code says nothing about "horizontal"...but the angle chart in the back of the code is unclear. This document clearly...

How do you like to teach a clear hip, from beginning to end? Favorite drills, what to focus most on? My kids have decent shapes though they still need work.

The new level 5 bar routine gives the option of clear hip, stalder, or sole circle. Are most gyms going to do the clear hip? How are you deciding which skill to do? Thanks:)

I am a gymnast as well as a coach and i have found this skill to be very hard to teach and very hard to do correctly. i was wondering if any one had good drills to help with this skill thanks

dd's clear hip is at a 45* (half vertical) on the upswing but only roughly horizontal when her shoulders are over the bar. Is it measured as the legs are going over the bars or when the shoulders are supporting the body over the bar?

our level 7 girls desperately need help with this. their hands just seem to "float" over the bar and when i tell them to shift their hands they tell me they do not know how and/or when to do it. does anyone have a solution for this?!! their clear hips could be much better if they can get this...