http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/index.cfm?forumid=1 FuseTalk Basic Edition http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=138 2008-11-19T12:51:37 -07.00 domnastics 2
So, how do you attack this problem? I want to up our difficulty in this area, but literally can't.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. ]]> http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=136 2008-10-02T12:36:01 -07.00 domnastics 2 This year we decided not to compete our Level 4s because we barely have a team's worth. Instead we dropped the commitment level (financially and time) and changed the focus to more of a "pre-team" and people are loving it.

So I'm just wondering what you guys do and how it works for you. ]]> http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=133 2008-06-13T07:49:44 -07.00 KevinPreston 2 are there any A level skills in the following groups on rings? -- Group 2, Group 3?

I use a back-uprise straddle L with my younger boys to develop towards a back-uprise planche, and I use shoot HS and/or uprise HS to develop towards giant skills, but I am trying to figure out a progression for a Level 8 athlete that would meet full requirements (without using a B or higher skill).

Obviously I don't plan to use A level skills, but I am trying to see if it is possible to have a lower level skill that meets minimum requirements for those new Level 8's that just don't have a kip cross/back-uprise planche or a gaint.

Is this something that will be changing in the new code? I know they are going up to "G" level skills, have they added A or B value Group 2 and Group 3 skills on rings? ]]> http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=127 2008-04-17T13:31:22 -07.00 KevinPreston 3
]]> http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=122 2008-03-12T09:09:46 -07.00 domnastics 2
Now the question about Arabian 1 & 3/4. Would you still credit it as an EG 4 skill if the "Arabian" happens in the second flip (I realize there are not two complete flips, but you know what I mean)? If you need a video of this go to www.gymnast.com and the first thing that will come up is Paul Hamm's Winter Cup FX routine where he does this skill layed out. One argument in favor would be that the Arabian style twist is still happening because the gymnast would have rotated one back somersault and then literally does an Arabian dive roll. Going against that would be the fact that taking that skill a little further and rotating the flip completely to the feet would almost certainly be a back tumbling skill, right? Also arguing against this view would be that the descriptions in the FIG Code of Points go like this: "jump backward with 1/2 twist to 3/2 salto forward tucked, piked, or stretched." One final caveat, the pictures in the code get confusing. In the C valued version of this skill (tucked or piked), it shows this skill performed like an Arabian double front with the immediate half twist. But in the D valued version (layed out) it shows it performed with the late half twist like Paul Hamm does it. 

So what I'm really after is: How should this skill be done for an EG 4 credit?
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3albeuUiIM&NR=1
Here's a link to a video of it being done the other way (with the immediate half turn). ]]> http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=121 2008-03-07T08:54:59 -07.00 KevinPreston 8 Are there any low ring progressions that can help with the "feeling" aspect of the azarian?  I am always looking for better ways to explain things to my athletes, but I am not sure if there is a drill to help with the end part where you are pushing around (forward) and downwards to lock in the end shape at the height of the rings.

]]> http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=120 2008-03-06T07:04:50 -07.00 Dartnut88 6 http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=110 2007-12-09T10:06:52 -07.00 Dartnut88 4 http://www.american-gymnast.com/forum/cic/messageview.cfm?catid=61&threadid=106 2007-11-06T09:53:31 -07.00 RonBrant 4 This forum is to provide an area where coaches can ask, share and discuss techincal topics related to teaching skills.

Do you have a new idea to teach a Kovacs on High Bar?

What progressions do you use to teach a round off to back handspring?

Do you have a good strength program for developing still strength?

How do you teach a 1/1 Ono on Uneven Bars?

You get the idea. ]]>