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My expertise is primarily with men`s gymnastics at all levels. General questions about gymnastics and Olympic and World Championship competitions are also areas which I have knowledge.

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Head Coach at the University of Oklahoma, 1996 Assistant Olympic Coach for US Men''s Team, 1999 Head Coach of Pan American Games US Men''s Team

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2009-10-27 college gymnastics:

John- On vault, you would need a 5.8-6.2 start to be somewhere in range of the team. Doing a 6.6 would probably help you secure a spot on the team. Floor you would need to do somewhere in the range

2009-10-20 Coach to Gymnast Ratio:

Kristi- There is no hard and fast answer to that. At the lower levels you can probably have more gymnasts in a class, set up a lot of stations and rotate everyone through and be productive. You might

2009-10-03 Gymnastics:

Caroline- These are different gymnastics disciplines. Women's artistic is the four events: uneven bars, balance beam, vault and floor exercise. This is the most common event that you see at the Olympics

2009-09-26 general stretching and splits:

Yonet- These are all good questions. The obvious answer is that the more you work at flexibility, the more flexible you will become. Stretch as much as you are able. I would recommend that you stretch

2009-09-22 Trouble at competitions:

Ellen- You seem to want to do gymnastics very badly. Therefore you will have to work hard over a long period of time to make improvements. You are not going to make huge jumps in your scoring unless

 

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