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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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2009-11-21 Please give me step by step drills for Backward 1/1 twist!:

Nicki- There may be literature out there that could help you with a full but I don't really know. Fred Turoff has book about gymnastics that may have some of the same information that I gave you. As

2009-11-21 Making Olympics @ college level:

Nick- Yes, a gymnast could make the Olympic Team training at a college. During the last Olympics, more than half the team was from college programs at one time or another. Temple has good coaches and

2009-11-19 Please give me step by step drills for Backward 1/1 twist!:

Niki Learning a full twisting back flip without a trampoline or spotting ropes is tricky. You need to learn how to do a barrel roll on the tramp first to get the hang of twisting. The other thing

2009-11-12 Handspring Vault:

Steven- The way I would breakdown the handspring vault is as follows: 1. Run 2. Hurtle to the board 3. Jump on the board 4. Pre-flight to the horse 5. Block and contact with the horse 6. Post-flight

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

 

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