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Master new skills and perfect skills you have, learn strength and flexibility exercises to improve your gymnastics, and find out more about the importance of good nutrition and mental preparation.
Inspirational Quotes for Gymnasts
Tell us quotes that inspire you, and read ones that motivate other gymnasts and athletes.
Learn a Back Flip
A step-by-step guide to mastering a back tuck.
How to Do a Split
Easy stretches to help you learn how to do a split, oversplit and ring leap split.
How to Do a Center Split
Step by step stretching instructions for how to do a middle (straddle) split.
Readers Share: Tips for Learning a Split
Tell us your best advice for getting more flexible -- and read what others said.
Learn a Perfect Handstand
Performing a great handstand is one of the most important steps to becoming a skilled gymnast.
Gymnastics Skills, Drills and Conditioning Exercises
A great web resource with animations of many gymnastics skills, as well as the conditioning moves and drills to help you learn those skills.
Treating and Preventing Rips
Every gymnast gets rips (blisters that "rip" open on your hands). Here's how to deal with them.

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