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A Simple Gymnastics Style

Gymnastics meets are nerve wracking! You know your routines, but you've got to make sure the nail polish is off, the jewelry is put away and your hair is out of your face.

With this simple style you can keep the hair out of your face (and avoid that deduction for brushing it away!) and strive for that gold!

Supplies!
Braid or Gather Hair
Coil & Sew
Finish with Flair
Places Online to Find Hair How-To's
Gotta Practice, So Practice in Style!
Got a Fave Hairstyle for Meet Day?

Supplies!

Braid or Gather Hair

I have a favorite style that I use on both of my gymnasts. I found it on the USAG website a while back but it now appears to be gone.

Here's how you do it:

1) Gather long hair in a high ponytail.

2) If hair is long enough, braid the length of it. If it's not long enough to braid, bind the ponytail every half inch or so with colored elastics (I like the Goodie brand or the Scunci brand ones)

Coil & Sew

4) Using a large, dull point tapestry needle and sturdy tapestry yarn (I like to use team colors for this!) start in at the 6:00 position and come out through the middle.

5) "Sew" hair counter-clockwise until you reach the 6:00 position again then tie yarn tightly.

Finish with Flair

6) I always finish with a scrunchy around the entire bun but you can leave it plain also.

I use this style for both my gymnast with waist long hair (braided) and my gymnast with shoulder-length hair (banded). It keeps the hair in place for once! :)

Places Online to Find Hair How-To's

How to make a ponytail and braids: Learn how to make nice ponytails and braids.
USA Gymnastics Magazine Online: Parents' Corner: Some pics of Elite Level gymnasts hair styles.
A Short 'Do: Ah, the virtues of short hair for gymnasts.
USAGO: USA Gymnastics Magazine Online: Parents' Corner: Looking Good
We asked for gymnastics hairstyle ideas in the Nov/Dec issue of USA Gymnastics and got some great ones to share with you. Good luck!Here is a hairstyle for gymnasts that is quick and easy to do.Step 1: Pull all hair back into a ponytail.
Step 2: Separate hair in ponytail into smaller s

Gotta Practice, So Practice in Style!

Got a Fave Hairstyle for Meet Day?

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top_10 Feb 13, 2012 @ 11:11 pm | delete

these are awesome ;) maybe i'll try one of these for my next gymnastics class.

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pacrapacma Jan 27, 2012 @ 10:46 pm | delete

I'm going to try the braid, coil, and sew style tomorrow. My daughter has a gymnastics meet tomorrow. We haven't had much luck with me doing her hair. She's rather picky when I do it, and I'm not very good since I don't have much practice. She's been putting her hair in pigtails herself mostly. Her hair is getting a little too long for that. Thanks for sharing this!