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title: Basic Connected Hops
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# [Basic Connected Hops](https://go.american-gymnast.com/training-information/basic-connected-hops)

 Written by [amgym](https://go.american-gymnast.com/training-information/author/amgym) | Apr 14, 2011 2:55:59 AM

Once the gymnasts are demonstrating some improvement on the basic beam walks  they may progress to start training little beam hops.   This kind of challenge must be introduced on a low beam first  and only practiced on the high beam when the gymnast shows safe and fair consistency.

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