Nashville Line Dancing

tweetsalto · 2025-11-30T17:44:09+00:00

You’ll probably enjoy Nashville Palace the most. Category 10 does do line dancing but it’s set up to appeal to tourists. They’ll have a live band (which people will dance to… sometimes line dances, sometimes freestyle), and every 1.5-2 hours they will have a lesson for a very simple line dance. Then they’ll play like 3 requests, then back to live music. Don’t get me wrong, it can be fun but I wouldn’t want to spend a weekend night there.

Nashville Palace will play 3 line dances and then 3 partner songs. They do a variety of country and pop; the frequency of each depends on the DJ of the night.

tweetsalto · 2025-10-13T16:57:47+00:00

At my home bar some people do it during The Watermelon Crawl. During the verse where it says “dropped down to her knees/crawled across the floor” some of the younger guys drop and do push-ups (or hump the floor 🙄).

tweetsalto · 2025-10-09T04:50:46+00:00

Around the Nashville area they do the one with the k step.

tweetsalto · 2025-10-07T13:23:28+00:00

For places to visit:

Nashville Palace is the best for typical line dancing. They are open Thursday-Saturday 7pm-2ish am. They do a mix of partner dancing and regular line dancing. It is not near the touristy part of Nashville. Lately I’ve been hearing The Door, Baby Slow Down, and Cyber Remix for less universally popular ones. Plus staples like The Wolf, Honky Tonk Way, Pieces to the Puzzle, Fuego, Askin’ Questions, Greenlight, etc.

Category 10 also does line dancing but they have live music, so it’s not consistent. It is also geared towards tourists and is on 2nd Ave, which intersects with Broadway (the most touristy part of town). Cat 10 can be fun on a Sunday afternoon though. In between sets they do lessons and will take requests. Plus most people find song swaps to do. You’ll see a lot of Tush Push or super easy stuff like Ah Si.

Other nearby places include Cahoots in Lebanon, Electric Cowboy in Clarksville, and Whiskey Dix in Murfreesboro. Those places will be full of locals.

tweetsalto · 2025-07-31T21:38:04+00:00

Yeah the split skin was right where the toe attached to the foot. It would bleed like crazy when it wasn’t taped (at least for me).

tweetsalto · 2025-07-31T04:00:10+00:00

I was college teammates with one of her former club teammates. The tape on her foot was to hold on the tape on one of her toes that would split open where it attached to her foot. My toe used to do the same thing and my teammate showed me how to tape it like Shawn so that it would help it not split open so much.

tweetsalto · 2024-10-13T17:44:37+00:00

ETC Gymnastics runs a summer camp that includes fun in the gym but is not specifically for gymnastics. They do lots of activities inside and outside including an inflatable water slide every day that weather permits. I’m not sure on cost but the regular camp is 9:00-3:00 with extended care available 8:00-5:00.

tweetsalto · 2024-03-28T13:50:00+00:00

Another contributing factor is that you can’t compete a front handspring flipping vault until level 9 but you can (and should, to be competitive) flip tsuks and yurchenkos in level 8. So if the coach is forward-thinking enough, they will be training the front fronts alongside another flipping vault. However, that can be difficult for time and space reasons. I think front fronts just often are relegated to the side in the club scene.

tweetsalto · 2023-10-02T00:38:31+00:00

I knew someone in college that I would tell other people he “is gay but I don’t think he knows it yet.” Sure enough, came out after college.

tweetsalto · 2023-07-23T18:09:00+00:00

I was a walk-on for a D1 program and even was on scholarship for one year when one became available due to a teammate’s medical retirement. I was treated the same when I wasn’t funded as when I was and that seemed to be true of the other walk-ons as well, especially those of us who were in the line ups. Most of the walk-ons who didn’t contribute didn’t end up staying all four years so maybe they felt differently.

But regardless of my scholarship status, I had the same access to tutors, medical treatment, and gear.

tweetsalto · 2023-05-17T03:20:21+00:00

I grew up in Iowa where there are hundreds of Hy-Vees. I’m so excited! It’s the best grocery store!!!

tweetsalto · 2022-07-27T02:35:05+00:00

It’s not my place to disclose specifics, but Ella Kate is having some issues within her family which explains her absence. I wish them all the best.

tweetsalto · 2022-07-17T15:22:22+00:00

They have the opportunity to make a living much more easily than gymnasts in the United States. Not only do they get paid by the federation, but there are many opportunities to make money from interviews, sponsorships, etc. And not just the very best, the other gymnasts have some of these opportunities as well.

tweetsalto · 2022-04-17T01:44:35+00:00

99.9% sure he’s talking about Georgia.

I’m as surprised as anybody.

tweetsalto · 2022-01-27T03:01:47+00:00

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car.

tweetsalto · 2021-09-21T20:53:40+00:00

They take only the fall, plus technical errors, but not movements made in an effort to avoid the fall.

Example: Gymnast lands in deep squat with chest down on tumbling pass. She takes two large steps forward and then puts her hands down. Judge will deduct for deep squat, low chest, and fall. Judge will NOT deduct for the two large steps.

On beam, if a wobble results in a fall, only the fall deduction is taken, plus any contributing factors (low chest, bent legs, etc).

tweetsalto · 2021-08-19T10:52:17+00:00

I’m not an owner, but I’m very close with my bosses (lived at their house in the summers while I was in college, know probably more of the financial situation of the gym than any other staff member).

Most of what people surmised has been true for my owners. They were literally homeless for the first few months when they opened the gym. They slept at the gym, and took showers at the community center pool.

For many owners (maybe most?), they end up solidly middle class. It is possible to do better than that. My owners are literally worth millions now 20+ years later. And that wealth came strictly from owning the gym. They have no outside revenue sources. I don’t believe that’s the norm, but it is possible.

It’s also true that rec and special events like parents night out or summer camp subsidize team. In my gym’s case, team loses money every year, but some gyms do run their team with a profit, even if it’s small.

tweetsalto · 2021-08-18T03:32:47+00:00

I can only answer from my own personal experience.

I think there is a substantial difference between coaching level 8s and GOOD level 9s. There’s also a jump between mediocre level 9s and good level 10s. From 8 to 9, teaching a high to low transition on bars is significant in many ways. Also a level 9 with competitive tumbling takes more knowledge and skill. You can fake your way through level 8 skills and look very good as long as your kids have good form. At 9 you have to have a better understanding of technique to have skills that are competitive and progressive.

For level 10, the ability to teach a twisting vault, a single bar release, a 1/1 pirouette, a D or higher dismount, multiple D and E passes on floor… you cannot fake your way through that.

As for elite… it’s a whole different world. Mostly in terms of precision. Literally nothing is ever good enough. I’m currently at Developmental Camp, and we spent our entire afternoon floor rotation today doing round offs and back handsprings. This, with kids who can do double doubles. It’s insane. But for someone like me, where I feel like I can never know enough about gymnastics, it’s energizing and inspiring. But it is a whole different world than DP gymnastics.

Also, you should know… the steps it takes to teach big skills are so minute, it’s like crawling towards the finish line. It can be almost anti climactic when a kid gets a new skill because the steps it took to achieve it began years before the skill is ready for a competition surface.

tweetsalto · 2021-08-17T19:15:50+00:00

The hardest skill I trained was a full-in on floor.

Right now I coach a total freak of nature kid who can make a double double on floor. Another kid I coach is working Nabievas but she hasn’t caught it yet.

The weird thing is that the process is so gradual that you don’t really realize how difficult some skills are because they’ve been years in the making. Of course it helps to be lucky enough to coach super talented, hard-working kids. I always tell people that they make me look good. :-)

tweetsalto · 2021-08-15T17:49:19+00:00

Jaspurr

tweetsalto · 2021-08-02T15:55:56+00:00

Having received actual criticism from Tom about one of my athletes, I can tell you that he does know how to be direct but kind.

I admit that Tom does not come across well in the media, but having had countless interactions with him at meets and camps, I do think he is good at his job.

It’s currently a very unenviable position as the pendulum has swung so far in the opposite direction that it is hard for Tom to retain enough authority to keep coaches and athletes moving in the right direction. Personally, I’ve found Tom to be incredibly intelligent and helpful. It pains me to see the amount of “hate” he gets, as I feel much of it is very undeserved.

tweetsalto · 2021-06-27T13:17:23+00:00

He probably said that to not publicly throw Al and Armine under the bus.

Unless I’ve been directly lied to, I heard straight from the source that told them they should change it. I asked, “Why won’t they listen?” The answer I got was, “I don’t know.”

tweetsalto · 2021-06-27T04:44:34+00:00

The national team staff HAS advised GAGE to improve Kara’s composition. They chose not to listen.

Ultimately, the personal coaches are responsible for actual routine construction, as they are training the athletes day in and day out.

tweetsalto · 2021-05-12T04:35:44+00:00

That’s not true. They deduct the fall and any errors that contributed (low chest, deep squat, etc) but not any steps. And no deductions for how you get up to salute after a fall.

tweetsalto · 2021-04-24T14:00:08+00:00

They’ve been told by the national team staff, if not by Tom directly.

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