Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Use a trampoline or springy surface when you're first learning the roundoff. Stand with your feet together and your arms at your sides. Lunge or run forward and raise your arms above your head. Reach your arms towards the ground as you hurdle forward. Bring your legs up over your body as your hands hit the floor. Land with your knees bent then jump into a straight-standing position. Practice jumping up after you land the roundoff.

Answer: Trampolines are great to practice on, as are gymnastics floors, which have springs built in underneath them. It can be helpful to practice on a tumble track while you're learning, which has more give than a gymnastics floor but isn't quite as bouncy as a regular trampoline. Use these softer surfaces to practice good technique and build more confidence while you perfect your roundoff. If you're new to gymnastics or to the roundoff, work with a spotter until you're comfortable. You can even buy mats to use at home if you want to practice when you're not at the gym. As you prepare for the roundoff, try visualizing yourself moving through the motions and pick a spot on the floor or trampoline where you'd like to land. This can help you get the right momentum and practice with good form as you begin the roundoff. A roundoff looks just like a cartwheel but you land on two feet instead of one at a time. You generally need more power for a roundoff than for a cartwheel, and you should push off from the floor with your arms, unlike a cartwheel. If you aren't sure of what the movement is supposed to look like, watch some videos online or ask for a demonstration from a peer. You need to gather momentum for the movement, so run forward a few steps. Swing your arms up so they're by your ears and keep them as straight as possible. It can help to lead with your dominant foot and end your run with your dominant foot before you move into the roundoff. Try not to run too far before you start your roundoff, as this can actually make you lose some energy and momentum. This motion is kind of like doing a cartwheel where your body is turned slightly sideways. Move so that you plant your dominant hand on the ground first. Move with forward-motion to place your hands on the ground rather than jumping into the roundoff. Plant your hands firmly on the floor and briefly push up into a handstand while you flip yourself over. Position your body so that your shoulders, arms, and wrists are parallel to the ground. Keep your legs as straight as possible. If you have trouble with this part, practice doing a handstand on its own to build up the arm strength that you'll need for the roundoff. Move out of the handstand while keeping your legs together. Gently bend your knees, and then spring upwards with your hands above your head. When you land, you should be facing the opposite direction from where you started at the beginning of the roundoff. To get ready for the back handspring, practice jumping as high as you can every time you land the roundoff. This will help you gain the power and momentum you need to propel yourself into the next move. Keep practicing! You need to be really comfortable with this movement so you can put it together with the back handspring. It may be hard at first, but with practice, you'll get better.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Wait until you're calm. Don't approach the person publicly. Approach your coworker with the problem. Keep it professional. Try a little humor. Bookend the conversation with positive notes. Don't just demand. Don't retaliate. Take a sideways approach.

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If you find yourself irrationally angry at something a coworker is doing, that is not the time to confront her. Wait until you've calmed down and have a clear head. You may decide that you don't even want to confront the person. You don't want to bring up a problem in the presence of twenty coworkers in the break room. However, if you think the confrontation could go badly, you might want to bring someone else along to help mediate or to at least witness the confrontation. You need to be polite but assertive. That is, you don't want to downplay the problem, but you don't want your coworker to feel like you are attacking him. For instance, if the problem is a coworker is playing music too loud, try approaching it this way: "Can I speak to you for a minute? I'm sorry to bother you about this problem, but your music being so loud really distracts me from my work. Is it possible we can find a solution to this problem?" Don't drag in everything you think is wrong with the person. Stick to the facts. Also, don't name call or degrade the other person, as those actions are not professional and reflect badly on you. You can also lower the tension of the situation by cracking a joke. Usually, it's best to make the joke at your own expense, sort of putting you and the other person on the same playing field. That is, when you're bring up something negative about another person, you are creating a negative tension between you two. By cracking a joke, you can help erase some of that tension. For instance, if you've noticed they left a mess again in the kitchen, you could say something such as "I noticed you left a mess in the kitchen. Would you mind cleaning it up? Don't worry, I'm just as bad. I'm such a slob sometimes; they may need to send in an excavation team for my dirty dishes at home, haha." When you need to bring up something negative, try starting and ending positive. That way, your coworker doesn't go on the defensive when you first start talking to him, and he won't leave the conversation with a sour taste in his mouth. For instance, if your coworker won't be quiet about politics, maybe you could say, "I love how enthusiastic you are about your political beliefs. However, you are making some people uncomfortable who don't share your views. Could you maybe save that conversation for after work? It's great how passionate you are; few people care that much." In every relationship, you have to give as much as you take. Therefore, if you're demanding that your coworker give up something, try to offer something in return. For instance, if you ask your coworker to turn her music down, try saying you'll also wear headphones to help the problem. Trying to out-annoy the other person is likely to end badly. For instance, if you don't like that someone is playing her music too loudly, increasing the volume on your music isn't going to solve the problem. Plus, it will get other coworkers annoyed at you. If direct confrontation isn't your thing, you can still find away to approach the problem. One good way to do that is to bring it up in a work meeting as a general office problem. For instance, you could say, "I've noticed the noise level in the office has gone up dramatically lately. Could everyone please pay attention to the amount of noise you're creating?"