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    WAG Advice for gymnastics and school

    This is a very good and important suggestion. Fixed time frames for activities are extremely beneficial. It enables your brain to fully concentrate on what you are doing. Quality time almost always beats quantity. Speaking as a studied maths teacher, also: If you don't get your studies done in...
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    WAG Gymnastics Arch Body Position: Suck in Abs and Squeeze the Glutes?

    'Sucking in the abs' would go to far and won't allow for a proper arch-position. It is however a good idea to pay some attention to tight abs. As Geoffrey Taucer said they are responsible for keeping you stable during your BHS. I see this problem a lot in Tap-Swings. If you use your back...
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    Coaches Bars structure

    Thank you all for your quick and informative answers! I guess there is no real 'right' structure per se but 'secret' rather seems to be to not loose track of where we want to go and what we need to achieve it. And to smuggle in bar conditioning wherever possible. I rather tend to do too much...
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    Coaches Bars structure

    Hello (again)! It's been a while since I last posted here, maybe a few years even, god how time flies ... I've been reading here on and off but have been off gymnastics a little bit finishing my studies, stumbling through life as a young adult, all that stuff ... Be that as it may, life has...
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    WAG When the gymnast can't stay on the beam...

    Oh my. It's incredibly good to read that post! I think we have all been suffering along with your gymnast here. I hope you had opportunity to celebrate accordingly. Conquering her fear under such pressure is so impressive, she must feel invincible now! I can immage that it'll go uphill from here :)
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    WAG Competition leo cost

    I think it very much depends on what people are used to pay.
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    Coaches Like how do you not loose your voice?

    Thank you all so much! It has been crazy and I still can't believe I actually did it. There a lots of new things to take in. (Not just the gym but also a new city, new people, coaching in English...) I also basically doubled my hours but I'm sure I'll get used to it . Thanks as well for the...
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    Coaches Like how do you not loose your voice?

    Hello everybody, those of you who have read one or two of my previous posts might know that I'm a coach in Germany coaching in what is a typical setting there: non-profit state funded set up gym, low hours, few kids etc. We ususally have 15-30 kids in the gym at the same time and if there are...
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    WAG Training hours per age

    I would not. I would not encourage to hop gyms at the earliest convenience. Somehow the negation slipped away there...
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    WAG Training hours per age

    I actually prefer longer training sessions over several short ones. You save time with less warm ups and commutes. That being said the longest practice we have is 2.5 hrs because of scheduling reasons and the 6 yo usually go a max of 2 hrs straight. We do ocasionally have extra practices of 4...
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    WAG IGC requiring female campers to wear shorts or leggings

    Actually it is, there was an entire thread on that topic not long ago. https://chalkbucket.com/forums/threads/shorts-in-competition.62224/ You'll have to see what's written here in the context of what's been written there. I think the point here is that the decision on whether or whether not to...
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    WAG IGC requiring female campers to wear shorts or leggings

    And as usual the reaction to one bad thing is to run at 120 mph into the opposite direction....
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    WAG Does your competitive team operate at a loss?

    Break even - pretty much all gyms here are non-profit and require an even finacial situation to keep that status. There are slight ups and downs every year depending on whether there was a profitable event or we purchased equipment etc but nothing significant. Gymnasts pay 2 Euros a week...
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    WAG How much and how early does gym choice matter

    As CoachAlex said sit down with them and explain your reasons. Don't put it as if you're moving to a better gym, but rather a diffrent style, just as if you were moving to a different sport. Be sure to tell the coaches and the gym how thankfull you and your dd are for the time there and all the...
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    WAG Shorts in competition

    Right, so we sucessfully proved the deduction to be useless and unfair. Hurray! I'd say we all go ahead and order shorts for our next comp leotard :D (I might actually go for it next season, our girls leos have a black lycra bottom, so this is as easy as it can get)
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    WAG Shorts in competition

    Yes I thought it might fall under 'incorrect behaviour or attire'. Which is kind of the point to me: If you really want to deduct for attire, shouldn't the deduction be for the wrong sized leo rather than the gymnast trying to cover up in a compromising situation? (And I just don't consider that...
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    WAG Shorts in competition

    I'm actually not sure. I don't deduct it. I'll rather have the gymnast pick a wedgie than compete with their butt hanging out. I've spoken to coaches/gymnasts once or twice about getting the right sized leo though.
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    WAG Shorts in competition

    The problem with Figure Skating is a different rule, namely the one that doesn't allow skaters to stop their program without being heavily deducted. With regards to options of covering as much parts of the body as you're comfortable with fs is one big step ahead of gymnastics.
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    WAG Shorts in competition

    The longer I am in this sport and the older I get the more I think the rules are a real gender issue. It's not that I feel female athletes should cover up more, to be honest if it fullfills certain standards the scociety you live in agreed on (and those are not awefully strict in the one I grew...
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    WAG Q for coaches about learning giants

    Ok so I'm thinking this probably won't help at all. If you're in a collar it will prevent you from throwing your head out but it won't prevent you from using the muscles you would normally use to do that and press against the brace. Thinking about it the resisatnce might actually enforce this...

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