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  1. Kiwi

    Wrist Problem

    She should be getting rehab exercises from her physio.
  2. Kiwi

    Parents Stretch Marks??

    I think it can still be related to fast growth, even if it seemed to happen gradually. I got them as a young teen and I was not overweight at all. I think it was just the fast growth rate during puberty.
  3. Kiwi

    WAG sissone "leap"??

    cat leap or scissor leap?
  4. Kiwi

    WAG Help!! Have a serious question!!

    It is because their bones grow first, so the muscles are too short for a while until they catch up. If she keeps working on her flexibility she will get her splits back but then might lose them again with the next growth spurt and so on. Totally normal.
  5. Kiwi

    Freaking out about judging

    I started as a judge a few years ago and it was a huge learning curve for me as I was not a competitive gymnast myself. The first two seasons I felt like a possum in the headlights, while everyone else seemed to know what they were doing. I asked for help from senior judges, i.e. what specific...
  6. Kiwi

    WAG wrist pain that comes and goes

    Was she doing anything different those two workouts? My DD used to get on and off wrist pain and eventually I figured out it was because she turned her hands out when doing flic-flacs, so sometimes it can be a technique problem.
  7. Kiwi

    WAG Where to buy tiger paws

    You need to figure out the shipping costs as sometimes it works out very expensive to ship from the US, depending on the company. Btw, GKD is having a 10% off sale at the moment.
  8. Kiwi

    Parents how would you fix this leo?

    Don't try to remove other stones. I've fixed lots of leos by buying replacement stones and gluing them on with gem-tac glue (it seems just like PVA glue to me). I haven't tried the iron-on hot-fix stones but they sound good.
  9. Kiwi

    Parents Child obese, whiny, scared - How to handle the situation?

    It is hard to say without knowing what your specific class is like and who it is aimed at, but if it is a beginner rec class, it could be very good for her. I coach a gymnastics-based movement programme in primary schools, and we often see kids who are not very experienced with movement - these...
  10. Kiwi

    WAG Top 10 Most Difficult Sports in the World

    And the number of different skills you need in gymnastics compared to most other sports.
  11. Kiwi

    WAG Sia - Chandelier floor routine

    I think the dance style makes for an interesting pop song video, but to me it looks a bit ugly and awkward in a gymnastics routine. I'm also not really a flexed feet fan. Having said that, I do like that they have tried something different from the usual floor routine, and it would be great to...
  12. Kiwi

    Off Topic Parenting a perfectionist

    What was the book? Was it about perfectionistic traits?
  13. Kiwi

    Off Topic Parenting a perfectionist

    LOL, me too! (and yes, me too). Unfortunately it hasn't got any easier with my one, probably worse. She was recently talking about giving up gymnastics because she wasn't enjoying training, but I think it was really because she had been making herself miserable with the mental beat-ups every...
  14. Kiwi

    Off Topic Hip Impingement - Femoral Acetabular Impingement (FAI)

    This sounds like what I had - I posted about it a while back: http://www.chalkbucket.com/forums/threads/advice-for-hip-problem-in-round-offs.43371/
  15. Kiwi

    Parents Strange hair question

    Two side buns.
  16. Kiwi

    Standing on angle when jumping

    I was thinking the same thing, either something structurally different between the left and right sides of her body, or some kind of muscle imbalance between the left and right sides, or possibly both.
  17. Kiwi

    WAG Urgent: Unsafe Coaching

    Is English their first language? It couldn't be a translation issue that they just don't know what the terms are in English?
  18. Kiwi

    WAG Urgent: Unsafe Coaching

    I don't see how someone could get a gymnastics coaching certificate and not know any of these things. Either the course is not much good, or this coach slept through it! But I am curious as to how the OP noticed this lack of knowledge, I mean did this coach actually come out and say...
  19. Kiwi

    WAG Socks

    I would keep looking at different shoe options, maybe a lightweight trampoline shoe? This site seems to have quite a lot of different options under gymnastics shoes and trampoline shoes: http://www.dancemania.biz/gymnastics/
  20. Kiwi

    WAG Urgent: Unsafe Coaching

    This is very weird, how on earth did they get a job as a senior coach? And telling you not to talk during training sessions is also weird. You need to talk to the gym management, there's something really off here.

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