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    Parents Coronavirus

    DD’s gym is still open, but three in the area have closed. Still, we have to be responsible for the health of ourselves and others and not send her to gym. https://www.vox.com/2020/3/10/21171481/coronavirus-us-cases-quarantine-cancellation
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    Parents Coronavirus

    Ours is still open. They’re even holding day camps.
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    WAG Round off handspring tuck

    It’s all in the drills. Here’s a good one for both the set and the shape of the tuck. Notice how she drives her shins in the rotation rather than throwing her chest or shoulders back. Also try the RO BHS and having your coach lift you into the rebound. At this point think “set,” or have your...
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    WAG BHS Analysis

    Hi everyone. I’d like some feedback for my daughter’s back handspring. As you can see, her knees buckle out of the round off and she jumps off of her toes. This has caused significant issues with her “throwing” her RO BHS BT so she’s opted to stop competing floor altogether. We know this issue...
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    WAG Frequency of Drills

    Thanks for the responses. I ask because DD’s team is steadily decreasing in strength and form. They are in the middle of the season and are no longer doing any drills, strength or flexibility. Back tucks are being thrown and only worked on every other week or so and even simple casts on bars are...
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    WAG Frequency of Drills

    Drills before skills, right? So how often should drills be practiced so that their benefits can take effect and be applied toward the skill? Also, after the skill is being executed, should drills for that skill cease or be completely eliminated? Thank you!
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    Thank you for asking! We had taken that weekend to evaluate everything and realized that the problem was neither with the gym nor my daughter. The two were just not a right fit for each other. I sought out advice from my daughters past coaches and they all concluded that she needed to stay on...
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    It truly took on a life of its own! I think I even closed the OP with a reminder to be kind...
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    Thank you for so much insight into my post and for sharing your daughter’s journey. My daughter is firm on training at L5 and has been pretty objective in evaluating her abilities to succeed at this level. It was shaky when she started pre-team (skipped L3) and L4, but toward the end of both...
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    I can respect the fact that she isn’t up to par with the top girls, but she isnt at all the worst on the team and when she had a private lesson a week ago, her coach sought me out and told me she was strong and talented, but just needed to get through some of her mental blocks. It is an issue...
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    I really appreciate your perspective. It makes complete sense and in the past, dd has always sought out a challenge as she knew her previous gym was not challenging her. She was the best there and when her Level 4 coach wanted to skip her to 6/7, we were hesitant because we wanted her to be a...
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    Thank you for the response. Other than dd still not feeling like she quite fits in and the struggles with her confidence struggles, we are happy with the gym. We have already paid for all the competition fees so I don’t think it would be at any loss to them to integrate her into Level 5...
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    Thank you so much for your input. That is a great quote and it does exemplify one of the main reasons she switched. She was in fact the best at her old gym, they even wanted to skip her to 6/7, but wasn’t getting the training and challenge she needed and I wanted her to be a strong 5, rather...
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    WAG Last Minute Level Downgrade

    Hi everyone, I’m in some desperate need of advice. Some background info is that my daughter has been in gymnastics for 2 1/2 years (7th grader) and started a new gym for Level 5 in August due to an understaffed previous gym. I thought things were going well until her coaches approached me...

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