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    Parents Too many training hours!

    Can you ask about staying in the same group but doing 4 days instead of 5? Perhaps propose a trial period? I've seen a lot of kids have this type of arrangement.
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    Parents Struggling on Bars

    My daughter has hypermobile elbows as well and struggled on bars last year as an L6. Fast-forward a year later and she is amongst the strongest on bars. Her elbows do not seem to be an issue and she's never had any problems related to them. They really do progress a lot in a few months...
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    Parents Is It Time To Move On? (Tell Us Your Story)

    Wow! What a great story! Thank you for sharing. Your perseverance is an inspiration ❤️
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    Parents Beam issues

    I still see 11 year old girls practicing 16+ hours a week look not so comfortable on beam. It's a very hard apparatus and it probably won't look great for a while, so I wouldn't be worried. Having the skills on floor is the first step, so looks like your daughter is well on her way :) Practicing...
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    WAG Stretching a Leo, 101

    I've also tried the towel stuffing when the leo is damp. Just make sure you put enough towels for the fabric to stretch. It worked a bit but I didn't want to overdue it since it was my first time. I'm sure if you wanted to, you could have it strech quite a bit!
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    WAG Cleaning up Floor Routine

    I am a dancer, so I've been bugging my daughter about artistic details ever since she was a tiny gymnast! I only started really bugging her when she started competing at age 9. She didn't like it, so I tried to hold my thoughts in! When she was 10, she started to become more artistic naturally...
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    Parents Canadian meet scores?

    And from that website, there is a list updated every year with all the registered upper level gymnasts in the province. It's listed per gym. Here is the list from 2021-2022: https://www.gymqc.ca/gaf/athletes-elites/espoir
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    Parents Canadian meet scores?

    Here's the link: https://www.gymqc.ca/resultats. I think it's just available in French. GAF is for women and GAM for men. Hope this is what you were looking for!
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    Parents Canadian meet scores?

    The results are on the Gym QC website. They are not "live", but they are posted within a few days of the meets. Fyi, regional meets are not posted on there. Meet season has just started, so there isn't much on there yet for 2022-2023, but you'll find all the previous seasons in there. I imagine...
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    Parents Unpopular Opinions

    I find this to be a really interesting point. I often wonder about my daughter's gymnastics journey and if it's still "worth it". She never really got the chance to do compulsory levels because of Covid and did two competitions last year as a L6. She's a good gymnast, like most at that level...
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    Parents Split jump

    Doing split jumps on the trampoline is a great way to practice. Doing splits on the floor for better flexibility and leg strength exercises will also help. Getting that split jump from the ground is a lot harder then it looks! My daughter is just starting to have beautiful jumps now that she is...
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    Parents Tips on L6 beam and vault routines

    Thanks for your feedback Em09! On beam, her jump at the start was a sissone. I wonder how much is deducted for the bent legs in the bh and those wobbles? On the vault, I'll have to check. I have not seen anyone do the Yurchenko on a mat in her group.
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    Parents Tips on L6 beam and vault routines

    Hi folks! My daughter just had her first L6 comp this year and is looking for ways to improve her beam and vault routines. I would love to get advice from you on where she could have less deductions. I can see a few small things, but I am not experienced enough to give her detailed feedback...
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    WAG Pike Jump on beam

    This is a really helpful list of beam skills and difficulty levels: https://wagymnastics.fandom.com/wiki/Balance_Beam_Skills A pike jump is an A skill according to this.
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    Parents Level 7 Vault Scores

    Found this great article about level 6 & 7 vault scores. It has very helpful video examples and scores at the end too! Hope this helps :) It surely was helpful to me. My daughter will be competing level 6 this year and I had no idea what the vault even looked like lol. Competitions were...

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