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    Parents What sport did your gymnast do in HS if there isn't a gymnastics team?

    My daughter has done quite well with track (hurdles, triple jump and discuss) and wrestling. Our state has girls only wrestling league. Wrestling coaches state gymnasts almost always make great wrestlers - they are crazy strong and have amazing body spatial awareness. Really gymnasts...
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    Parents Has anyone ever "forced" a change?

    You need to make the decision to either change gyms or being done with gymnastics. Not continue with current gym. I think I would lean towards being done. There are so many other activities that she would likely excel in. Change is always hard. Why does DD want to stay with gymnastics. Is...
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    Parents Sports after gymnastics

    I love all of this. My xcel diamond DD is finishing up her freshman year. Did track and rocked the triple jump, hurdles 100 & 300, and discuss. Now we are doing a funny winter sports season in late spring. She decided to try wrestling and as of today is 13-0 and has won every match with a pin...
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    WAG And the drama continues

    Just be careful your coping strategy does not include badmouthing the other gym or parents. Even if it is true.
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    WAG And the drama continues

    That is hard. Kids can be mean. Sounds like they are girls your daughter should not make an effort to be close friends with anyway. I hope your daughter has good friends at her gym and can just focus on her own gymnastics journey. There is a good chance in another year or two only one or two of...
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    Parents Not cut out to be a gymnast

    I am not sure the question should be, "is everyone cut out to be a gymnast?" Maybe it should be "is everyone cut out to have one activity be important enough to spend the many hours a week that is required to continue to progress in gymnastics?" Many gymnasts decide to move on to other...
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    Parents Sever’s Stories

    Cheetah cups every practice. No bare feet. Ice every night (we just had a couple of disposable water bottles that got put in the freezer every night. We statrted this after a growth spurt 3 years ago. She iced every night for 2 years. Still wears cheetah cups. No longer any pain unless she...
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    Parents Would you let your kids compete?

    Probably a conversation that would be best to have with coaches. I'm so glad kids are ok so far. But seems seems like too much pressure and risk for injury with so many weeks off. Calling it now would likely feel disappointing, but then you would not have all the worries in your head for the...
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    Parents Anybody trying gym school?

    My daughter has been enjoying these sessuons during this mandatory break. But i found myself chuckling today thinking that with these 3 separate hour long sessions and her gym coach doing 2 separate 90 minute conditioning sessions, gym is still pretty much taking up her life.
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    Parents Need advice: I am dreading this meet season

    This is DD 6th year competing. A younger level team mate's mom asked me about a month ago "aren't you so excited for meet season?" I felt a little bad after because I just shrugged my shoulders and said something like "eh, not anymore." That mom deserved more enthusiasm from me. While I do not...
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    WAG What are you thankful for?

    I am thankful my DD gym went from JO only to xcel only 4 years ago. Where we live there are no other gym options. Xcel has allowed her to be in competitive robotics, school track and field and go to state fair in 4H. She is 13, in 8th grade, and this will be her 6th year competing gymnastics...
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    Parents Full time working parents who use full time daycamp in summer - how do you accommodate summer hours?

    This summer our gym had the older girls practicing starting at 10 or 11 depending on the day and younger at 8. DD is older and the only time I could drop off was 8, and I had to ask family members to pick her up. I let the coach know that DD was coming in early to help with the younger kids...
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    Parents Incentives

    I see it done a lot. By very well meaning parents. I'm not sure it really helps the gymnast. I think it just puts more pressure on them. Gymnasts are usually very hard on themselves and put plenty of pressure on themselves. I think an incentive can imply if they don't get whatever the...
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    Parents Validate me, please! (illness and meets)

    I am a gym mom and a family physician. Had similar with my DD over Christmas break. Kept her out of her first meet. She was not happy that I kept her out but it was the right thing to do. She was not qite back to 100 percent. Had not been to practice in a week. I did not want to potentially...
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    Parents Would you rather...

    Depends both on gym and gymnast. My DD always wanted to move up even if skills were so so and wasn't worried about podium. Most years she would start at the back of the pack but progress place wise throughout the season. Other teammates wanted a year of podium and repeated levels. (I've...

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