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    WAG Told she gained weight

    Let's say there's a gymnast. She has a healthy weight and has always had a healthy weight. She is not tiny and skinny like some, but she isn't overweight. Her coach says she noticed they are gaining weight. She also points out a few who she noticed gained some weight. We're talking a girl who...
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    WAG Update on Canada situation

    Some of you might remember that about 8ish months ago I posted a thred about a possible move to Canada and how gymnastics would differ. http://www.chalkbucket.com/forums/womens-artistic-gymnastics-wag/38357-how-gymnastics-canada.html My husband was given a year to consider and accept the job...
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    WAG Number of routines?

    What would you say is a good number of routines a week or day? Are you for high number of routines? Routines everyday? Or more for less but still some routines?
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    WAG Good news! Updates!

    Some of you might now that we had been having some struggles with my level 10 dd and her coach... Well more troubles and more problems kept happening, It was making me explode! Ill give a few details of the worst but I don't want to get too into it. dd and a teammate were "expelled" from the...
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    WAG Training hours

    I know i've been posting a lot lately but I have one more thing to ask. With my other posts I have had many people tell me that it seems like dd practices too much and comments on burnout. What would be the average amount of hours a level 10 would train? I'm sorry if it's a bad question but dd...
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    WAG Can't believe this! Horrible!

    Ok so I'm going to keep it short but I would like opinions. Is this acceptable from a coach? -12 year old level 9 gymnast is on beam. -They have routines. -Coach has them do routine after routine after routine (to the point where she was tired, in my opinion this is tough but that's not the...
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    WAG Leaving a gymnast on one event all practice?

    Good coach, bad coach, good idea, bad idea? All of practice, as in about 6 hours! What are your thoughts?
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    WAG What is the average age for reaching lvl 10?

    Does anyone know the average? What would be a "normal" and "common" age to reach level 10 by?
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    WAG How do girls qualify for state, regionals, nationals?

    In level 10. For state, isn't it an all around score? 34.0? I don't remember. To qualify to regionals, is it an all around score? or placement at state? I know nationals is placement at regionals. But what places make it? top 10? Seems like too many, but I don't know. Is it possible to...
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    WAG Cute story, very proud

    Just a little background: my 11 year old DD is going 7 this year. I was waiting for dd2's practice to be over and had gotten a bit distracted checking something on my phone. I looked up and it was time for practice to be over but I couldn't find dd2 anywhere! She wasn't in the locker area, not...
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    WAG DD has been downgraded...

    So my oldest dd was all set to compete level 10 this season. She has all her skills but has had some rough weeks and has been stressing/crying sometimes during practice. Her coach pulled her aside and told her that he would like her to compete her first 2 meets as a level 9 then do 10. He...
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    WAG Start value questions

    Can someone help me out? I don't quite understand start values... Bars: Kip cast handstand layout ginger kip cast handstand bail (might be to handstand might not) kip cast handstand (if to bail is to handstand will connect Stalter shoot and not do the toe hand) toe handstand toe shoot 2...
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    WAG What is this worth? New Skill!

    My oldest dd and her coach where playing around with front twisting. She did a combination I have never seen and I'm wondering if it would have any bonus? It is a punch rudi directly to a back full. She also did some punch rudi backhandspring back full and rudi to layout step out. Any idea if...
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    WAG I want to go on vacation!!!

    We are planning a family vacation for a week and my kids are all very excited, except for my oldest dd. "I can't miss gym. Not now, it's practically season! Mom you don't get it! If you miss a week you need 1-2 weeks to get back to where you where. Thats 2-3 weeks out and I have verification...
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    WAG Dd feeling alone at gym...

    My dd and I were talking and she opened up about how she often feels alone at gym. She is the only 9th grader in the whole gym and is one of two level 10s. I just don't know how to make her feel better... Any tips? She says she misses the days in level 5 when her group consisted of 15+ girls.
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    WAG Moving releases to the REAL bar

    My older dd has a very nice Yeager.... That is on top of the foam block pit. It's perfect and caught every single time, but when she does it between the (real) bars she changes it. She lets go too late or too early and instead of catching them all she catches 1/3. Sometimes even worse. She says...
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    WAG Too old for elite?

    So a couple of moms from my girls' team were talking outside the gym and I overheard. They were talking about a 15 year old level 10 that wanted to do elite. She is in 10th grade so she will be turning 16 this year. The girl is a pretty solid 10 and she swings bars on the fig setting. Thing is...
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    WAG How is gymnastics in Canada?

    We are in the US and my dds are level 10 and 7. My husband is from Canada and has recently gotten a good job offer/opportunity. Thing is, there is a very real chance we will be relocating to Canada. Nothing is certain yet but I would still like to know. How does Canadian gymnastics differ...
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    WAG Do you need a forward skill in level 9 bars?

    My dd never did a forward skill and had decent scores. Now someone told me its a requirement? Am I missing something?
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    WAG DD wants to quit, but she doesn't!!!

    My dd is 14, level 9/10. She is supposed to compete level 10 next season. She seems to be very conflicted. She says she doesn't want to quit but she also doesn't want to go to gym. She says that she wakes up in the morning and says to herself, "I don't feel like going... Why am I going if I...

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