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    WAG Scratched meet - am I overreacting?

    What a frustrating situation for you and both your daughters. It sounds a bit like my dd's old gym. They were terrible with communication, excellent coaches but really poor dealing with my husband and I. They hated talking with us so would send messages via our 6 yr old child, and if I ever...
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    WAG Peeling skin on hands

    Looked this up, and it does sound very much like what she has going on... ironically, we did return just a couple weeks ago from a vacation where she was in the ocean/salt water quite a lot for 9 days. I wonder if there is a connection? It doesn't seem to be improving very much. I will ask...
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    WAG Peeling skin on hands

    Definitely not high humidity, we live in a very dry area. They are still peeling really bad, and the rips aren't healing well. Luckily no bars today so her hands get a few days' rest, but not much :-/
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    WAG Peeling skin on hands

    Tonight when I went to pick up my dd from practice, she had some pretty ugly hands. Rips on both hands, but what was even stranger was that at least half of each palm was very red and painful. Before practice she had mentioned how her hands were peeling and it appears that the top layer of...
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    WAG Best gymnastics camp for the summer?

    My dd did the Carters camp in the Phoenix are for 2 weeks last summer. She loved it although at her level, I felt like she didn't get quite as much out of it as the higher levels. They had a skit/parents night that the kids all loved, and a water fight the last day. Not a full overnight camp...
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    Parents Practice Time Poll: JO Women Levels 4-8

    DD, age 7 (1st grade) L3 practices M/Wed/Thurs 4-8 pm. Makes for a bit of a late night with the nearly one hr drive home. Sure am glad they don't go any later than that!
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    Parents Wish us luck!

    Great job! Her floor routine looked great. If she repeats 3, she'll be rockin' it next season, and still ahead of the game! What a cutie :-)
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    Parents Privates For Team Members

    I'd be frustrated too! It does sound like she's slowly improving, going from a 6 to an 8.45 over the season. My dd's current gym does allow privates, but her last one, they were pretty uncommon. If you like almost everything else about the gym, I'd just stick with it and keep asking. Have you...
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    Parents Choosing to stay L3 and not move up...

    I can't imagine 5 hrs/week for L4! My dd goes 12 hrs/wk for L3, JUST their conditioning each week takes approx 4-5 hours (1 to 1 1/2 hrs per practice for conditioning and stretching). I'd try to find her a great xcel program. She'd have a blast learning new skills and making up her own...
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    WAG 8 yo Level 7 bars release

    Had to watch it 3 times... awesome!
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    Parents Bickering... among the kids, not parents!

    I'll look into that book, thanks!
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    Parents Bickering... among the kids, not parents!

    I brought this up with the owner, who was fairly aware of what was going on, at least was aware of the situation with 2 of the other girls. She said they seem to be doing it on the sly though, so the coaches aren't immediately picking up on when it's happening. She is going to have a chat with...
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    Parents Bickering... among the kids, not parents!

    The coaches have definitely noticed, and it sounds like it happens regularly, and with the whole group, not just between one or two girls. She's always got along great with the girls on her team until now. But then again, she often was with girls her age, and the older girls on the higher...
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    Parents Bickering... among the kids, not parents!

    My little dd (age 7) has been at a new gym since December, on lvl 3 team. Overall we've been happy with how she's progressing, they challenge her and her skills have been progressing. I like the owner and the coaches seem reasonably good. However, I'm having concerns with how the girls are...
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    WAG Can u guys suggest a great gymnastics camp?

    This camp is relatively close to us and have really thought about it for my dd this year. Glad to hear it's a good training camp. We had considered letting DD do 2 weeks there, do they learn a lot?
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    Parents How to get your gymmie in bed as quickly as possible on gym nights

    Great ideas! I'll try to pack more food for her to avoid the drive-thru. It's tough, I have to leave the house at 2:15 to pick up the kids at 3:00, then it's straight to gym, eating and homework in the car on the way. Have to stick around the whole time because of the distance from home and...
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    Parents Advice for getting dd to have more independance at gym..

    My dd is the same age as yours, but has always been very independent. She's perfectly fine for 4 hrs alone at gym, although she does ask me to stay and watch her sometimes. I'm trying my best to stay out of the gym, as I do notice when I arrive or stay she looks at me more than she should. I...
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    Parents How to get your gymmie in bed as quickly as possible on gym nights

    So my dd recently moved her training hours up to 12 hrs a week. She seems fine with it so far, but it's rather late nights for her and trying to wake her for school in the morning is a bit like attempting to wake the dead. To make matters worse, her younger brother lays awake in his bed until...
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    WAG Strength Training Tips for a dancer from gymnasts! PLEASE

    In your other post you mention that you can do 20 leg raises, and in this post only 5. I'd imagine that if you did strength training regularly, you could achieve their requirements, but it will be rather difficult if you have terrible bicep pain.
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    WAG Stretching at home- any ideas for the little ones?

    When my dd was on pre-team, her coaches gave a date (about 6 weeks out) that they wanted all the girls to try to have their splits. Dd really wanted to have her splits so she could earn the "prize", so we did a sticker chart, and she practiced her pike and straddle pancake stretch, and all 3 of...

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