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Hi WAG folks, My daughter (L7) is growing, pushing 5'1", with very long arms, so in an extended hang, she is actually 'longer' than some L7/8/9 teammates who are a few inches taller. Bars have always been her strength. Her gym permits a wide bar setting (I do not know how wide, but my guess is...

Hi crowd (particularly coaches, but parent anecdotes welcome!), This is a curiosity question (not coaching my child)... Are there particular techniques or considerations when teaching/perfecting casts to a gymnast with long arms, and particularly, long upper arms? For example, should she...

First, this is not about my DD - not looking for an elite career (though there was a glimmer of that path at one time, but have moved on...) Anyway... A gym dad I met recently was talking about his daughter. She is on track to be a 11 year old L7 next spring. She is a pretty high scorer at...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQYmT6UjSWp/?taken-by=paul_ruggeri I really need to get this for my husband. :cool::cool::cool: (sorry couldn't embed!)

Someone correct me if I am reading this wrong.. I just looked more closely at the scoring table for Compulsory routines, and noticed that the base score is now 9.5 instead of 10.0, and virtuosity bonus is only up to .3 (vs up to .5 previous quad). So, with all bonuses, max scores are now .7...

For the last week or so, video ads are auto-playing and making pages slow, hang, or crash. The video ads start playing even if I am currently scrolled above or below the ad (i.e., ad is not currently visible on the page). For example, I can open a page (and be at the top) and an ad at the...

What injuries has your gymnast sustained as a direct result of gymnastics? (only from gym training - not from tripping on the curb, snowboarding, playground, etc..) What was the outcome of each? i.e., missed 2 months of gym and full recovery; PT for 8 weeks then re-injured and out for 6...

Semi random... Was surfing around some former national team listings and came across the gym name "CTC". I was thinking this was just the Colorado Training Center where senior team resident members like John Orozco train, but then I noticed there were junior members listed in past years, and so...

I put this is WAG as it gets more traffic, but this question applies also to MAG, T&T or any other form... What do coaches feel at meets? (other than crazy tired of course as those are long days(!!) Do you get nervous when your gymnast is performing? Do you feel any 'pressure' for your...

Just curious, on high-bar, if a boy (or girl?) already has Giants, what is the benefit of mastering the Baby Giant? Does it progress to something else besides the Giant? I just keep hearing that the Baby Giant is a progression toward Giant. Wondering if there is more worth to it than that...

Tonight I opened CB in a new browser window and logged in. As I normally do, I went to "Recent Posts" and I got the following Recent Posts and took a screenshot (first attachment). Calling this "CB World #1". I saw and read @bogwoppit 's post "Need you all to try posting" and a couple other...

Hi coaches/parents, Well, my L3 gymmie had a high-scoring, high-placing season, and she loved every moment of competing. First season under her belt and she owned the high podium. And I loved watching her (except beam, that is heart-pounding to watch - lol). She is 8. Super proud parent, as all...

I'm wondering if those socks with the latex adhered to the bottom to promote traction are: 1) Legal in boys competition? 2) Recommended? Or would there be any reason why the sticky soles would be a disadvantage? Here is the link to an example of socks in question...

At a recent meet, the parents from one of the gyms were screaming, hollering, jumping up, and carrying on as if we were at an outdoor football game. So loud our ears were literally hurting from the noise. Every. Single. Time one of their gymnasts did ANYTHING, parents screamed and shouted loud...

Ok, I have read other posts on leotard fit, and 'ride up' in the back, but it seems my DD(8) has the problem of leos creating the dreaded, ahem, 'front' wedgie. Ladies, you know what I mean. Let's just say the outline of certain frontal parts is very obvious, especially in her comp leo. I...

Hi parents or coaches, Has anyone tried the Ten-O Pommel pants for your son or team? I noticed their size chart is quite different from GK, but size charts are sometimes still misleading. Looking for any anecdotal examples of fit. For reference, my DS(7) is wearing GK size medium, but the...

Stumbled upon this on Youtube. My two gymmies wanted to watch it again and again, and were quite inspired. Resolution isn't great, but still great fun!

Hi coaches/parents, Background: I've posted recently (mostly in social groups) about my disappointment/frustration with my DD (8) being invited to train L4 several months ago, then only given limited opportunities to actually train L4 skills - instead repeating L3 skills over and over half the...

Parents! What is the one thing you really wish you could tell your child's coach / make coach understand / make coach do --- if you could do so with raw honesty, and without fear of anything negative happening? It's ok to reveal some CGP-ness here. I'm curious about raw, honest feelings...

My DD(7) is the 'tight and powerful' type gymnast, with not much natural flexibility (though she has made great strides and has splits 1 direction pretty good). She's been doing gym for a year now, and will compete L3 next season. She has been increasingly complaining about pain behind her...