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  1. J

    WAG Nationals question

    As others have pointed out, this comes up every year and every year there are lots of suggestions but it ultimately comes down to the powers that be (the regions) not having an interest or motivation in changing it. IMHO what might force a change some day would be the colleges. They do have an...
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    WAG Nationals question

    It’s really hard. We want to celebrate and be happy for all of the qualifiers (and we are!), but when some girls with really high scores aren’t going and others are going with much lower scores, it feels sort of wrong. I do wonder why they don’t make the minimum required score a 36. It seems...
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    WAG “Uneven” regions USAG

    Yes it comes up every year and yes it’s unfair and sort of silly. My daughter is always in, objectively, the most competitive age group and region and it really does get to me, even though I try really hard to not let it. But at the very least let’s stop calling nationals the “best of the best”...
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    Parents Extended Family Attending Meets

    When my now L10 daughter was younger I definitely deferred to her in terms of not wanting spectators and such. People understand (at least I think they did.) As she got older I slowly got a little less deferential because I didn't want to be raising a diva and the reality is, upper optionals...
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    WAG Gabby Douglas Leaves WOGA

    It was the coach who announced (when asked by the press) that she wasn’t training there. I don’t think it’s fair to blame her for “causing drama.” She’s a grown woman being coached at a high level, presumably in a stressful environment, by a coach who is used to training young girls and who has...
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    Ankle injury

    There are issues with the US health system, for sure, but let me share a different example. A family member was raving about the Australian system because his cousin was able to get a mammogram at age 49, even though (he told me) most can't get it there until age 50. I shared that in the US it's...
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    WAG Moving up to L10

    But if I were reading a book about someone moving to level 10 it would not feel realistic if she moved up by scoring a 34 in level 9. They move up when they get their level 10 skills/routines. In some gyms they have to have 10.0 start values on all four events to compete level 10. Other gyms are...
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    Parents Move or Stay

    I don’t know much about YMCA gymnastics but I saw that Cal recently brought someone on from a YMCA. Pretty impressive!
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    Parents New gymnast added to group

    My advice is to try focusing on how it's much harder for the new girl and her parents than it is for you and your kid, and what you can do to help make that transition easier. How can you use the opportunity to guide your kid in a way that helps make her a better teammate, and ultimately a...
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    WAG Two pass routines (recently on Inside gym and MyKayla Skinners insta)

    I think it’s a badge of honor to be able to do a full value two pass routine in L10. I could be wrong but I think Avery Neff did a two pass routine last year and we all know how that worked out. :p
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    WAG 2023-2024: List of large Level 10 Gymnastics Teams (10 or more L10's)

    Looks like per mymeetscores, at Region One Championships last year the following teams had ten or more L10s: Bold Desert Devils Gold Medal Gymcats Gymnastics Olympica Olympus San Mateo South Coast You could probably get the full list pretty quickly by checking each region's championships...
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    WAG Best recruiting advice

    Yes, I think this explains what I was sharing - I'm thinking that for some programs there is one arm/person communicating with everyone on the list, regardless of tier. Those athletes are getting the mailers, the bulk emails and in some cases, the instagram likes. Come June 15, the coaches reach...
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    WAG Best recruiting advice

    I feel like I'm still learning because (1) there is a lot to learn and (2) things keep changing! But I was really intrigued to hear an interview that Sydney Seabrooks gave on a podcast recently where she shared what she did. I found it interesting because while she is certainly a strong gymnast...
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    Parents Advice to newer gym parents on... medals!

    I have some advice to my younger self, so I thought I would share it here in case it's useful to others (it's too late for me, unfortunately.) It relates to gymnastics medals. People have different preferences and styles around what to do with medals. My daughter hung hers on a rack for a few...
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    Parents Best Advice

    Gymnastics is not a sacrifice, but a choice. Giving your time to feed the poor is a sacrifice; participating in a club sport is not. So don't buy into the narrative that your child is "giving up" going to the mall, hanging with their friends, blah blah blah so they can do gymnastics. This is...
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    WAG Worlds Team 2023

    I feel like I know Joscelyn and her mom through CB, so it's definitely made it very fun to see her make the team and be having such a successful career. I will add that my dd has had some interactions with her that have been nothing but lovely, so thank you for that as well!
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    WAG Some technical questions for an upcoming novel about gymnastics - please help!

    Fun! Here's what I think (I'm a parent, not a gymnast): 1. Assuming you mean a dismount, then yes, but I don't know how common that dismount is? A double tuck with a full twist ("full in" or "full out") would be more realistic, I think. 2. Mine says kip and not upstart (US) 3. Beam 4. Saluting
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    WAG Bull City Gymnastics Coach Found “Not Guilty” for Sex Crimes Against Minors

    My multi year L10 said “100 percent no.” She said in all of her years, it’s never happened with any coach and the idea that it’s normal is absurd (as we all know.)
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    Parents Try out for 6 year old

    I initially didn’t tell my dd she would be trying out, but when she said she didn’t want to do it I told her she didn’t have to of course, but if she did she might get to be one of the girls who wore the red leotards. She immediately changed her tune, did her best and made pre team. I kind of...
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    NCAA Will 14yo lvl 6/7 make NCAA?

    Probably not, unless she’s hyper focused on it and wants to do Acro and Tumbling, possibly d3 but even that would be a big stretch.

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