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    WAG Bent arms on beam BHS?

    Is it technically wrong (and presumably a deduction) to have bent arms on a BHS on beam? Just wondering because some of DD's teammates bend their arms and I worry that they're going to smack their faces onto the beam one of these days... Wanted input from more knowledgeable people! Thanks.
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    Parents Cleaning gym before states: is this normal?

    DD's team had 5 practices left before state competitions. The gym owner had them gloved up (but no dust masks!) cleaning up chalk dust underneath the trampoline and mats for an hour during practice. Her take was that they had just qualified for states at sectionals, and they always take it easy...
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    WAG Meetscoresonline question

    Is there anyway to use the meetscoresonline website to figure out which gymnasts' scores counted towards the team total during a meet? TIA!
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    Parents How much do you uptrain?

    DD has just begun training level 4. Her gym competes in winter/spring, so plenty of time till meet season. Tonight she told me that the L4 coach is not going to start teaching them any of the L4 routines until they've mastered all the L5 skills first. Huh. Do your gyms uptrain this much? What...
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    Off Topic New social group for Diving

    Hi All, I've started a new social group called "The Diving Board" for all questions diving-related. Please join if you're interested.
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    Off Topic Chalkbucket, but for diving?

    Does anyone have any recommendations for Diving message boards/online forums similar to chalkbucket? DD is just getting started in diving this summer, and I am a total newbie. I would like a place to lurk and ask my idiotic questions. TIA!
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    Parents Normal?

    This year, we had two girls on our team leave for other gyms. One left because she was offered a spot only on the Xcel team. The other left because her sister was offered only an Xcel spot at our gym, but both siblings were offered JO elsewhere. Our gym "uninvited" these families from our...
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    Parents Wristbands

    The wristbands gymnasts wear under their grips.... am I supposed to be washing them? Because my Dd's had hers since last October and they now smell like dirty socks. Can I just toss them in the washer & dryer? They came with no laundry instructions.
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    WAG When do you recommend Xcel over JO?

    A question mostly for coaches: when would you recommend that an athlete switch to the Xcel track when she very much wants to stay in JO? What qualities would make a gymnast more suitable for Xcel over JO?
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    Parents Team Yearbooks?

    Do any of your teams do team yearbooks? Ours does and it is put together by parent volunteers. This is my first year helping out with this project. I'm not super impressed with the software we are using now (entourage yearbooks) and was hoping for some recommendations for easier-to-use, faster...
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    Parents Gymnastics and Diving?

    Hi Chalkbucket family! I was wondering if any of you have experience with training in gymnastics AND springboard diving. I took DD (who is moving up to L4 in the summer) to her first diving class yesterday and we are planning on continuing through their summer session, but she expressed concern...
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    Parents "A" Team and "B" Team at same gym

    I was just curious if anyone else's gym does this and why the practice might be helpful from a coach's perspective. Dd attends a large gym and they break kids into two different ability-based groups that train together and then compete together. So it ends up with one rotation's worth of girls...
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    Parents "Unbalanced" uptraining?

    The bars coach at DD's gym offers extra bar clinics almost each weekend, and he has level 4 girls doing giants and other upper level skills, which naturally the gymnasts (and parents) find very exciting and motivating. None of the other coaches offer additional clinics, at least not to the same...
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    Parents How sick to scratch?

    I just wanted to ask wiser gym parents than I. How sick does your kid have to be for you to scratch a meet? I scratched DD from the first meet of 2017 because she had a persistent cough and stuffed up nose; I was worried that her vestibular system might be affected and I couldn't imagine her...
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    Parents "Gymnastics not a sport?"

    DD (who is level 3 and trains 10.5 hrs a week) had her first SKI lesson of the season today. Unexpectedly, 3 boys from her school were in the same intermediate ski class as her. One of the boys appeared surprised that she could keep up with the majority-boys' ski class and said to her, "I...
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    Parents Out of state meets?

    Does your gym mandate that gymnasts travel to meets across the country? If so, at what level does that start? DD is in level 3, and so far "traveling" meets have been optional, but I think that changes for us in level 4 or 5, when she will be required to fly to two meets in states too far to...
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    Parents Feeding kids on the way to practice?

    I work all day. When school starts, I will be picking her and a teammate up at 3:35 and taking them to practice by 4:15. They don't end until 7:15. She will already be packing lunch on those days, and I will be jetting right over from work so won't have time to do meal prep. Everything will...
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    Parents Headbands and hairstyles for workout?

    DD is 9 years old with a small head and very fine, slippery hair. Currently I just put her hair in a ponytail before her 4 hour work-outs, and by the time I pick her up from practice her ponytail has collapsed and her hair is all over her face. I picked up some headbands sized for girls at...
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    Parents Ankle weights during beam training?

    So I watched practice for the first time in a month, and I noticed that DD and her teammates are wearing ankle weights during beam practice now. DD is 8, and a L2 moving up to L3. I am concerned about long-term injuries due to extra wear-and-tear and curious about the use of the weights. For...
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    Parents Displaying/storing your gymnast's memorabilia?

    This year was DD's first year competing as level 2. We've acquired a few medals and those cards with the scores and ribbons stapled on. Since she's moving up to level 3 this summer, I imagine we'll be having more of those in years to come. My question for other parents is, how do you display...

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