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    Parents Summer Camp- OGC

    My daughter has attended several times and always loves it. It does fill up quickly and registration just opened.
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    Parents When your child doesn't take a competition seriously.

    Do you see these patterns in other areas of her life (e.g., school, chores, other extracurriculars, etc.)? If so, you may want to consider an evaluation for ADHD.
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    Tip toe walking

    Has she ever had an evaluation with an OT - especially one who is trained in sensory motor or primitive reflex integration?
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    Off Topic Corkscrew hair pins?

    I’ve only used regular hairpins, but I always use a bun net to ensure no pins fall out.
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    Parents Night Time Practice and Dinner

    We do a heavy snack before practice and dinner afterwards. My DD is a night owl, so she has a decent amount of time to digest dinner before heading to bed.
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    WAG Shaping Exercises for Home

    Does anyone have any good shaping drills that can be done easily at home for a gymnast (training L5/6) looking to clean up form and improve muscle memory of proper shapes? Videos are helpful! Thanks!
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    Anon If you had to choose…

    Would you go to a gym where the coaching is a good fit, but the teammates are not ideal or a gym where the teammates are a good fit, but the coaching is not ideal?
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    Parents Travel meet advice

    If you don’t think weather or traffic will be a factor, I think you’d be fine to leave in the morning as long as your child isn’t one who gets really anxious about not getting places super early. During the 20-21 season when Covid was in full swing, we drove the day of meets when possible to...
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    Parents First Competition preparation

    We try to do a healthy dinner the night before with a mix of carbs, protein, and veggies. If we’re traveling we always stay in a hotel that has a nice room service menu and do that the night before. We split an appetizer, salad, entree, and dessert so that we get to try lots of things and she...
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    Parents How do you handle “injuries”

    I definitely agree you should get it checked out. However, is she possibly scared to do that skill again (or even other skills) and is using her ankle as an excuse to avoid training things she’s now hesitant about?
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    Parents Lower Level Compulsory Judging

    Is it Level 4? The first symbol looks like it could be a BWO and then the next symbol looks like it could be the FHS, CW, BER and the last symbol looks like it could be the RO, BHS, BHS.
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    Parents How often do you get new leos?

    We get new competition leos, practice leos, and warm ups every year. The cost is all rolled into a flat competition fee which is paid monthly, so I don’t know the exact cost. The warm ups are probably around $80-100, the practice leo is probably around $50, and the competition leo is rumored to...
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    Parents 2022 Holiday Gymnastics Gifts

    @JBS Will you please post a link to that core strength video game gadget that you mentioned a few months ago? Thanks!
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    Parents Gymnastics Travel Meet Tips

    Another one (especially if you have an early morning session) is to consider whether you need to request a late check out time. I once had to run back and pack up our hotel room in between the end of the competition and awards and almost missed seeing my daughter place first in two events. ‍
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    Parents Gymnastics Travel Meet Tips

    If you have an early morning session, check out the competition venue the night before. It will be less stressful for you and your gymnast the morning of the competition if you’re not worried about wrong turns and parking snafus.
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    Parents Stretching Programs??

    Thanks! I’ll look her up.
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    Parents First post - my 4 year old

    I would put him in swimming. It’s an essential life skill that is very complementary with gymnastics (a good aerobic workout without the pounding on the joints). Outside of athletics, at that age my kids loved magnatiles, legos, stem projects like Kiwi Crates, and Brain Pop Jr. (and still enjoy...
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    Parents Stretching Programs??

    Has anyone tried the mUv Method stretch program? It keeps coming across my FB feed. We’re traveling a lot this summer and my DD will miss quite a bit of gym. I was wondering if this would be a good program for her to work through to maintain/improve her flexibility. Thanks!
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    Parents When Kids Should Start Swimming Lessons?

    As early as possible. Mine were in the water at 7 months. I always told them it was the only sport I would require them to do (lessons, not team). Luckily they both love it!
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    WAG How many hrs for different levels?

    In our gym JO practices the following hours: Level 3 - 9 hours Level 4 - 12 hours Level 5 - 14 hours Levels 6/7 - 16 hours Levels 8/9/10 - 20 hours We also have Xcel, but I’m not familiar with their practice schedule. I think it ranges from 6-12 hours depending on level.

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