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    Homeschool?

    My daughter's coach is seriously considering two a day workouts next year. Now is the time that we are having to make the desicion whether to pull dd from private school and home school her so she can attend this training. She is a sophomore and has most of her state required credits to...
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    gym issues....

    I desperatly need some help! Soooo, everything was going rather well this summer at gym, trick wise. i was having fun everyday, learning bhs on beam, giants, layouts, and fhs front on floor. ( im a level 7). well i was a level 5 last year and worked my butt off all summer conditioning etc to...
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    Calling all coaches, parents, gymnasts, etc...

    Everyone, I need your help. I am an optional gymnast and cannot get my hands to stop ripping. My coach is totally out of ideas and I'm getting rather frustrated. I've pretty much learned just to ignore the pain, but this is getting ridiculous. My hands were dripping blood, no exageration, the...
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    straddle cast help!

    i have been working on straddle cast to handstand all summer and feel stuck in a rut. i am having trouble understanding how im supposed to get my hips and legs up at the same time. i don't think my shoulders are staying over the bar enough, but when i try to get my hips up, my feet drop. when i...
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    straddle cast help!

    i have been working on straddle cast to handstand all summer and feel stuck in a rut. i am having trouble understanding how im supposed to get my hips and legs up at the same time. i don't think my shoulders are staying over the bar enough, but when i try to get my hips up, my feet drop. when i...
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    Coaches straddle cast help!

    Coaches, i have been working on straddle cast to handstand all summer and feel stuck in a rut. i am having trouble understanding how im supposed to get my hips and legs up at the same time. i don't think my shoulders are staying over the bar enough, but when i try to get my hips up, my feet...
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    injuries...

    ok, so last year about this time i sprained my ankle between two mats when i fell off the beam. then in nov. i sprained the other ankle in a hole and continueally throughout the rest of my competition season i had problems like resprains with both of them. i tried conditioning to get them...
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    Coaches injuries...

    ok, so last year about this time i sprained my ankle between two mats when i fell off the beam. then in nov. i sprained the other ankle in a hole and continueally throughout the rest of my competition season i had problems like resprains with both of them. i tried conditioning to get them...
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    Routine Choreography?

    how do you find dance movements to "fill" a routine with. All the little movements that many of the elite athletes have r their signature moves, i guess, like nastia on beam ect. how do i come up with these and stuff to put between the skills in my level 7 routine? thanks
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    Coaches backwalkover fear

    I am having fear issues with my backwalkover on beam. I fractured my back in december, and have just now got it flexible enough to do my backwalkover on beam. I didn't have time to go to physical therapy during the school year, so ive only been doing it for about a month. I got my backwalkover...
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    loose grips

    so i go new grips last august and they were by ballie (however u spell it) they were size 2's and i really needed a 2 1/2 but they only made whole sizes in that grip. they felt kinda short and after i peeled off the bar and fractured my back in december, i thought some new grips that were...
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    Olympic Trial Leotards

    Why do the athletes at the trials have different leos on? why do some have the same leo and others like nastia have the only leo like the one she wore. shayla was the only one wearing the pink, but nastia has worn that one alot before. is a seniority thing, or what? Nastia was wearing the white...
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