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    Spoiler Thread for Olympics?

    I was just wondering if CB would have a spoiler thread for the Olympic results? Yes, I know they will be all over the web, but I do like trying to not know ALL of the gymnastics results before I get a chance to watch it on TV.
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    Should safe coaching cost more??

    Things at our gym have come to a head and I feel like I'm the only one concerned about safety. About 18 mos ago the HC split the girls into groups---1/2 coached by him and another coach and the other groups coached by 2 other coaches----all the time/no mixing things up. It has turned into a...
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    Paul Hamm out of retirement--2012

    Just saw on USAG site that Paul Hamm has left his day job and is back in training with the goal of making the 2012 Olympic team. He said his 1st meet is probably going to be in Jan. 2011. May move to train at the USOTC in Colorado or stay at his own gym in WI.
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    Happy Mother's Day

    Just wanted to wish all the moms on the CB a wonderful day.
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    L9 bars bonus

    Ok, need to know what my gymmie can do to get some bonus for her L9 bar routine. Please don't say ask the coach because this bar coach is clueless as to the COP. Just 1 example would be she told gymmie she had been deducted .5 all year for not casting to a hs on high bar before doing her...
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    Parents End of the season--Almost

    I haven't posted much(if at all) about gymmie's comp season. Alot of life has gotten in the way and to be honest, it has been a very frustrating few months with inconsistent coaching(esp. on vault), going through the puberty bug, continued knee pain, but got ok from pediatric ortho...
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    Does this make sense?

    Ok, maybe I'm missing something here, but I just don't get what is being suggested for my gymmie and am increasingly frustrated with the coaches. Child competed last season as a L8. The team had 2 coaches--1 did floor/beam, other did vault/bars. They knew nothing about what the gymnasts were...
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    WAG No Nastia at Worlds

    Its on the usag site that Nastia has notified USAG and Martha that she has withdrawn from consideration for a place on the 2009 World team. She basically said she just needs a break and thought she could do "it all" with endorsements and training. She stressed the 2012 Olympics are still a...
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    Parents Some notice would have been nice!

    Just happened to take a day off and got to see my child practice for the 1st time this summer. One mom mentioned the fall schedule and said they were in the girl's boxes. She wasn't pleased because her dd's group starts practice 30 minutes later than last year---which of course means they stay...
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    Should we bother trying to make this work?

    HI all. I honestly don't know what to do and still can't believe I heard what I did out of gymmie's coach last night. We have coach/parent/gymnast meetings at the end of the year. So, we met with gymmie's coach last night. She pretty much laid the blame for a less than good year(for the whole...
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    Kid wants more practice and told no

    Ok, we got the summer schedule. As many of you know gymmie did not have a good state meet and did not get to regionals. So, she's been working her tail off on L9 skills----double back timers off bars, on floor, double twists on tumble trak, yurchenko timers. My gosh she even threw aside an old...
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    Parents Devastating state meet

    I put a long post in the Q & A forum about the coaching issues at the meet, so I won't rehash too much here. Gymmie had her L8 state meet last weekend---just a disaster from start to finish. First, it was supposed to be held a neutral site---host gym changed location at the last minute(ok 2.5...
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    What to do when coaches "phone it in?" LONG

    I've kept my mouth shut all through the comp season, but now its time for some real concern and see if you all have some ideas. Our gym is growing(good thing) and they have more girls competing optional this year than is several years(another good thing....or should be). We have 4 coaches that...
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    Parents Bittersweet 1st L8 meet

    Well, the 1st L8 meet is over and done with. How my gymmie got through it, I have no idea. This will be a pretty long story. We got a call midweek that one of gymmie's grandparents had passed away. Pulled her out of school early that day, didn't even think of practice. We are about 2,000 miles...
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    Some meet schedules now up

    Just checked and the tentative schedules for WOGA and Palm Beach are up on their websites. Looks like we'll have an early session on Sunday at WOGA. Palm Beach lists levels and times, but doesn't have gyms named for the sessions yet.
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    Coaches Full of it---help with fulls

    Ok, need some advice on what my gymmie may be doing wrong on her fulls which btw she's been doing for 18 mos. This year she's supposed to have one in her L8 fx., but about 1 month ago started landing short----as in a face first. She went back to the tumble track and worked on setting...
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    Parents On the road

    Got our meet schedule for the optional girls. Wow, the girls are going to get some big time exposure and I may be able to meet a few of you at meets. We start off doing 2 big in state invitationals in Jan----starting with a big invitational makes me a little nervous----what about those nice...
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    Parents Moving on up(but wasn't easy!!)

    I know I stuck this in another post, but just figured I had to give a little more brag to my gymmie. They did skills testing for all the optional girls last week---vault/bars on 1 day and then beam/floor the next. Coaches were walking around with skills sheets and clipboards, so the atmosphere...
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    Coaches Moving up - gym discretion/secrecy discussion from parents forum

    I know I stuck this in another post, but just figured I had to give a little more brag to my gymmie. They did skills testing for all the optional girls last week---vault/bars on 1 day and then beam/floor the next. Coaches were walking around with skills sheets and clipboards, so the atmosphere...
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    Parents Just a little brag(mom to close eyes now)

    Gymmie told me last week she asked her coach if she could take the 4" mat off the low bar when she did her bailes(aka shoot half). Ok, I flinched a little, but then she said the coach said ok, but was spotting her. She came flying in the house last night and said she had a new skill. She is now...

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