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    Parents Favorite meet gift?

    My daughter received bright orange luggage tags with the meet logo last year. At the time she wasn’t completely impressed but when we travel she always says to look out for the luggage with the bright orange tag with the meet name. This leads to us discussing that day and that meet which will...
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    Parents Choreography Cost?

    My daughters love working with Dominic, his routines have always fit them perfectly
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    Parents Sports after Gymnastics

    I agree with pole vaulting and/or long jump. My daughter did both and has asthma issues with running long distances. When she would do the running part of training it was with the sprinting group which she said was never as much cardio as a cardio day at gymnastics.
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    Parents New trend in gym ownership? (The Business Side Of Gymnastics / Powers Gymnastics)

    The Crazy Mamas of Gymnastics
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    Off Topic Ex gymnast transition to track and field

    My daughter was a level 8 gymnast and did pole vaulting her senior year. Would have her sophomore year if not for Covid. Her highest jump was over 9 feet which is not far from the minimum height at the college she attends. We tried to motivate her to keep working on it and try to walk into the...
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    WAG L8 bars ?

    The most common one I have seen is a bail to horizontal. Others have been a straddle back and an uphill. No one at my daughter’s gym does an alternative to the pirouette so I only know from watching at meets.
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    Parents Anyone going/been to Buckeye classic recently?

    My family really liked Otherworld, it is very unique and will take a few hours to go through. As stated above the opening ceremony is an additional fun part of the meet. My daughters typically say the gym I gift is the best one of the season.
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    Parents Level 8 Beam series

    Back handspring step out connected to a round off may be an option. She would have to switch her step out leg on the back handspring but it might be ok for her back
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    Parents Level 8 Beam series

    Back handspring connected to a round off may be an option. She would have to switch her step out leg on the back handspring but it might be ok for her back.
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    WAG L8 bars ?

    I may be not remembering correctly but having a daughter who was continually hitting her feet before the bar in meets, somehow not as much in practice, I thought they gave her the deduction for a fall plus the form issues. Her start value would be flashed as a 10.0 which must have included the...
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    WAG L8 bars ?

    I think also where in relation to the bar the feet hit, as in before or after the low bar.
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    Parents Feeling Discouraged

    I agree that the texting about non gymnastics issues isn’t a problem within itself. I have known one of my girls coaches since I was 12, basically grew up at each others houses, and we were in each other’s weddings. When we text and get together we do not talk about the gym at all. Because...
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    WAG 1st NAIGC meet tomorrow!

    It is very nice to hear how great her experience was. I did club gymnastics in college, more than a few years ago, and I am glad that the atmosphere has only improved over the years. I do remember once getting the biggest crash award from my non graceful bar dismount and the award was a tube of...
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    Parents USAG and HS girls gymnastics

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    Parents Private lessons

    My younger daughter did weekly private lessons, with her assistant coach, during the summers when she was young, age 8-9. Mostly because she seemed to need the focused coach attention. Flash forward a few years and add in a gym change and amazingly no privates have been needed since that...
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    WAG Would a gymnast have to scratch if she arrives in a different Leo than team comp Leo?

    My daughter accidentally put on her teams competition leo from last year and she was mortified when her teammate noticed it when they were warming up their first event. When she asked her coach in a panic what to do about it, her coach calmly told her that there is not really any other option...
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    Parents Changing gyms right before meet season?

    My daughter’s gym lets gymnasts join mid season, they just don’t guarantee that they will be able to be added to each meet depending on if it is full but they try hard to get them in. They typically have a few extra competition leotards just in case.
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    WAG Long, thick hair bun recommendations?

    My daughter has thick almost waist length hair and I start with her hair wet. Add in a generous palm full of Rusk blofoam texturizer and root lifter which I work into her hair. I do a high pony using the Goody bold hold pony tail holders (2 of them). I do one braid and wrap that into a bun...
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    Parents USAG and HS girls gymnastics

    For all that I know it has been this way since I was in high school in the early 90’s. It’s just accepted as what it is. Most likely someone abused the system years ago and it’s easier to regulate all rather than a few. Gymnastics is grouped with bowling, cross country, golf, swimming & diving...
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    Parents USAG and HS girls gymnastics

    I just looked over the official participation rules for my state and for “individual” sports such as gymnastics you can practice with a non-school team during the season but in bold it states that you can not compete for a non-school team during the high school season. Doing so can result in...

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