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  1. DbacksMom75

    Parents DD tried something new today..

    That's how I found out what it was. I thought slacklining was the people who work on the cellphone towers! After reading the above article I googled it:D
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    Parents advice on transitioning out of gym

    Hi there! My daughter who is going into gymnastics (rec and HS) just came out of diving. So many ex-gymnasts were on her team. One in particular broke her elbow and her family brought her to our club. Within one season she was competing JO and went to Nationals. This past summer she almost...
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    Parents Do Cheerleading scholarships exist in College?

    There are three different avenues for college cheer. Acrobatics & Tumbling which is NCAA recognized and run by USAG, sideline cheer that competes at NCA or UCA College Nationals, and STUNT which is USASF's answer to A&T. A&T offers more in the way of scholarships due their NCAA eligibility...
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    2012 US Olympic Team thread

    I actually cried for Bross while watching that bar routine. You could tell in her face before she even started that she had checked out. Even though she didn't make the team, I think Nastia went out the best way she could, her final beam routine was typical Nastia. I read an interview with...
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    panda paws or tiger paws - difference?

    Panda paws sounds cuter :p
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    Predictions for Olympic team

    I think Alicia has a better chance of getting a spot then Nastia...but I wouldn't be surprised if they brought her on as an assistant coach since she has been coaching with her dad at WOGA. What about Priessman? Would they consider bringing the AA Junior National Champion?
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    Parents C*r*a*z*y gym parent

    I agree with the above posters that Level 8, softball, and cheerleading seems to be a lot on one plate. Like they say "Jack of all trades...Master of none", her slower progression (which really doesnt seem that slow to me) may be due to the fact she is doing so many activities in conjunction...
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    How to get on pre-team

    I think how mine (the 10 year old) got picked was the most mysterious of all. We got a letter in the mail telling us she had been picked to be moved to the HotShots programs called Monkeys when she was 6 years old. I don't know why they picked her, she was only attending once a week and wasn't...
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    Parents Cheer and Tumbling

    I don't know where your located but I would look for a reputable all star gym to take her to. They are safe and will train her tumbling to cheer (everything from slap/clap to landing is different). We moved from gymnastics to cheer almost 3 years ago, back in the Fall she had a moment where...
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    What it takes to be in the TOPS A Team and B Team

    Always keep in mind that WOGA does not participate in TOPS and has produced quite a few Olympians and National team members. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but TOPS was created to help train not only athletes but coaches. That is why WOGA doesn't participate, they already know how to...
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    Parents 10 years old to old?

    I may not be 100% correct but I think it is the same as AAU or Mason Dixon league. More of a competitive rec gymnastics instead of USAG. I know we'll end up back in USAG eventually but we decided to try one year of a less stressful team to ease her back in. I've already started making velvet...
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    Parents DD's "school parent" drama...

    I have found the universal phrase in the south for any woman who wants to sweetly tell someone off is "Bless your heart..."...lol I got the same questions when dd was a gymmie and get the same ones now that she is in cheer. "You spend how much for her to do that?" "Don't you think 7 hours a week...
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    How old was your DD when she hit her growth spurt or did the most growing?

    Here is my dd's results! She is a little midgie compared to other kids her age...and this was after a huge growth spurt over the summer. Last season the coaches had to carry her birth certificate to prove to judges she was actually 9 years old! Everyone always assumes she's 6 or 7. She is...
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    Terrible coaching or not?

    There is a fine line between what the OP posted (abuse) and trying to get a child to unblock. At dd's cheer gym if a child has shown they can do a pass 100 times and then all of a sudden stop...they will get a earful from a coach. One of dd's friend's had progressed to a ROBHS tuck...out of...
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    Anyone else have little facial expressions or hand signals they use?

    You want distracting? A few years ago I posted to here about my dd's experience at her 1st real competition, they had asked the pre team girls to come watch so they had an idea of what competing really was. A dad blew a blow horn while a child was on beam...true story...
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    Parents Competitive Cheer for a Former Gymnast?

    A gift fee is the money we pay for the girl's to get gifts at each competition they go to...blankets, gift bags, ect. I am hoping the TAAF we will be doing is a bit cheaper then what we are paying now!
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    Anyone else have little facial expressions or hand signals they use?

    During practice we have "the people's eyebrow"..originally done by WWF wrestler The Rock...if she is goofing off and looks over at me I will raise my one eyebrow up like him and she knows it's time to buckle down. We also have "thumbs up" when she lands something like her BHS or ROBHS series...
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    Parents 10 years old to old?

    After a long talk with DD we have decided that yes we are going back to gymnastics after this season. We would go back now but I have already paid our competition fees and bought the uniform for this year so we might as well see it out. We are going to look at doing TAAF at Empire or TX...
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    Parents 10 years old to old?

    No Olympics is not our goal...lol I think I have a better chance of winning the lottery then having an Olympic gymnast! She would like to play through college, with or without a scholarship. I had a feeling that she would be okay considering older kids pick stuff up quicker. She watched the...
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    Parents What ever happened to??????

    I am guilty of the popping in and then disappearing for months on end. Mostly it's because of my dd's bipolar gymnastics...one minute she is all in the next she wants to be a cheerleader...now she wants back in (of course after I sold her leos). I will probably be on here more since I think we...

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