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    WAG Peeling skin on hands

    Tonight when I went to pick up my dd from practice, she had some pretty ugly hands. Rips on both hands, but what was even stranger was that at least half of each palm was very red and painful. Before practice she had mentioned how her hands were peeling and it appears that the top layer of...
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    Parents Bickering... among the kids, not parents!

    My little dd (age 7) has been at a new gym since December, on lvl 3 team. Overall we've been happy with how she's progressing, they challenge her and her skills have been progressing. I like the owner and the coaches seem reasonably good. However, I'm having concerns with how the girls are...
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    Parents How to get your gymmie in bed as quickly as possible on gym nights

    So my dd recently moved her training hours up to 12 hrs a week. She seems fine with it so far, but it's rather late nights for her and trying to wake her for school in the morning is a bit like attempting to wake the dead. To make matters worse, her younger brother lays awake in his bed until...
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    WAG Beam cartwheels

    DD recently started doing cartwheels on the high beam. She was doing really well with them for a few weeks, but tonight, I actually was around for part of the practice and she was doing these very strange bail-outs, almost a side handstand, and then just flopping over onto the ground. She was...
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    Parents Update to my "frustrated" post

    Again, I wanted to thank everyone for their advice and suggestions on my last post about my frustration with dd's gym wanting to keep her back at L2 for another full year. We did take the plunge and move to an entirely new gym, even though it is a bit of a drive for us now. Well, so far, we're...
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    Parents So upset and frustrated... what should we do?

    I'm just so frustrated right now. Maybe someone can give me perspective, or insight on what to do, but please try not to be mean, as I'm upset enough. My daughter moved to a new gym last January. She was supposed to come straight over as a new level 3 (they told me this BEFORE we moved), but...
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    Parents How can you motivate a bored little gymnast?

    So sorry for the length.... About 9 months ago, we moved my DD from a gym she had attended for 2 1/2 yrs to a new gym opening up. She spent the first 4+ months at a temporary facility, working out for 12 hrs a week. She was with one girl she loved, her age, and then basically the entire team...
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    WAG Going to camp at a different gym than daughter is training at?

    My dd started at a gym, and went there for 3 yrs, all the way up until she got an invite to the team. Last summer, she attended their "team camp" when she was on pre-team, and it was the best part of her summer. She loved every minute, it was high energy, a lot of fun, very positive...
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    Parents When your goals, and your DD's gyms' goals, don't mesh

    My DD has been at a new gym for a few months now. There are quite a few good aspects, and then several things I'm really unhappy with. We moved, so she would be at a competitive gym, that would push her, and move her along appropriately... or so I thought. We thought it was great that the gym...
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    WAG Deductions?

    Anyone know the deduction for a coach giving a spot, and talking to the gymnast during her routine? My dd needed a spot on her mill circle during her first meet on bars, and I noticed she sort of paused, until the coach had to tell her to go. She had a very low score (lower than I even...
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    Parents Early morning meets

    My dd has her first 2 meets coming up over the next few weeks. Both are being held about 2 hrs away from our house, and start at 8 a.m. For you parents of younger kids, do you find it's better to go the night before, and hope that your child actually goes to sleep at a reasonable time, or just...
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    WAG Long practice and hunger

    My DD has been doing 4 hr practices for a couple weeks now. She seems to be fine for the practice, IF I can get her to eat a fair amount prior to gym (i.e., lunch of turkey sandwich, fruit, milk, and then an hour later, a protein bar and some carrots on the way to the gym) However, when she...
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    WAG TOPS testing benefits at a young age?

    What benefits are there to starting TOPS testing early on, i.e., right at 7 yrs old? Do the girls get to skip levels? My daughter just turned 6, level 3/4, and I notice they are regularly working some of the TOPS type skills, i.e., working on holding handstand 30 seconds, press handstands, leg...
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    WAG Benefits of a headstand

    I know this is a sort of silly question... So when my daughter first started in gymnastics, I was always telling her to get OFF her head and practice handstands instead of headstands. Now that she's getting a little older, I find sometimes they actually practice "headstands" during practice...
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    WAG Compete at level 3 or just skip it?

    This is my first post here, and am enjoying reading all the different threads from the parents and coaches! My daughter has just switched to a new gym with the original intentions of competing at the new level 3 in Fall 2013. They are now suggesting she compete at the old level 3 for a couple...

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