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  1. Uglybetty

    Parents Warning: delete this Instagram follower

    Thameside Gymnastics in the Uk have advised deleting the Instagram follower: Gymlover 1233. Apparently he/she follows a lot of gymnasts and has requested photos from a young gymnast. Better safe than sorry.
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    Have you ever met someone and thought it was a well known CB member?

    I met someone at the weekend and thought they seemed familiar. Can't help but wonder if it was one of the better known UK members (I'm not saying who though).
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    Glasgow World Cup - Sat 6th Dec

    Is anyone going?
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    WAG World Championships 2015 (Gasgow) - which hotel?

    I know it's mega early to worry about this but I'm just wondering which hotel the teams will use? I know at the British Champs everyone who's anyone stays at Jury's Inn. Is there a similar favoured hotel in Glasgow? I'm thinking in for a penny in for a pound....happy to pay extra for the...
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    WAG Nadia Comaneci - perfect 10.0 - just out of interest?

    With Nadia being on our TV screens in the Uk with the BBC's Tumble, I started to wonder. How much would her infamous "first" perfect 10.0 be scored under the new COP?
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    WAG Inspirational video

    I saw this and immediately saw its relevance to gymnastics.
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    Claudia Fragapane

    I was chatting to someone very knowledgeable the other day about the CWG and mentioned the fact that I hadn't really heard much about Claudia before she placed at the British this year....so how on earth did she end up with 4 CWG medals? Seemed to me that she's appeared like a bolt of lightning...
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    Parents Aerial in park with poor form....would you say something?

    A friend whose daughter is a dancer has just posted a video on Facebook of her DD landing her first Aerial. I know she has one hour per week gymnastics at her dance school but from what she said I thought this was just stuff like front/back walk overs. I'm no coach but I can immediately see...
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    WAG Dyslexia....should I tell DD's coach?

    DD confessed that she sometimes thinks her coach ( inexperienced low level coach) gets frustrated with her because she thinks DD doesn't listen properly. In fact, the real problem is not a lack of paying attention, it's that - as a moderate Dyslexic - DD struggles to "follow" complicated verbal...
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    WAG First competition - what would you regard as a good result?

    DD recently had her first competition. She only moved from Rec to team late last summer. She was in a large tough field with a fairly low start value (lots of girls with far harder skills). She came in the second quarter of the overall results - beating a lot more girls than beat her and in...
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    Ipad app not working?

    When I click into the ipad app it says it is no longer licensed. I tried deleting it and re-uploading but get the same error message.
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    New coaches sought

    New coaches are being sought so, if you fancy coaching at one of the UK's HPCs inbox me for further details.
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    What happens if you win regional comp? Independent entry?

    Do the winners of the regional grades go to a national final? One of DD's team mates missed a move on beam and lost two whole marks. But for that she'd have gotten first place. She didn't place, but they announced that her and another non placing gymnast can enter as individuals (represent...
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    Did anyone see the piece on sky living this morning?

    It was an interesting mini documentary (part of a bigger programme about sports women) featuring Beth and Amanda. Main focus appeared to be the reduction in girls participating in gymnastics and that 10 is a crucial drop out age. However, some useful stuff for late starters e.g.that Beth was a...
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    WAG Weight v height - is this normal?

    My 9.5 yrs DD's training ramped up to 9 hours (from one) around 5 months ago. She trains at an elite HPC gym in the uk. They do a LOT of conditioning and uptraining each session. She has always, always been on the 23rd centile on the growth charts (both for height and weight). I just checked...
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    Grade 14 questions

    It looks like DD is going to be doing grade 14 in a few months. Another poster linked to a youtube clip of skyla sims doing it which has helped me visualise what she'll need to do. I'm not that worried about most of it (she has been up training and has had most skills for a while and a lot of...
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    Parents DD's First performance......chuffed to bits.

    DD's gym had their Xmas display over two nights and this was DD's first time doing gymnastics in front of an audience. I was really proud of her on day 1 because although she was nervous she held it together, remembered her routine and stuck her moves. Day 2 was a revelation....the difference...
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    British Championships (Liverpool) March 2014

    Just wondering if anyone is going to this? We were there earlier this year and ended up smack bang in the middle of MAG supporters....mainly from South Essex gym. I was so very green that when Kristian Thomas came over to speak to his parents ( who sat next to us) I had no idea who he...
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    Lever press handstand - why compulsory for GB level 3?

    As a spin off to an ongoing thread about these, I noticed that a US parent posted that her daughter is level 9 and can't do them. I thought they only went up to level 10 and that's when a college scholarship was a real possibility so I'm assuming their level 9/10 is more advanced than our level...
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    Parents Fundraising ideas

    Just wondering if anyone has tales of any successful fundraising ideas? All the usual annual events (e.g Xmas party, cake sale) are well covered....I'm looking for something a bit more original

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