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    WAG Fewer injuries in gymnasts who begin at a later age?

    IMO good coaching will avoid most injuries. By good coaching I don't (only) mean being able to teach big skills correctly as fast as possible. General physical preparation, attention to good posture (especially leg/knee stability), correct technique on strength exercises, ... in short - making...
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    WAG Mental Block - straddle cast handstand on bars

    I've never experienced that taking the focus off of a problem skill (whether that's taking a break from doing it all together or just not correcting it for a while) will put a gymnast further back. Even if she doesn't get it quickly even after a break, it should reduce the importance of the...
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    WAG Mental Block - straddle cast handstand on bars

    If it causes so much frustration, I would have her stop working the skill for a while. 2-3 weeks might be enough to "reset" and erase the negativity associdated with the skill. Also - what's the plan if she does not get the skill on time? Can she do the routine without the giants (assuming...
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    WAG Looking for advice - gymnast distracts others

    Thanks for the advice! I will definitely talk to the whole group again. It just feels weird to address an issue that really only of them has (to such an extent) because they all know who this is about... The reason I hate separating them is because I just hate wasting time building teams...
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    WAG Looking for advice - gymnast distracts others

    I'm posting this here because I'm hoping to get parents' insight as well. My group of gymnasts is quite heterogeneous. The girls are 10-16 years old and range from about level 6 to 9. Not all of them want to reach their full potential so we have them train 3-5 days a week, depending on what...
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    WAG Weight Gain and how to "address" it with DD

    Difficult....very much depends on yours and her past history with food/eating/body image. If there is no history and weight and eating has been a non-topic until now, it's also very possible she just doesn't get enough food. Very hungry teenagers tend to eat a lot of crap because sugar and fat...
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    Coaches How to introduce the concept and benefits of drills to gymnasts (and reluctant coaches)

    Been there, faultered. ;-) Don't get your hopes up for all of the older girls to eventually like doing drills or even understand why they need to do them. I had to take over a group like that once. The younger ones (about 12-13 at that time) eventually took to doing drills. The older ones...
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    WAG Coach likes my DD least

    It sounds like the coach is disappointed in your daughter for not living up to their inital expectations. Instead of adjusting their expectations which were probably too high to begin with, they put your daughter down and look for the fault in her. Maybe the coach wants to light a fire in her to...
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    WAG When your athlete gets injured

    It's a good thing you are thinking about it. It shows that you care and want to do everything to protect your athletes. You need to get back into the gym and see many accident free skills to feel comfortable again. This injury really sounds like a freak accident. I absolutely cannot imagine how...
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    WAG Too much too soon? Xcel and knee pain

    This is exactly why you need to take her to a (good) doctor! Imbalance in muscle development is something that a PT can work wonders with. If you had this as a child, it might very well be that your daughter has the same! Coaches are not trained to discover these kinds of things. They might...
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    WAG When the gymnast can't stay on the beam...

    Another thing I've been wondering is....how are her falls? A skill is never perfect if the gymnast falls. There is always a technical mistake. Sometimes the technique goes out the window when a gymnast is nervous and sometimes the technique is never correct - the gymnast just makes the skill in...
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    WAG When the gymnast can't stay on the beam...

    Oh and one more idea. During practice, give the gymnasts the following team challenge. I have tried this and it works really really well: Have a group of girls do a routine one after the other and let them decide beforehand how many falls they think they will have as a group. Also let them...
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    WAG When the gymnast can't stay on the beam...

    Sounds horrible.... A few short term suggestions (wouldn't do all of them, just a few ideas): - Change the composition of her routine. Switch skills around and change the choreography. Maybe she will focus more on not forgetting her routine and forget about worrying about the skills? Might...
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    Coaches Like how do you not loose your voice?

    I would make sure to assemble the whole group around you when you start an event and explain set-ups and drills only when they are all in close proximity to you. When the gym is really busy and I have to correct a gymnast who is further away, I motion to them to move towards me and then make the...
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    Coaches Intentional arm bend in handsprings

    I'm not knowledgable enough in biomechanics in order to have a good discussion on this. What you are saying sounds reasonable though. However, I would never teach an arm-bend to a beginner athlete and someone learning a bhs-back tuck is a beginner. I would wait until the gymnast is proficient...

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