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    Parents That lady you hate on Twitter

    Totally agree that the gym shouldn’t have her in 34 hours a week. Doesn’t Simone do about 32 as well? So she’s 10 and training more than Simone herself
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    Parents That lady you hate on Twitter

    And she did how many interviews, TV appearances all marketing her as the next Simone, future Olympian etc before she even did level 9! It doesn’t matter how good they are at 10 if they’ll be burnt out by 13. I saw the video of the other kid at WCC, 34 hours at 10 is absurd! And the parents just...
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    WAG Weight Gain and how to "address" it with DD

    Speaking as a gymnast, I think your DD has noticed her weight gain by now and it might not be beneficial to either of you to bring it up. I like the suggestions of just eating at set times and not keeping unhealthy snacks in the house.
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    WAG 2019 World's Team - let's discuss

    This is such a solid team, but part of me wishes Trinity Thomas was going in place of Mykayla.
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    WAG Preparation for a Late-Starting Gymnast

    A friend of mine started team at 11 (in Ireland) and by 14 she was level 5. Your daughter, with good foundation and conditioning, could make it to level 6 or 7 and beyond. Some gyms don’t let older girls do JO, they just get tracked straight to excel. Good strenghth and flexibility when starting...
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    WAG Question about BWO in Level 5 beam routine

    If your DD has the rest of the lvl5 routine down with minimal wobbles/deductions then she could compete the routine with a lower start value. If she is strong on all other events she will still get the mobility score to move up
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