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    How much would i be deducted for...?

    im thinking .3 for the non connection, deductions for the bent arms of course too, and also the angle of the cast will get you good. For the bhs.... its something really big... maybe value of the skill plus a fall? I could be wrong though, i didnt do either bhs for level 5 my first year and it...
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    Usgtc camp?(:

    Oh boys and gymnastics just dont mix, when you are doing a giant what are supposed to be thinking about? tgof (toes go over first) not some "hottie" standing in the corner flexin his muscles, at 13 guys are you buddies, pal, and amigos they do not need a place of obsession in your thoughts at...
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    Just though I would share

    wow, i was just expecting another montage with inspirational music and a couple of corresponding clips, but man that speech was brilliant with the footage. To be a gymnast you need to pick yourself up when you are down, and tell yourself it is for yourself, and if you want it hard enough you...
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    Funny Things Gymnasts say

    I admit to saying some very unitelligent mummbling while under the influence of 7 little girls whom i love to death. Yesterday whilst tired out of my mind i supposedly commented on the prones we were working on; "THERE CALLED PRONES?! like the fish? wait no thats prawn like a shrimp... SO WE...
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    oh the fear of backhandsprings

    wow did i post this in my sleep or something? I have had troubles with the dreaded bhs all my gym life, but unlike you i gave up on bhs. i do ro and train fhs on beam to compensate for a flight element and just for get the bhs on floor, im telling you this because i know how you feel. Its hard...
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    Asking for a different coach?

    I'm actually level 7, there is at least one skill on each event that is kicking my butt, unfortunately vault just had the one skill and it was particularly frustrating because I had done that same vault my entire gym career (I started as a level five). I wasnt planning on regularly practicing...
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    Asking for a different coach?

    Darn I wasn't thinking about who was who in jekyll and Hyde.:o The gym i go to i am the highest USAg Level, so i Cant really ask a higher gymnast for advice, I was thinking it would be weird to ask to train with the boys buys but we really don't have a strong boys team and they are all you...
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    Asking for a different coach?

    As I have posted before I am having trouble with a certain coach which coaches tumbling, vault, and bar. I hadn't actually vaulted for what seemed like months (I think it was close to 5 weeks without vaulting over the real vault but I did vault into the pit over a trainer) so this mental issue...
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    Disappointed

    This sounds like my coach on a tee, which is sad to say. I am truly terrified of him and his jeckll and Hyde syndrome, i try to go out of my way to avoid him even if that means waiting an hour to ask for a drink of water. So i understand this situation and probably what your daughter is feeling...
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    Thoughts on Nastia?

    Once a gymnast, always a gymnast. Shes always going to have that "fire" much as all retired gymnasts do, but frankly she is done. She was a lovely gymnast and will continue to be involved in gymnastics i have no doubt, i believe she is just having trouble accepting the fact that, that part of...
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    Question about piercings and body art and leo

    Alicia's olypmic rings were covered on day 1 but not day 2, that seemed odd. Did anyone else notice that?
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    being mental sucks.

    Im right there with you on being a headcase, except i cant tumble to save my life and i wont vault over the real vault only a vault trainer. Ive competed all the skills i am afraid of and have hurt myself on a bhs but other than that i dont know why i am afraid, my coaches get frustrated but i...
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    Switch leaps on beam

    Switch leaps on beam are... complicated, atleast for me they were. I could run across the beam completely ready and stop dead, sometimes just a tiny step wrong would mess me up. Stepping is essential for me so i can balk 5 times and then land 10 at 180, i found its just something you have to go...
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    Coming back in...

    Well i know for me a week off from gym can basiclly garantee sore muscles for a full week after practice begins again, so a full summer... yikes. But thats just me, i know kids that can take the summer off and come back full of promise and pick up just where they left off, it depends on you. But...

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