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    WAG When Is It Time To Quit Gym??

    My daughter is also 11 and has recently started having some issues on her beam connection. It is frustrating when they develop a fear with a skill they have had for a long time but I try to remember how frustrating it must be for her as well. She will do her BWO very slow and stop. Over and over...
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    WAG Getting to attempt giants between the bars

    Seems like my daughter worked them for a month or so before moving to the real bars. They still do them on the pit bar also though.
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    WAG Attitude in the gym....

    Thanks for that. She likes several of those foods so I will try to add more of them to her diet. Just making some healthier choices and we had 3 much more positive days in the gym in a row!!!
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    WAG Attitude in the gym....

    I really appreciate all the replies. Glad my daughter is not the only one. I am trying to make some dietary changes and see if that helps. She is very irritable when she's hungry and bc she is naturally very small I am very lenient with her diet. I am thinking that although I have no worries...
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    WAG Attitude in the gym....

    That makes sense. I think my daughter feels she is "bad" when she is corrected. I also feel like her and one of her coaches just have a bit of a personality clash. She thinks the coach does not like her and takes every thing she says as validation of that. It is very frustrating for her and me.
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    WAG Attitude in the gym....

    It is very frustrating! Especially when I am not sure what the best way is to handle it. I honestly don't think she realizes how bad it looks. I am happy for the coaches to handle it however they see fit but when I am asked all I can do is tell them what works for me. When my daughter was really...
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    WAG Attitude in the gym....

    Thanks. I do want this nipped in the bud. I had one of the coaches ( she is young) ask me if I had any advice in dealing with her. I do think at times she will walk away if she is trying not to cry. She has also told me she does not feel this coach likes her so I think that makes her take any...
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    WAG Attitude in the gym....

    My daughter is an 11 year old who just moved to optionals at the beginning of the summer. She will compete level 7 in the spring. My daughter has always been a little hard to figure out. She is very sweet but also very touchy. She is very hard on herself and gets frustrated at herself quite...
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    WAG Told she gained weight

    All I can say about this is you never know when one little comment can have a horrible impact on a child. My youngest daughter was only 6 when she overheard a story I was telling. An acquaintance of mine had a 5 year old who choked on a raw carrot. The carrot got lodged in her throat and her...
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    Off Topic Trampoline parks: Super fun...or super dangerous?

    Think I posted while you were Dunno!
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    Off Topic Trampoline parks: Super fun...or super dangerous?

    A friend of mine from our gym was wanting us to take our girls to one and I kept putting it off. I've heard a lot of horror stories and my daughter broke her ankle on a trampoline when she was younger so I think it's a bad idea. One of those things that's just not worth the risk.
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    WAG Looking for gyms in Florida for DD to train at on vacation

    Twisters in Coconut Creek would be pretty close to Pompano Beach.
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    Parents Making it work - money doesn't grow on trees.

    My daughter is training optional and we pay 320 per month for 16 hours a week. Our meet fees are around 1,000 per season. That includes the coaches fees. Out team leo is a little less than 200 and they get new ones every other year. Warm ups are around 100 and I'm not sure how often they are...
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    Parents Bar shorts?

    My daughter has really long legs but her torso has not grown much in over 3 years. She has GK shorts she has worn since she first started gymnastics and they are still in great shape. We have a couple colors that she mixed and matches with different leos. As they get older it seems they feel...
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    WAG Performing skills to exhaustion

    Is it just instinctive that a good coach knows how far to push a gymnast to challenge them but not break them down? This is interesting to me and something I've wondered. It seems we all want our kids pushed to excel but not to the point of tears or at least not on a regular basis. Would love to...
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