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  1. putri

    WAG Best dowel grips for under 5" hands

    Hi! I have a 5yrs old who just started in Oct. It's probably equal to pre team in the US. Initially coach and I decided that dd can do without grips (they wanted the dowel grips, not the beginner ones) since her hands are tiny and she hasn't really done gym. First day she could do three chin...
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    WAG University Club List + XCEL Platinum

    I have a 10 yrs old who never had the Olympics dream. Her only big gym dream is to do college gym if possible. I was a bit more confident last year but now I am not so sure. We're a military family overseas and because she started gym at 7.5yrs of age, she will never receive the hours she will...
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    WAG College vs independent summer camps

    Ok, a bit overwhelmed with all the options... At first I was going to send dd to FlipFest because it's I just a 10hr drive. But I just found out about all these universities offering camps for cheaper. Which is best? FF is about $750 and a college camp is less than $500 on average. What do you...
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    WAG Team to rec ratio

    I was Googling another topic when I came upon WOGA's page. The page stated that they have 3000 gymnast with 200 competing. That's just 1 out of 15 kids do well enough in gymnastics to compete. You think this is average? Or it's just cause it's WOGA? I think our gym is more 1:4... Or even 1:5...
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    WAG Am I thinking too much of this?

    I just found out recently that a few talents have just quit gym. Just decided to quit the sport. While I don't know the one child that well, the other is a good friend off dd (trains different days but they have a good time when given the chance) who loves gym. Then last week I noticed a name...
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    WAG BWO on beam hands

    Hi! Need some suggestions on this... As long as dd is going forward, her hands placement on beam is fine. So she can tic-toc for example with no problem. But going backwards, her hands would go over each other or one is in front of the other. So then she'll struggle to go over and even when she...
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    WAG Camp for solo child. Ok?

    Hi! We'll be visiting families next summer (Memphis area) and thinking about sending dd, 10 next year), to gym camp. FlipFest is the closest that I know of and so that will probably be where she'll go if she goes. Issue: We're stationed in the UK. So dd will be the only one going from her gym...
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    UK comps, fair?

    Well, this weekend, Sapphire, was dd's first big comp and it was great fun. But, while it was fun and dd did pretty well, the comp doesn't seem so fair because the skill levels vary so much. On beam for example, there were kids doing bwo bhs and another doing a forward roll and something else...
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    WAG Movement poster/cards

    My dd needs help remembering move sequences. It took her ages to get the bhs and after some digging she said she just couldn't remember all that she had to so when it came time. So we started a memory exercise and a couple of months later she's good. The memory issue isn't new. I just never...
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    WAG Twisted splits help

    Hi! I need to find out if there's anything else besides doing the splits on each side for a couple minutes a day to help dd straighten out her splits. Her hips ate slightly twisted. Dd's doing ok now but if she ever wants an opportunity to do quicker acrobatic moves where the legs are split up...
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    Short term gym around Memphis, TN

    Hi, we're stationed in the UK and looking at visiting the family for the summer. Can you recommend a good quality (high coaching standards) gym for dd who is learning US level 5 (based on YouTube videos). From the videos, I know that she hasn't yet done 3 tumbling moves in a row, land on feet...
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    UK grading/system and child's age

    I've been trying to learn the UK system the last few months. I think I finally got half of it. I have a few questions in my little head still though... After understanding it a bit more and our own experience, it doesn't seem like the system is very open to those older than seven if the child...
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    Do give rewards?

    For doing well? Dd's in ballet, the Royal Ballet, and they have exams. Last exam not only did she get a distinction, but she got the highest score for the whole school. So then she asked if she can have a reward for doing well. I asked her what she wanted, a new book, and I said fine. Then she...
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    You get burnt out from the drive?

    We tried out at two very good gyms (they have 2012 Olympic gymnast and 2016 potentials). One of the gym, let's call it gym A, was very enthused about dd. So enthused (they think dd has what it takes to be an elite gymnast) that they want to start her out ASAP and very willing to work with us on...
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    Practice hours advice

    Hi! We're Americans in the UK... It's been almost 6 mo that dd's been trained in artistic gymnastics and per YouTube videos dd's a level 3 (although I saw no difference in vault between level 3 and 4 and her bar might be an almost level 3, she can't put her feet together on the bar with hands...
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    New gym mom

    Hi! My dd, 7, started gymnastics at age 5. We only did it for 6 months due to our move. US to UK. After we got settled we had to wait 10 months before getting into a gymnastics club. It was not what I expected but I didn't know better - just recreational, no major coaching. About 6 weeks after...

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