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  1. flippingtogether

    WAG Qualifying to Nationals

    Other sports with regionals feeding into nationals don’t have the same number accepted from each region - they instead look at athlete population sizes in each region and come up with a formula that makes sense. It’s important to have representation from all regions, but nuts to use the same...
  2. flippingtogether

    Parents Need advice re: time to be done?

    Yes, yes! Turtle not hare! And of course I cannot edit it!
  3. flippingtogether

    WAG USAG names new CEO

    I am optimistic as well. I am very pleased she has good experience working in the NBA - an org that "gets it." For fun, here is some video of her as a gymnast - she was beautiful and truly artistic! And as a side note Spencer of BB Situation also seems (cautiously) optimistic .... a good...
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    Parents Need advice re: time to be done?

    I have the hare of all hares of gymnasts. She is now 15, first year L9, truly struggling now worse than ever and trying to figure out if she can persevere. She has loved the sport for so long, and has made it through so many struggles, each one she has overcome has been incredibly difficult but...
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    WAG Losing skills due to growth

    Sometimes the growth spurt is later than age 12....mine FINALLY grew at age 14 and she grew a ton. She is a first year L9 this year which makes for a VERY frustrating season thus far that will continue on through. She has lost skills, refound them, only to lose them again. As long as she is...
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    WAG USOC moves to revoke USAG...

    I have a feeling there is stuff going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about / isn’t public at all.....meaning there is a plan coming together for the next wave of this country’s gymnastics leadership. None of this is a surprise. This HAD to happen - USAG has been a complete train wreck...
  7. flippingtogether

    5 Selected Gymnast..

    For the (DETAILED) blow by blow of US womens' podium training and the line up per event (which @wandrewsjr outlines above as well), here you go: https://balancebeamsituation.com/2018/10/23/worlds-2018-us-womens-podium-training/ And for all you wolf turn groupies out there, check out the fourth...
  8. flippingtogether

    WAG One more level 8 beam question

    Is a side aerial a D - which can only be first used at L9?
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    WAG Steve Penny arrested

    It was $1M severance pay. There are no words for what is going on right now..... and as mentioned all attention should be on our amazing athletes heading to Worlds. Not this nonstop &@*!# show. https://www.newsweek.com/after-sexual-assault-scandal-ousted-us-gymnastics-leader-gets-big-payday-619730
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    WAG Level 7 Bars

    Yes, YES! All of this. "Comparison is the killer of joy" is a quote I think captures this sport (and many other parts of life) so well. My kid - the turtle of all turtles - would have quit by now had she been at many other gyms. BUT she has coaches who help her figure out how to find the...
  11. flippingtogether

    2018 US Women's Worlds Team

    Thank you. I went to Spencer's site this AM after I heard the news, checked his Twitter and there wasn't anything yet.....but a little patience and time yields the commentary I was looking for! Thanks @CLgym! (my fave gymnastics site after this one!)
  12. flippingtogether

    2018 US Women's Worlds Team

    So Jade Carey and Trinity Thomas declined invites to the selection camp, and are, I presume, not going to compete this year at Worlds at all. Everything still seems murky to me on how one can get to the next Olympic Games, but I do know that the reasoning of these 2 ladies has to do with their...
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    WAG Level 7 Bars

    Ah, the giant. The dang giant! My gym requires a giant for L7, but my DD is on a slooooow path, so when she was a 7 a couple of years ago, and a VERY strong 7 on every event and every skill except the giant, we found a compromise. She did 2 free hips and it worked out fine. Her form is really...
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    WAG Is Kerry Perry Doing A Good Job Running USA Gymnastics?

    ...and I guess we unpin this and do a new post in about 6 months or so with a new name.
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    WAG Mary Lee Tracy Named New Elite Development Coordinator

    Here is the FB post from TF mentioned quite a bit above - the one that was taken down at some point. This offers insight as to where his head is right now. Good idea to take this down, but via screenshot it lives forever.
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    WAG Mary Lee Tracy Named New Elite Development Coordinator

    I never thought I’d see the day when there is mention of The Onion in the same sentence as USA Gymnastics - what a sad, sad time for the sport indeed.
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    WAG Mary Lee Tracy Named New Elite Development Coordinator

    To stay up to date on the latest developments, be sure to read Spencer’s insightful blog on all this insanity/drama (he promised to keep updating it): https://balancebeamsituation.com/2018/08/31/things-are-happening-august-31-2018/#more-23312
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    WAG MG Elite leotards

    Spencer in the Balance Beam situation was so funny about the second day MG Elite leos: (these gems woven into his live junior comp blog) "MG Elite is going full corset on the back of the leo (BECAUSE FUN) which means they have to scrunch the number next to it all folded up" "I can’t with MG...
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    WAG New Gym for Sophia

    This statement is sooooo important for all gymnasts, parents, coaches, and everyone else to keep in mind: “you can have a great meet and not win.” It’s all about keeping everything in perspective, and not continuously comparing a gymnast to others. Each gymnast has her own goals and...
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    WAG Commentators

    Terry Gannon is a former college basketball player (NC State in the 80s) who has commentated for many different sports - most notably in the last couple of Winter Olympics for figure skating alongside color commentary announcers Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir. The trio is a bit of an odd...

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