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Great story! And you sound like a great coach!

I think you've gotten lots of helpful advice but in response to what you said in your initial post I would add that I wouldn't say "we look for talent" (implying her daughter doesn't have talent....even if it is true. ..the mom will understand from everything else you're saying that you don't...

As I understand it though the individual gymnast that places in the top 24 earns the Olympic berth, not her country. ...so in the fairly unlikely event that one of these girls makes the top 24, BEL wouldn't even be allowed to reallocate that spot to the promising junior. ..instead the AO girl...

I completely understand why you would be frustrated and definitely agree you should look at some other gyms. Three years is a really long time to stay in one level. However I did want to add that it will be easier for you and your daughter in the long run to just focus on her gymnastics and her...

Haha when I read the title of this thread I thought it was referring to warm ups like the piece of clothing and I was somewhat flummoxed...mystery solved!

She looks great! Way to go

I am sort of an adult gymnast (i say sort of because I don't have many skills)...as a kid I always wanted to do gymnastics but never did so I taught myself cartwheels, one handed cartwheels, backbends, etc. Last year my interest was rekindled after years of not doing even a handstand. ...I was...

Oops never mind I'm wrong. But I do think Korbuts are allowed.

Awesome! Especially after overcoming all those struggles...what a great lesson on perseverance and overcoming fear

Awesome! Can't wait to see the video from nationals

I would be livid. It sounds like the coaches are eager to win some hardware and don't realize that pressuring one of their best bar workers is not going to make her more likely to win (and in fact will make it less likely grrrrrr). After the meet is over I think you need to have a serious talk...

Great job!

Wow!

Korbut to BER is a really cool series idea. I guess you have to make sure you keep your momentum going from the Korbut ....otherwise how could you pop up into the handstand? I'm not sure I'd call one easier. I have never and probably will never do a BH on beam but I would guessfor me the scary...

Lol for some reason that made me laugh even though it's not funny really - just an absurd image in my mind. The only sane reason I can imagine for that is because you want to look very serious and intimidate the other teams but at what cost:-(

Well you could try to correct her misconception by explaining that you (i) you don't get extra points for doing a more advanced skill in place of a simpler one and (ii) in fact that you will lose points for not doing the correct skill and lose points for adding a skill that wasn't supposed to be...

Did you ask what the rule change was? That would help me evaluate the situation if I were you because if it was something out of their control I wouldn't be as upset than if it were something like 'you had to sign up for county levels by December this year and we didn't sign them up because we...

I get your name totally after seeing her! Because she has long legs, she has a nice natural line but it's also more work for her flip them around! The FT looked great and she is very graceful. Before I go into any possible errors, I wanted to make a point about her frustration at not making...

Are there any othergirls possibly on the elite track, ideally older than your daughter, left at the gym? You could take them out to coffee and broach the subject of their daughters' experiences without going into too much detail about your issue if possible. But maybe the people who have left...

Actually sorry for the double post but I just had a further thought. ...suppose she drops down a level because of this mount this year. ..what is to happen if she barely grows this year and is basically the same height next year? It seems pretty extreme to drop down a level over this especially...