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    WAG TOPs/HOPES parents

    When your kid tests for TOPs/HOPES are they judged/scored by their coaches? Our gym recently did testing and our coaches scored the girls. There were maybe 5 other girls testing that were not from the gym. Is that not a conflict of interest? When DD tested at her previous gym 3 seasons ago...
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    Parents When do you say enough?

    DD just turned 11. This is her 4th yr competing (xcel silver, xcel gold, Level 6 x2). She was a second yr level 6 this season. She is a solid middle of the pack. She is a beautiful gymnast capable of so much, but with huge growth spurts, broken foot, heel fractures and severs the past 2 seasons...
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    Parents How long after foot fracture?

    I'm not looking to push her or heal faster. DD fractured the growth plate in her foot almost 7 weeks ago and sprained the top of the foot ligiments 4 weeks in a cast/crutches and she is on week 3 of a walking boot. She adhered to the strict no mobility rule. Ortho gave her a clear to take...
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    Parents Region 8 Bars level 6

    We are getting nowhere on bars. In our area only 1 gym has a great bars coach, but then only 3 of their 12 level 6 girls are good or above average for the area. I know there is no magic bullet for improving bars. It's heavy conditioning,drills, strength and repetition. What do you do if you...
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    Parents Could TOPS training be hurting my gymnast?

    This is our second season of tops training. At 10 she is in the gym 20 hours a week and TOPS 3 days a week for an extra hour those days after practice. She is a level 6. That being said, she would fail miserably at testing. I really feel our TOPS program hasn't been able to get our girls to...
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    WAG Back pain with giants/new skill

    Has anyone's gymnast complain of back pain when starting giants? 10yr old DD just started working baby giants on strap bar this week and has complained about lower back pain. Mainly muscle pain/strain. Chalk it up to new skill (like the backwalkover muscle back pain) or maybe form? She is a...
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    Parents When do you say enough is enough?

    9 yr old level 6 gymnastic is having a horrible season. She started with hitting all her skills regularly to crumbling under pressure and having mental block after mental block. We have 1 coach. She is young. She was a college gymnast and she is a fantastic coach for the most part. There are...

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