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    Parents Training hours and missing school

    My gymnastics has never gotten in the way of school (university in my case). However, I have a funny memory where my coach said "well school comes first" and I said "actually for me it doesn't". I'd put school first for most of my life, and I've been through some bad depressions. Now for me it's...
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    Parents Running dive rolls, but only landing on dead mat? 😬

    Maybe somebody else can chime in here if I'm right but.. For future reference, if a kid hits her head and has blacked out, you may want to see or at least call a doctor. Especially if symptoms carry on even hours later. She may well have had a mild concussion, from what you're describing, and a...
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    Gymnasts Help and advice

    I see a lot of people giving tips for the BHS, but not much about this. so a few things. 1. I don't know how old you are, but it sounds like you and especially your teammates are pretty young. Some kids that age don't realise what they're saying is hurtful. If they're nice friends but this keeps...
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    Gymnasts Jump to high bar shape

    This is just a guess, but do you maybe try to tap too early and too hollow? To fix it I can think of two things, but I'm not a coach so they will know better. 1. Try focussing first on just jumping and swinging, without kipping. This gives you some time to really focus on the jump. 2. Perhaps...
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    WAG Endurance ideas

    Sounds like she has a good one :). Good luck to both of you too. It can be kind of frustrating in a world where everyone is focussed on weight loss to focus on eating more and gaining weight, but it's super important especially if you want to get skills that take strength, and to feel healthy.
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    WAG Endurance ideas

    Thanks, I appreciate that a lot. I'm working with a dietician to gain weight so I definitely need to keep an eye on that anyway. :)
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    WAG Endurance ideas

    I am looking up "HIIT workout", I thought tabata was the name of the person but I now realise I can look that up too. Also, I hadn't looked them up yet because I thought it was polite to reply first. Definitely can't buy a spin bike but thanks for the idea :). I don't expect you to, of course...
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    Parents Extended Family Attending Meets

    I can see this, but I think her gymnastics should be for her, not for the extended family. Doing things for other people shouldn't be "allowing them to do me this favour that I don't even want from them" in my opinion. I would say it's her gym meet, and extended family shouldn't impose on that...
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    WAG Endurance ideas

    Thanks for the ideas. It does seem a bit harsh on the shins here and there, but I may give them a try.
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    Gymnasts Jump to high bar shape

    Just a thought, but maybe you're arching more because you've grown? Do you still fit beteen the bars with a straight body, or do you need more of a strong hollow body to fit?
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    WAG Endurance ideas

    I want to improve my endurance, mainly for my floor routine. However, running and biking outside are not great options because my shins need rest and because of the weather most of the time. Does anybody have ideas for things I can do both at the gym and at home (mainly at home) to improve...
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    Parents Last meet as a senior

    Personally I'd make a cool certificate (word has tons of templates so its easy to make something that looks great) or something, or flowers, it depends on what your daugher likes. From what you've said it sounds like whatever you do should be revealed after the competition, so you don't make her...
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    Parents Daughter not picked for pre-squad in only local competitive gym - what next?

    Just wondering, if there's plenty of rec options around, wouldn't it be possible just to put her in multiple rec classes? It may not get her in the comp groups, but at least she'll have more than 45 min a week.
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    Parents Abuse at Metroplex

    If you're concerned about anything going on, I would personally advise you to talk to your daughter I'm not saying that's how you'll get to the bottom of things or that she has to tell you anything, but rather if there could be something wrong it's important to let her know you're on her side...
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    Gymnasts Amazing practice

    If you ever feel like trying it for fun: think for the strength you should be able to do a pull up to where the bar is below your collarbone, if you can do that then I think a muscle up is feasable. The trick is from that point to go in a very fast tiny circular motion: away from bar, upwards...
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    Gymnasts Amazing practice

    Instead of writing massive updates, I thought I'd share a little one. I tried my self made floor choreo yesterday. It was fun but I lack the endurance to do my acro well during the choreo, so I hope I can fix that... I also did a (very bad) muscle up for the first time. Long story short: me and...
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    Gymnasts Do I have a chance?

    I wouldn't say your age is peaking age for gymnastics. It used to be, when we trained gymnasts irresponsibly and they were too injured to go on at 18, and when things were more about flexibility than power. Just look at who won the last worlds medals: Simone Biles, age 26 Rebecca andrade, age 24...
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    Gymnasts Do I have a chance?

    Can I ask why you'd want to be level 6 at that time? I know in the US there are options to compete for adults, so I think if you want to you can keep growing for years to come. I started gymnastics at 24, and in my group there are people who are nearly 60 who can do skills most kids can't. So...
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    Gymnasts Share your blogs!!

    I just realised I think I forgot to link the actual blog I used to keep for a bit. If you're interested: https://somegymnasticsblog.wordpress.com/
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    Gymnasts Share your blogs!!

    I kept a blog for a bit but then I stopped for a while. I may continue it eventually. I am 26, I turn 27 in a week though. I am not on a team, but I am doing some serious skills and a few competitions. I actually want to see if I can do more competitions next year without being on team, because...

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