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    Women mental blocks on beam

    i started gymnastics late, i mean LATE. not 7 or 8 or anything like that. I started at 13, more like restarted because I was a level 3 when I was 6.5/7 years old. Im having a horrible time on beam and I need to get my stuff together. I have NO acro for beam. I cant handstand and last year I...
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    Parents 4 Year Old Gymnast Advice

    i think i would consider keeping her in rec classes until she turned 5, some of my gyms silvers dont even train 9 hours a week so i dont know why a 4 year old would need to be doing 9 hours and not only that i think that seeing her teammates coming back from competitions knowing she wasnt able...
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    Women Xcel Appreciation Post

    When I was younger I was in JO (level 3 training 4) and was constantly in the gym especially because I was preparing for TOPS quite early and spent around 25-ish hours and the gym and it burnt me out so quickly because I was so young and my life was already me being in the gym everyday so before...
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    Women Collecting data on training hours for various levels

    currently ours is silver- 5:30 platinum/gold- 9 level 6/7 - 12 levels 8/9- 15 we have no elites atm
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    Parents Team Size?

    my gym is fairly new to our area 3 - 6 4 - 9 5 - 4 6 - 4 7 - 5 8 - 2 9 - 1 we have no 10s at the moments bronze - 15 silver - 16 gold - 12 platinum - 1
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    Women leap question

    i was a ballerina for around 11 years now [still going] and i started competitive gymnastics recently and i have been searching for this answer. in dance our leaps usually go through a 'developpe' where you sort of passe into your leap but ive been told for gymnastics youre supposed to swing...
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    Parents Thoughts on invite to Xcel bronze ?

    i would try a year of xcel and see how it goes. going straight into the DP program for some gymnasts just raises their stress levels because of the change in hours from rec classes to practices nearly every other day. Xcel bronze is a very good starting place, at my gym all of our girls who are...
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    Parents Best summer camp

    My three most favorite camps I've done is 1. GAGE xcel gymnastics camp 2. IGC camp 3. Nebraska gymnastics camp [may be biased because I'm a husker lol]
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    Coaches Gymnast mum clueless lol

    from the meet results shes posting the origin of the meet is in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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    Women Advice on squat on bar

    i had this struggle too, i did dozens of drills to get my hips up and to lean my shoulders forward to get my feet onto the bar. you just need to lean and trust yourself
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    Gymnasts Tiger paws

    its mostly genetics, majority of my family consists of tall thin people lol i also have a fast metabolism which contributes to that too.. im already on a diet that my dietician recommended to me a few months back
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    Gymnasts Tiger paws

    I've seen many different answers to this question so I would like as many answers as possible lol. I am a 14 year old Xcel gold gymnast, this is my 2nd year in gymnastics competition and 3rd year of gymnastics in general. I have noticed that while on floor and vault I get major discomfort in my...
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    Parents Age/Level and Path they took to get there

    I quit gymnastics around level 3 but I can show my cousins progression mom/tot classes - 18m-2 advanced toddler - 2-4 preteam - 5/6 level 3 - 6 level 4 - 7 tested out of 5 and skipped 6 level 7 - 8 level 8 - 9 level 9 - 10 level 10 - 11-13 qualified for elite - 14 she is VERY good and has been...
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    Injury How to prevent brusing my hips on the bar

    I would say bar pads or wear shorts for extra protection
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    Women xcel beam acro

    doesn't a cartwheel count for that though? I do have a cartwheel on beam that meets that requirement if so. handstands have just never been my thing but I am better with back walkovers and front walkovers on beam in general.
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