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    Men How to improve on pommel horse

    The mushroom is actually a really good place to start. Even through it is low to the ground you have to keep your legs up high on the pommel horse to get over the handles, so the mushrooms is good preparation. You could put a mushroom up on a bit of a pedestal to get a bit more height...
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    Parents Does it get intense in the spring?

    Move up season can be very stressful! Parents are wondering if their child’s training schedule and tuition are about to change dramatically, if they will be getting a new coach and whether that coach will be a good fit, if their kid is about to be separated from their friends or placed in a...
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    Thank you!
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    It has been almost 6 months and my son is finally starting his return. He’s attending two full practices per week. He’s able to practice high bar and rings fairly normally. He’s still hands-free on vault and floor. He can’t tolerate planche positions yet, which includes swing handstands of...
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    Parents Paying Tuition while injured

    At our gym, gymnasts who are going to be out multiple months are switched to 1/2 time and 1/2 tuition. Gymnasts also have the option of quitting with one month notice. If they quit, they pay nothing, but they are also not allowed to attend practices for conditioning purposes. Meet fees are...
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    Parents XB to JO

    Thank you for coming back and updating us! So glad you found a great gym for your daughter!
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    Injury Growth Plate checks

    If it’s any comfort to you, at my son’s gym there are zero overuse injuries in the kids training 12 hours per week. At 16 hours there are just little annoying things like shin splints and Severs. We don’t start seeing serious overuse injuries until the boys start training 20 hours per week...
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    NCAA NEW PROGRAM ALERT

    A new men’s program is huge for The sport!
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    Injury Growth Plate checks

    l You can ask, but it’s not recommended. A scan would have to be repeated every 6-12 months to be clinically useful and a child has a lot of growth plates. Serial scans of multiple joints without medical indication would be very strange. If an activity requires that amount of monitoring...
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    Injury Growth Plate checks

    I recommend seeing a PT for preventative care. Sports med doctors typically focus on treating injuries. We’ve been to a lot of sports medicine doctors in the last year. Their preventative advice is simply to see a PT.
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    Anon Tumbling progressions (offshoot from 2026-2030 CoP thread

    That’s impressive. I think a lot of kids would really struggle with such a big increase in the difficulty of the tumbling. You must be really good at coaching standing back handsprings!
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    Women How to stay when you’re not wanted?

    In what way is she “passed over”?
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    Coaches New littles on team

    Be very careful with the elf. It is a sacred family tradition for some families and you can really mess it up if you don’t know what you are doing! Whatever you do, don’t touch it!
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    Coaches New littles on team

    My son’s level 3 coach had a ton of different ways of motivating kids. One that worked well is that he had an awards system where kids got points for different achievements (hardest worker on a rotation, most pull-ups during conditioning, first time doing a new skill, etc). These points earned...
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    Coaches New littles on team

    Is the session too late at night?
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