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    Women GB to USAG

    I would not anticipate significant differences with regard to the actual skills. Progressions vary between countries, but the fundamentals are the same. I don’t expect The adjustment to be difficult. I image that the financial aspects will be the biggest difference. Everything is a business...
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    Our gym does value the boys program, and the new owner is working on adding a second floor. I have no idea what the timeline is for the new floor. The Xcel girls are also short on floor time, so there will be competition for the new space. Hopefully, we don’t lose any more boys to injury in...
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    I think a big issue at our gym is that the boys get very limited access to the floor and the vault because they share these apparatuses with 200 girls. Consequently, they end up spending way too much time on the arm events. They rarely even get access to floor space (not even an edge) for...
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    Women gym to flag football?

    My son’s a gymnast. He plays flag as his second sport and I always have lots of current and former gymnastics parents to hang out with at the games. Flag is a very gymnast-friendly sport.
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    He’s 10, so no weight training yet. He has a list of PT exercises he’s supposed to do but he’s not very interested in doing them. Our gym does not emphasize physical preparation. I’ve read that physical preparation should be 30% of training time, but it’s closer to 10% at our gym (sometimes...
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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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