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    Parents Excel → DP? Rookie Gym Dad Asking Smarter People for Help

    Once she is 12, she can petition into level 6 without testing out of level 4 and 5. You might ask if she can start training with the level 4s and 5s as soon as the competition season is over, so that she can work on the upgrades with them. Good Luck.
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    I hope your son is healing quickly. How’s PT going? Best wishes!
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    Thank you! ❤️
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    The “cripple corner” is what the last batch of injured boys named the area where they did their conditioning. Every inch of floor in our gym is scheduled, so finding a spot to do conditioning can be challenging. My son has mostly been staying with his group and goofing around when he is at...
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    Saw the doctor. Getting an MRI of both wrists and a work-up for autoimmune disease, since it’s a little weird that he’s having such a bad flare up of inflammation and pain in both wrists and both feet at the same time, and resting for 5 weeks has not helped. We’ll decide about casting after...
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    Parents How can I help my daughter overcome a rough meet?

    With my son we use humor. When my son had a bad fall at state, we joked about him unlocking a new gymnastics achievement. I congratulated him on his recovery and told him that he was lucky because he never has to be afraid of having a hard meet ever again because now he has done it and it was...
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    Parents How can I help my daughter overcome a rough meet?

    It’s not normal, although it does happen. My guess is that she’ll probably wake up with a fever tomorrow.
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    Anon Level 5 woes

    She wasn’t last! If she is omitting or balking skills due to mental blocks, you can’t hold that against her. That doesn’t mean that she is bad at gymnastics, it’s just a temporary obstacle like an injury. I really encourage you to become more sophisticated in how you look at her performance...
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    Anon Level 5 woes

    I really think you should do everything in your power to relax and not get ahead of yourself here. I just took a look at one of the first meets of the season in our area and the median level 5 score was about 34 with several AA scores in the 20s. Perhaps your score expectations are a bit...
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    Anon Level 5 woes

    Level 6 is going to be easier in many ways than level 5, since she can work around any skills that are vexing her. She just needs to get through the season. It’s a growing year. It’s a good time to focus on personal goals instead of scores and placements.
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    Men Wrist overuse injury

    It has been 5 weeks and my son’s wrist pain has not improved. 😢. I regret not pushing the doctor to put him in a hard cast from the beginning. A splint is just not enough protection for a hyperactive kid with poor impulse control. I expect he’ll get a hard cast when he sees the doctor next...
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    Women gymnastics vs show choir

    There is no obvious “right answer” here, so you should do whatever you prefer.
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    Parents When did you “know”?

    How old was your daughter in level 7?
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    Parents When did you “know”?

    This is such a smart way to ask this question! I’d also love to hear from people who thought they knew and then realized that it wasn’t going to happen like they expected.
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    Parents Back Pain in Gymnasts Study

    Done
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