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    Men Layout tips

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    Anon Recruiting question and mail confusion

    My friend’s 10-year-old, who is training HOPES, just got a big recruiting packet in the mail from Georgia! She is in elementary school! They are definitely “active” on the mail front!
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    Women Changing Bar Settings?

    That was one of my big frustrations as a gymnast. I was a foot taller than many of my teammates and The coaches didn’t want to waste time adjusting the bars for just me. It felt bad. I don’t have a solution except for talking with the coach.
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    Women Press handstands

    Almost all young gymnasts struggle with press handstands. Building up the strength and technique to accomplish this skill takes time and practice. And kids lose this skill pretty easily too. It’s just a thing to keep working on.
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    Parents Potential Safe Sport Violation?

    A follow request on social media does not strike me as inappropriate. A DM strikes me as inappropriate. I would simply block the person and move on.
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    Men USAG MAG- changes to the Junior Competition Manual and the level 6 routines.

    USAG has released an update to the Junior competition manual with a variety of changes, including more changes to the composition of the level 6 JN routines. I have not seen a document detailing exactly what they changed, and, when you download the new version, the old version gets deleted from...
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    Gymnasts going back after 4 years

    I think Xcel platinum would be perfect for you.
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    Parents Struggling to make a good gym transfer decision

    . Okay. So your current gym is too far away and they are not offering you the kind of preteam program you are looking for—cross that one off the list. The one you are trialing may be too much of an increase in hours/intensity and the coaches give you bad vibes—if nothing changes, you’ll...
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    Coaches Special Needs coaching

    I wonder if the Special Olympics has a coaching manual. They do offer gymnastics.
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    Women Coaches not coorporating with gymnasts injuries. What are the next steps?

    I would see a sports PT to assess your joint issues and make a detailed rehabilitation plan. This plan should include documentation for your coaches. A doctor could also give you documentation but a PT is going to spend more time with you and will be able to provide a more detailed report.
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    Parents Switching Gyms

    Oops, I need to pay better attention. This came up on my new unread posts, which made me think it was new.
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    Parents Switching Gyms

    It sounds like the coaches are being honest with you when they tell you that the silver program at their gym is not going to be a good fit for your daughter emotionally. And if Bronze is not a good fit skill-wise, then the gym simply does not offer what you need. She wants to change, that’s a...
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    Parents Struggling with ROBHS

    Can you arrange a private lesson with her favorite coach to work on this skill?
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    Coaches Exchange students trainning in USA

    Of these WA high schools, I highly recommend Mead HS in Spokane WA. My sister’s kids go there and it is a great school. They have one of the top gymnastics teams in the state. Dynamic is a club gym that is fairly close to the HS and near a bus line. Traffic isn’t too bad and people tend to be...
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    Coaches Exchange students trainning in USA

    High schools with gymnastics teams in Washington state: https://www.wiaa.com/gymnastics-past-results/ I don’t know anything about other states but I know WA.
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