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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I was a gymnast from the 70’s at an elite training gym in the Midwest owned and coached by THE Bill Sands. FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION! My 3 girls who were upper level gymnasts in the 2000’s were drilled about foundation! Good old level 5-10. Prep-Op came in and was perfect for my cousin’s...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    THIS!!
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    Parents Travel Distance for a gym

    When I had 3 gymnasts, we drove farther and farther away as they hit higher levels. About 1 1/2 hours each way. I would never do that again looking back! I think I had lost my mind at the time. Took away from family meals, time with my husband and son. That’s just what I decided after looking...
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    Parents My daughter’s blog post about quitting level 10 gymnastics

    Thanks for asking what is SUCH an important question! I feel like I could write a book on this, so I will try to keep it succinct. I came from an elite training gym as a kid and had teammates make worlds/ Olympics etc. It was very a very abusive environment. I swore I would NEVER let any future...
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    Parents My daughter’s blog post about quitting level 10 gymnastics

    The gymnastics story for our family, like many, was a very treacherous one. It was filled with much glory and much sorrow. I think that when many people look at high achieving athletes who are successful, they think they have it all. My daughter’s story is one of many that on the outside looked...
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    Parents My daughter’s blog post about quitting level 10 gymnastics

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    Parents Full time working parents who use full time daycamp in summer - how do you accommodate summer hours?

    Same gym, different levels. Summer from hell. I had a lot of help!
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    Parents Full time working parents who use full time daycamp in summer - how do you accommodate summer hours?

    I had 3 girls on 3 different teams and one summer their hours were 9-12, 12-3, and 3-6. We lived 45 minutes away from the gym. It was horrible!
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    Women Weight Gain and how to "address" it with DD

    My education is in counseling with a specialty in eating disorders. I also was a gymnast and had 3 level 9/10 daughters myself. Please don’t address weight gain with your daughter in any way. This could cause life long damage that is difficult to undo. Show her unconditional love and support for...
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    Women Haney under investigation

    This somehow doesn’t doesn’t surprise me!
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    Women Qualifying to Nationals

    Despite all of the “easy” comments about region 4, I feel the need to point out that 50% of the current top ten college AA gymnasts come from this region at this timeBrenna Dowell, Maddie Karr, Sarah Finnegan, Lynnzee Brown, and Lexy Rambler. Of course, let’s not forget the great Maggie Nichols...
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    Women Who are your Top 5 Coaches or Gyms?

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    Parents If you knew then what you know now....

    Not a Chance! The negatives far outweighed the positives for all 3 girls by a long shot! My son was a runner-loved that sport. Everything about it was a positive. The parents were fantastic, it was cheap, you can do it a for a longer time in your life, the sportsmanship was great, medals based...
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    Women Sharing Leotards

    I had 3 girls on team and at almost $400 for a competition Leo, you better believe I’d be happy to buy a used one. Between just Leo’s and warmups, we were near $2000 if we didn’t buy used!
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    Women USOC moves to revoke USAG...

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