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    Women Xcel Silver regionals?

    Couldn’t go*
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    Women Xcel Silver regionals?

    I think it just got removed because the first year I did silver was the first year we could go (of course). That was last year. Now I think only gold and up do it.
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    Injury Anyone else deal with this

    I’m also in middle school I know exactly what you mean. I’m too scared to say something hurts because it goes away quickly but it hurts bad when it’s happening. I don’t want to not be taken seriously if I get a bad injury! I finally talked to our gyms pt because I’ve been having so many off and...
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    Gymnasts Mental block help

    I’m a first year Xcel Gold and I’ve had a lot of mental blocks so I’ve gotten to try out some different strategies. Different stuff works for different people but taking a step back and looking at the mental part has really helped me. I’ve often discovered that there have been things that lead...
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    Women Knee Compression Sleeve at Meet

    I am having mcl irritation so I have been wearing a knee sleeve during practice. Am I allowed to wear this at my competition this weekend? It has a logo on the front but I might be able to take it off if necessary.
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    Parents Xcel Practice Hours

    Did 9 hours a week spring of silver season. 16 hours gold summer. Now I’m doing 14 gold preseason
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    Women Mental blocking over an old skill

    Thank you for the advice! I recently got my round off bhs back. I realized I was putting an expectation on myself to move forward and never have set backs because I am already behind for my age. I accepted that I’m doing this sport because it’s fun, not to be a college or elite gymnast. Then I...
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    Parents Training Hours

    I’m doing Xcel Gold and I do 16 hours a week for summer practice. But, our hours are a little less when we have school. I’m 13.
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    Women Mental blocking over an old skill

    I have my round off back handspring and I competed it last season. So, it’s an old skill to me. We recently started summer practice and I moved up a level. This year I’m required to compete a round off back handspring and possible a double bhs which I would have to get my the end of summer. I...
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    Parents Xcel Sapphire

    I’m 13 rn and training Xcel Gold. There is a good chance I will be doing Platinum when I’m 14/15. So, I’m in the same boat. I personally might try and petition into level 6 next year, but that depends on where I’m at. I think that she might have a higher chance if she does a year of 10 or 9. If...
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    Women Protein for picky eaters

    I am train Xcel Gold this summer. I’m used to doing 9 hours a week and I will go to 16 hours. This is clearly a pretty big increase in not only time but how hard I will be working. It’s also summer which means I have time to make food. (I’m 13 btw so I can make stuff on my own). I really want to...
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    Women Cast to straddle handstand

    I’m pretty sure you should compress your shoulders to get the power and then open them when your legs come up. This is just what I’ve been told though. I may be wrong.
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    Women Cast to straddle handstand

    I haven’t started working on those yet but for over horizontal cast, it really comes from the shoulders is how I think about it. Really work on compressing your shoulders instead of arms. Hope that makes sense!
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    Women Power in Tumbling

    A lot of people at my gym struggle with hurdling. If you can get a really good hurdle, you will have a powerful round off and a powerful bhs and so on. Remember to snap your feet down out of the round off and block off your hands using your shoulders. Do the same in your bhs. Work on exercises...
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    Gymnasts I'm always getting rips on bars. Any suggestions?

    An assistant coach told me once to file down any dead skin on your hand.
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