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    Parents Travel Distance for a gym

    Usually when i read about American families they always seem very busy, and I hear that family dinners are also less common in the US. I wonder if driving kids to sports can also just be a way to just get some valuable time to talk to eachother.
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    Gymnasts Tiger paws

    I dont know how many hours you train for gold at your gym, but if you're 103 pounds at 5 foot 7 and having joint pain it may be worth checking in with a nutritionist/dietician. It can be perfectly normal to have a low weight as you are going through growth, but its good to check that its not an...
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    Gymnasts Amazing practice

    It sounds like you're progressing too, I think. If you look at where you were at in previous posts, I think you've gotten a lot further right? I just got the date for a christmas competition early januari, I've been wanting to do bars (maybe beam?) in that for so long, but the past 2 years I...
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    Parents Re-wearing leotards and leggings (laundry question)

    I have more than 1 set of everything, I was just scared of putting more than 2 sets into the laundry at once because of fear it won't get clean enough to put in my closet.
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    Parents Re-wearing leotards and leggings (laundry question)

    Hang drying is standard here, and we never leave stuff balled up in the washer (probably because of that?) I wouldn't dare put a leotard in the dryer, do they even survive that? They are so synthetic I'd feel like they'd melt or something.
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    WAG which leg leads in gainer dismount?

    I'm just a bit confused about what feels natural, haha. Do you see a relation to your switch leaps/split leaps / cartwheels with what your good/bad leg is?
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    WAG which leg leads in gainer dismount?

    Regular. I was practising to my back on a mat stack and found that my right leg stays on the ground and I kick up with left. However that may just be due to having the wrong distance to the mat stack? I'm confused because when I do split leaps or switch leaps, the left leg stays on the ground...
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    Parents Re-wearing leotards and leggings (laundry question)

    I am autistic and have OCD. As a result of OCD I tend to be terrified it "won't be clean enough" to put in my closet. We used to wash 1 or 2 sets at a time because I had gym 1 or 2 times a week. So I know that works and is good. Washing more is scary because it's not how we used to do it so it...
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    WAG which leg leads in gainer dismount?

    Does anybody know how to figure out which leg to lead with in a gainer dismount? Which leg kicks up vs which leg stays on the ground?
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    Preventing Fear after Injury

    What stands out to me is that it sounds like she may be very hard on herself. Already being worried that she may have fears later. I don't know how you can prevent fears from develloping, but I expect her putting pressure on herself to not devellop fears could just make it worse when the time...
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    Gymnasts quitting gymnastics to pursue future career options

    That's kind of what I meant though. If you want to go for theatre as a career, you're probably going to have to adjust your gym hours to your theatre, not the other way around. That is a great backup to have! You're so lucky that you have so much of an idea where your interests lie right now.
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    Gymnasts quitting gymnastics to pursue future career options

    I agree with this, though I'd like to add: try to find a backup plan that you do like, even if it's not a big passion like theatre. Not just "oh this is a theoretically decent income plan but I'd be miserable". If you want a career in theatre, I expect you'd have to do more than have a...
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    Parents Changing a club? Advices Needed

    This confuses me a bit. I would think either it's worth spending time on or it isn't. There's no end result with this, just the lessons she picks up along the way, and she'll pick those up whether she quits in one year or in ten. But everybody quits sooner or later, that goes for almost...
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    Gymnasts Amazing practice

    Hey, It's been a while. How's it been? I have some very big negatives personally, but I'm conquering fears. gymnastics wise I've made some big steps, surprisingly. I did a back handspring on trampoline 2 weeks ago! and then 1 week ago I did one on the trampoline track (the long long black...
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    WAG Coach went from mean to nice?

    If you are French then my point about communication may be completely wrong. You're doing a good job for communicating in a language that isn't your native language. (I figured since you said "level 8" that you were from the US or Canada, as I didn't know France had a level system like that. I'm...
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