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    Parents How to know when a mental block is not going to go away.

    Yeah, forcing herself out of it isn’t going to work. Your DD needs to understand that blocks are a normal part of the sport. Sooner or later all gymnasts will experience it to some degree but my guess is that your DD hasn’t seen too much of her teammates dealing with blocks since she is only L7...
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    Parents How to know when a mental block is not going to go away.

    How old is she? Recent growth spurt? How supportive are her coaches and what is their recommendation for working through the block (ie do they support her going back to basics and building up again or is she having to stand on a beam and just go for the skills that are no longer there?) My...
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    Women Confused

    To answer your question though....my daughter was in this situation several times on more than one event. Generally whatever coach let her train the more desired skill was never the head coach or lead event coach. It usually was under the guise of uptraining and usually she simply had a better...
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    Women Confused

    I’m confused because your ChalkBucket account says you are a parent and a gymnast. Many of your posts are from the vantage point of a parent yet here you say you are a kid and you don’t want your parents to know about this problem you are having. So which is it? Parent or child?
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    Women Competitive Mess

    I would look for another gym right away! I would not pay for a 3rd year in bronze at her age and skill set. Being told that silver is full is problematic for me as in this case it may indicate they can’t manage the progression of their athletes to a level that matches skills (assuming your DD...
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    Women Switching Gyms

    Those are good reasons to make a change!
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    Women Age Divisons

    There is no ‘doing it differently’. Meet hosts determine age groups based on number of entries.
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    No one is being deprived of anything! I think you and others want to assume the worst of USAG all the time.
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    It might be to detract people from 'quitting' DP just to compete in another program for the sole purpose of 'winning' only to come back to DP the following season. What I don't think is happening is a USAG committee sitting around in a room dreaming up ways to intentionally make it harder for...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I read that more as no one is policing gyms that don’t do the score outs.
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I don't think many sapphires will be recruited either. D3, perhaps. Maybe even an Ivy. But not Top 25.
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    Parents New to XCel Bronze - Crying?

    For many kiddos though, especially highly sensitive ones, emotional 'stress' will make you physically tired. The emotional part should subside within a few weeks as the OP's DD gets used to the routine and new teammates. If I pulled out my DD of everything that made her 'tired' she would still...
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    Parents New to XCel Bronze - Crying?

    My DD would have rough transitions to anything 'new' - new level, switch to summer hours, new school year, end of school year, etc. Sounds like you are doing a great job with the encouragement so keep that up. Congratulate her at the end of the week with a comment that you are proud of her and...
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    Women Opinions on floor music?

    Overall I like your music choice but the transition to the other music at 20 and the abrupt ending are awkward. I don't hear any vocals so you are good with that!
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    Parents New to XCel Bronze - Crying?

    OPs kid is 3 practices in!! Give her a chance to adjust. If in several weeks she's still crying then it's time to consider whether she's ready, etc.
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