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    Anon Beam Mat Safety

    In her first meet this season, my DD was warming up on beam, fell on a turn, and fractured her tibia b/c the 8" mat under the beam had been pulled farther to one side by a coach during warmups to accommodate a taller teammate that was dismounting at the same time off the other side and otherwise...
    • Anonymous (2443)
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    • beam mat safety
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    • Forum: Anonymous Posting
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    WAG Your thoughts on Rachel-Marie Youtube channel re gym culture/safety?

    I wanted to ask your thoughts on a youtube channel in relation to gym culture. The channel is one of the most popular youtube chanels of its kind and the personal channel of a former SGG girl called Rachel. (Additionally, she has maintained a good relationship with the SGG management and is now...
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    WAG Safety of Foam Pits

    I don't have much experience with this, but who regulates the safety of foam pits? Does USAG have standards? We have been at gyms that have pits with dangerously low levels of foam in their pits and it is shocking to think that kids would actually be working high level skills in these pits...
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    Parents Safety of equipment

    Can anyone tell me if gyms (for insurance) have to have equipment inspected for safety? Our gym has several things that are questionable, safety wise. Thanks
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    WAG Safety Issue?

    I thought I posted this thread earlier but I don't know where it went so I will try to post it again and hopefully it is not a double post. I know this is a pretty public place so If my daughters HC sees it I hope she is not offended. My DD will be a level 7 in 2 weeks. She has been new 6 for...
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    Coaches Safety warning for coaches

    Dear fellow coaches! Make sure the spotting block you are standing is always STABLE! If it isn't, make it stable. Even if it takes a good five minutes to tie it to something or make a gymnast hold it when waiting their turn! I just came home from surgery. They fixed my ruptured meniscus from...
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    WAG When does refusal to spot become a safety issue?

    Well, I was hoping to update on dd10 (lvl 7) and flyaway issues that I asked about in the spring. It seemed to be coming back over the summer. But after some comments last week by coach that she "wasn't trying", we are back in the same boat with dd very upset, stressed out about being moved...
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    Parents When does refusal to spot become a safety issue?

    Well, I was hoping to update on dd10 (lvl 7) and flyaway issues that I asked about in the spring. It seemed to be coming back over the summer. But after some comments last week by coach that she "wasn't trying", we are back in the same boat with dd very upset, stressed out about being moved...
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    Coaches Moved to a New Gym, Safety Concerns

    Hi Everybody, I having a slight conundrum. I recently relocated for school. The past 5 years I was a head coach of compulsories, but now that I have moved and am at a new gym I no longer hold that role. It is something that I wanted because I needed more time to focus on my schoolwork...
  10. GetaGrip

    Safety Roll!!!

    Yesterday I was on floor when I heard possibly the loudest, most painful sounding shriek I have ever heard at gym. When I looked over, I saw that a level 2/3 (probably around 8 years old) had fallen off beam and broken her arm. And she didn't just crack the bone. She broke both bones in her...
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    Safety checklist

    My daughter is scheduled for an evaluation at a new gym. Although safety concerns are not our motivation for considering a gym change, safety will be a primary factor in our decision about whether to switch or stay. What should I be looking for as indicators of a safe program--or red flags...
  12. gymmomtotwo

    Parents Question about gym safety.

    Our gym owners opened a new gym in Fall of 2010. They were followed over by many of the team gymnasts at the gym they coached at before. They really are great coaches. They started a new PrepOp team and rec program that have both grown enormously. The Prep Op team is full. Problem is, they...
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    beam handstand safety question

    My dd's coach is starting to ask the girls to do much higher handstands on the beam than what they had been doing previosly. I was just wondering what the best "safety move" is to get out of a handstand gone wrong (going past vertical). Apparently, the coach has not addressed that issue, as dd...
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    Gym Safety Question

    Could you leave your child in a gym that specifically disregarded her doctor's instructions on returning to practice after an injury slowly, resulting in her becoming re-injured? She was out for a couple of weeks with a muscle injury and when she returned within 1 week had a stress fracture...
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    Gym equipment safety and updating

    We've been new to our gym (a little over 2 years) and to gymnastics as a whole. There has been problems within our gym and about 2/3 of our gymnasts have left. There are so many rumors and bad mouthing that went around at our gym, it is hard to tell which way is up. Of concern to me right now is...
    • dancengym
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    • equipment safety
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    • Forum: Gym Management
  16. bogwoppit

    Gymnasts please read. Safety warning

    The mods would like to remind all the gymnasts that we have over 5000 members on the Chalkbucket and probably many more lurkers. Not all of these people are here for the right reasons, and we know for sure that some are here for all the wrong reasons. We cannot know everything or in fact...
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    Coaches equipment safety

    Could someone tell me the safety regulations for uneven bars? Such as the proper distance from the wall, types of mats and how far from the bars on all four sides, and safe distance from bars for other equipment or items such as benchs. Is this regulated by USA gymnastics? Thanks:confused:

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