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    Parents Too many hours at the gym for a 3 year old?

    My daughter started gymnastics almost a year ago with a mommy and me class,then it snowballed into moving up several times and now right after she turned three years old she started training for TOPS. They do 20 hours a week. She enjoys gymnastics a lot, has big dreams and likes going but I am...
    • Gym_Mom'12
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    • hours many hours year old
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    • Forum: Gym Parent Forum
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    Parents Can a regular old 5 year old be competitive one day?

    So here's my question -ODD (7 and on pre team) started gymnastics on the late side at nearly 6. Very soon she started to show at least a bit of talent -basically really good cartwheels and handstands came quickly. She's not amazingly talented but she was moved up to pre team quickly and has...
  3. gymmomtotwo

    Parents Flipfest for 8 year old. What have I done?

    Just signed my 8 year old up for Flipfest. Her coaches are flying with them and bringing her and other team members to the camp. Please tell me this is age appropriate. I have visions of her getting lost in the airport, drowning in the lake, falling apart after a few days of a 10:30 bedtime. She...
  4. billise

    WAG Core exercises for 8 year old DD

    Hi all! A little background first. DD (young 8 year old) had a gym change over the summer after our family moved across country. Old gym was very competitive at the optional levels but not as much at the compulsory levels (they really wanted those young/new gymnasts to have fun and learn...
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    WAG Cartwheel drills for 4 year old please!

    My DD is so close to getting her cartwheel but something isn't clicking! I have tried telling her to keep her legs straight, keep arms straight, kick harder, bring legs up faster, lift hands up quicker etc etc and she is improving but very slowly. I feel like she's hit a wall with it, in her...
  6. JAO

    WAG Teaching Glides to 6 Year Olds

    Latest video for anyone interested:
  7. kaloss

    Parents Mental block for 7 year old

    Dd turned 7 at the end of August, so she's still a young 7. About a month ago, at practice, she saw her best friend break her arm (it was really broken, bent in the wrong direction). Since then she has had several bouts of balking on her back handspring (what her friend was doing when she broke...
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    Parents 9 year old daughter may be too old to join team :(

    Hi all, Would love any thoughts or feedback, I'm just feeling really sad for my daughter right now. She absolutely adores gymnastics- goes 3-4 times per week to her level 2 classes (would go more often if we'd take her!), has progressed so fast since she just started Level 1 in January of this...
  9. CoachMeg

    WAG 6 year old can't remember beam routine

    Last year I coached the level 3s and they did really really well...3 state champions and top 10 for team! Their were 9 girls in the group and their ages ranged from 7-12 (only one 7 year old). This year I have 14 level 3s.....14!! And their all so much younger. Within that group I have three 6...
  10. momofthreegirls

    WAG Music ideas for 7 year old moving to optionals.

    My 7.5 year old DD needs to pick music for her level 6 floor routine. The gym allows girls to pick their own music (HC gives final approval). DD has no idea what she wants. She is by far the baby of the team (most of her teammates are middle school age) and I think she needs something cute but...
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    WAG Skills practise (at home) for 4 year old gymnast

    My daughter has been doing gymnastics for two years now, and is finally on a squad, although it's a pre-team with 7 other 4 year olds who aren't in the year they turn 5 yet (that's minimum age for the team squads). Anyway, I was wondering what I should be doing with her at home? She currently...
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    WAG 6 year old skipping Level 3

    So my 6 year old DD has been at our gym since she is 3 and has been in their developmental program. Last year she did great for the most part with L2. She was at the gym twice a week for 1.5 hours. Cost was high but decent for our geography. I am a former high school gymnast and coach... but...
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    Coaches 14 year old struggling with back somersaults

    Hi I have a 14 year old girl who learned tuck back somersaults fairly late, at around the age of around 11. She took a long time to learn the skill and has never been completely confident with it, nor has she got great form. The skill is safe though and she has performed the skill regularly...
    • Jym
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    • struggling year old
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    • Forum: Coach Forum
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    Coaches Appropriate skills for 5 year olds

    Hi, I have been coaching for quite a while, but mainly in the 8-12 age range, but soon I am going to start coaching 5 - 6 years olds. So I was just wondering if you need to make things a bit easier for this age range. Is it alright to get them doing things like handstands, cartwheels, pullovers...
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    Parents new to team practices-stressed out 5 year old.

    My daughter (who will be 5 this month) has done gymnastics and LOVED it since she was 2 1/2. She has finished one year in a preteam class and just last week began training for level 2 competition. She has always always been ecstatic to go to class, and constantly practiced at home. She is...
  16. dani4

    Parents slow and steady progress from my 5 year old

    My daughters are both in developmental preschool-aged gymnastics classes- think pre-pre-team. The classes are taught by team coaches and theoretically lead into the competitive team, if all goes well. I had them in the rec classes at first, but decided to make the switch because the...
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    Parents Training hours for a 5 (almost 6) year old?

    Hi Everyone, Our DD competed IGC Copper this year and had a great season. The coaches just gave out new group recommendations and want DD to move over to USAG and start training 10 hours a week, up from the 4 hours she trains right now. Our concern is with her being so young. I know kids can...
  18. coach1234

    WAG 17/18 year olds

    We are entering our gymnasts into a USA meet as we speak we have one gymnast who will be 17, 18 in the year of the meet we are unsure on putting her in level 8 or 9, she can do everything in level 8 and should be able to do everything/most in level 9 What we want to know is how many 17/18 year...
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    Parents Skill and ability - 4 yr old

    Hi all, My daughter's first time in the gym was this summer for a 3 hr camp, 1x per week. She was 3. After the third class, I was told that the coach wanted her to join mini team. I was very surprised as my daughter had no experience in gymnastics and couldn't do a bridge. We agreed to sing...
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    Parents Newbie with question about tired 5 year old.

    Hi all, I'm new here, lurked for a few months but have now signed up! I have a 5 and half year old who has been in a development group for a year. They have slowly been increasing their hours from 1x2 hour session to 3x2 hour sessions recently. She is one of the younger ones in the group...

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