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When I did HS gymnastics
the girls who were most likely to win got all the coaching attention and the not so good gymnasts didn't get time on the equipment. Yep, we were pretty competitive.
Also, we had weigh-ins. No comment was made about weight, but the coaches allowed us to create our own pressure. Over 100 lbs was a no-no. I am 5'8" and large boned. No one ever discussed what a good weight for me was. Looking at old pictures of myself, I realize when I was under an 'elephantine' weight of 130, I was too thin. But, the social pressure was to be 100. So even without overt pressure, the issue was there.
I avoided weigh-ins, but the whole thing put me off a sport which I enjoyed and which had made an athlete out of a coach potato.