I am a female that tested last year and I had a lot of advice from many kruu friends of mine (in addition to my own kruu). All of them stressed to me to pace myself during the rounds. If you don't pace yourself then you get beat up after you get your quota in. Work on the ceremony every day; Ajarn Chai says that just from looking at how a person performs the ceremony, he can tell how well they will do during the rounds and whether they are relaxed. Don't forget to say TANG for every knee and also to always wait until Ajarn Chai says "go" before you demonstrate a technique or you will have to do push ups, which is not preferable before doing the rounds. Sometimes when your adrenaline is rushing and you are nervous, it is easy to forget. Good luck!
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