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I guess I'm also wondering if she's been problematic there the entire time? It's such a a long time.

Is the resignation an attempt to keep the results of the review from getting out?

That's a lot of very different skills. Are you doing drills and progressions at practice? That's what your coach should be setting up, especially if she is minimizing spotting. If you can do your back walkover on a line on the floor, you can do it on a beam. Start on a low beam and build your...

I worked for a gym that used studio director and I believe we were able to say mastered, in progress, add notes explaining. It was a good 7 years ago now though!

It depends. We've had kids in high school do three years of silver and not learn any new skills so we do recommend our high school class at that point.

There are a number of gyms who use Xcel in place of compulsories.

If your coach isn't educated about ankle strengthening, definitely consult a physical therapist. Our girls had a whole routine they did for their ankle health.

I know she's working on her bridge kick over, but as someone who used to help make the decisions about who moved to team, I would never have put a kid without one on it. It's a bummer the advanced preteam group is ending, though, so I think I would just talk to the coach about what your...

I don't know if that really amounts to much because there was an individual qualifier who went after all six from Alabama and she hit just fine.

My husband, who knows very little about college gymnastics chose LSU as his national champion for the year during preseason! I honestly just can't believe how many falls there were in that second session.

I worked at one gym that had this insanely detailed compensation list where different certifications and types of classes taught correlated to specific hourly pay increases. If the gym paid for the certification, then you didn't get the pay increase attached to it. I more recently worked at a...

I have absolutely no dog in this fight - I don't coach anymore, and I never coached 10s, and our daughter won't be doing gymnastics to this extent - but this has been a very interesting conversation for me to follow, so thanks for all the discussion here.

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She could always do a year of level 6 and see what she thinks. As a coach, I personally love the xcel program. I have seen kids stay in the sport much longer because of it. Our gym is very low hours on top of it, and it was just really fun to hear about all the other things the kids were...

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