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    Parents When did you “know”?

    My daughter will be competing level 10 for the first time this year (knock on wood), she should have competed 10 last year but got injured and had a major surgery that knocked her out for 6+ months. There was never really a moment for me, I honestly never thought she would make it this far...
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    Gymnasts Not nice people in gymnastics

    I think we’ve been really lucky, there might be some girls/parents that are mildly annoying, but no one outright mean. The girls and families all support each other.
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    Parents Mental block/growth spurt

    My daughter who is now a 15 year old level 10 went through a stage like this when she was a level 4, she just would freeze after her round off and not go for her bhs, luckily it happened after competition season. I didn’t make a big deal out of it and luckily her coaches didn’t either and she...
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    Gymnasts College Gymnastics

    Most club teams accept people at any level, so you’ll be fine!
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    Parents Body Image Struggles

    I have no words. That’s so far beyond what is appropriate for so many reasons. I’m sorry. I’m not sure I’d stay at that gym even if I was able to report them and have a good conversation about it. Beyond the coaches comments triggering an eating disorder, delayed puberty In general is bad for...
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    Women Bra Under Comp Leos

    There’s no deduction anymore, luckily. Depending on where the mesh is a clear strap bra might not help. My daughter’s leotard this year has mesh at the top in a way that’s impossible for the actual bra part on the front not to show through. The leotard was obviously designed by a man… but the...
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    Parents Team Sponsorship

    This is similar to what we offer, but it’s all done through the booster club. Likely what you’ve seen is all done through a non profit.
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    Women Can i switch from excel gymnastics to JO?

    Yes you can switch, but obviously the first thing you’ll need to do is find a gym that offers DP (it’s not called JO anymore). Since you’re 12 your coaches can use videos to petition you to level 7. Timing isn’t great right now as teams have already registered for meets starting in January...
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    Parents Team Sponsorship

    Yes, our booster club(a 501c3 non profit) handles this. We usually get a couple sponsors each season that give cash, and lots donations for either fun treats for the girls or things we can raffle off. We are a completely separate entity from the gym itself and all funds raised are shared equally...
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    Parents Coaching at the lower levels to produce future level 10s

    Our gym spends very little time on compulsory routines, and the compulsory girls only compete 4 total meets per season. (No state meets etc). The goal is definitely to prepare them for optionals, with the end goal being level 10/NCAA. They spend a ton of time on basics, and start drills for...
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    Parents "inability to get skills" - questions about this

    From what I've seen its usually fear that takes girls out of the sport vs. not being able to physically do a skill. So once they have to flip a vault, start doing back handspring on beam, beam series, even giants on bars. Then once you get to level 9/10 its often injuries that will take girls...
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    Parents Communication dilemmas

    How old is your daughter? Up until very recently all communication like this came from me, along with a Dr. or PT note about what she can/can’t do. She’s 15 now and I trust her more to communicate on her own, but for more serious things I definitely still will text the coach myself and/or send...
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    Women Changing Bar Settings?

    That’s not normal at our gym, we have two settings for optionals, FIG and wide and girls are often grouped more by bar setting vs level. I can see how that would be frustrating. This year for the first time our entire level 10 team of ~10 girls are all on wide, it’s going to make bar warmups...
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    Women Press handstands

    My older daughter was never able to do a press handstand, she was training level 9 when she left the sport. My younger daughter was able to do them at a young age, and at some point could easily do like 5+ in a row. She’s a 15 year old level 10 now and I’m honestly not sure if she can even do...
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    Parents Summer gymnastics sleepaway camps vs. regular team training

    I’d do it now while she’s young and missing regular training for a couple weeks doesn’t matter much!
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