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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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    Parents L7 Floor Requirements

    All the tumbling skills you have listed are As and both the switch leap and straddle jump are Bs. I’m assuming she also has a full turn in there somewhere, also an A. So she’s more than good as far as number of skills goes. The official list of skills and their values is in the code of points...
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    Parents L7 Floor Requirements

    Just a mom, but as far as I know yes this meets all requirements. A single turn would be fine, the double turn isn't needed. The switch leap and the straddle jump are both B skills, so as long as she gets to 135 she will get B credit and just get a deduction for insufficient split.
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    Women Leotards

    Yes! Although our compulsory wear a short sleeve version that I think is $300. They are gorgeous and covered in stones. I think they offer a cheaper version if parents want it with spangles instead of stones too.
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    Women Leotards

    Yes, our last one was $500 🫣
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    Women Leotards

    We’ve had GK and Sylvia P, I much prefer SP, both the designs and quality are much higher.
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    Parents Summer 2026 camps

    Yes, I think so, our team programs move to summer daytime hours, but rec and preteam stay in the afternoon/evenings. Our gym also offers recreational camps during the day in the summer in addition to the normal classes.
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