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DD finished a very successful level 5 season, is training 6/7 and mostly “has” her skills but they need work (recently started swinging giants inconsistently, working on beam flight series, tumbling is very strong). She was informed she will compete 6 next season (Jan 2025). We are ok with that...

The idea of Xcel or High School to D3 comes up from time to time and I think some of the responses here give an inflated sense of hope to aspiring collegiate gymnasts. All NCAA gymnastics levels (D1, D2 and D3) use the same scoring guidelines. To maximize scores, coaches will be looking for...

I’m wondering if this is normal or if I should be worried about our coaches and gym. After a couple of strong years (consistently getting everyone into 1st-4th places in AA at States in their age groups), my daughter’s gym and coaches seem to be struggling to hold everything together. They have...

Hi I’m a silver gymnast and I’m 14 and I’m the oldest and they won’t let me move up when I got my back walkover on beam and a front handspring on the vault and I’m still on silver. But it is on teeny tiny problem….i don’t have a squat on well I have it but when I do it I only get one foot up...

It's sort of a take on the Erin Hanson poem: “There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly?” ― Erin Hanson

"you have to fall before you can fly" -Isla Fisher, Full Out

My daughter hits her feet on the ground when doing her clear hip back into a kip. It has improved and now she is barely touching her feet but she competes in a week and would like to fix this. Any advice for her? Thanks!

Not surprising but it is sad. Choosing a college is not an easy choice and really, they need to be older. Most kids pick their college as seniors. Even MAG waits until senior year. Waiting for juniors should be the minimum.

This is not unexpected. Wouldn't surprise me that this is happening with 2027s

There is no direct contact with the gymnasts, but there is little doubt they are there to express more than just casual interest in 2026 gymnasts. They communicate through the club coach who relays it to the gymnasts. What we have seen is that even though colleges are not allowed direct...

Recruiting? Or visiting? By rule they are not allowed to be talking to sophomores. THey can be evaluating them, watching film, etc, but that is it. I hope they are not pushing things to go back to the super early recruiting. Junior year in hs is early enough to be committing to a college!

Another timeline marker in regards to recruiting. Our gym is seeing colleges start recruiting 2026s now in November (so that would be their early sophomore year of high school) even though there are still 2025s yet to commit. A lot of gym visits to evaluate 2026s.

Well into Official visits season now that college football has started. Things that we have learned, Travel day on Thursday Friday details of university, academics, pictures, watch practice, meet team and host. Depending upon schedule, a day or evening outing (bowling, lake day, fun at...

Hello everyone! a little background about me is that I am a current high school senior, 17 and I do xcel platnium! Ever since I came to this new gym there is this one coach (we will call her Coach A) who has made me feel that I should quit the sport. First day I got there my coach (Coach B)...

Keeping this anon because it would embarrass my gymnast. Our new comp leos are low back mesh, so sports bras are basically out. This was not an issue last year, but she recently developed. A lot. I had a breast reduction at 20 and gymnastics didn't save her from genetics. My kiddo needs support...