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    WAG 8th grade Verbal recruit

    While I agree, college football recruiting is at a totally different level, with runners etc, this particular event at Oklahoma State Univeristy (OSU) has for the most part fallen apart. As the two "whistle blowers" have been discreditied with quite a bit of their provided information. The...
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    WAG College recruiting

    @ stormy you might be right in your assumption that once a walk always a walk since scholarships are so limited. Though I know in say football, walks often earn scholarships later on in their career. My DD is hoping for the same. If she progress as she has been she will be a lvl 10 freshman...
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    WAG College recruiting

    From what I've read Div. I schools have 12 scholarships available and about 20 team spots. Do schools often habe preferred walk ons who earn scholarships later? Or do walk ons receive a large pell grant or something equivalent to offset cost?
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    WAG 8th grade Verbal recruit

    @4theloveofsports Verbal commitments are nonbinding and this goes both ways. A school can just as easily drop an athlete as an athlete can switch schools. It means nothing to the NCAA and that's what matters. Recruiting is regulated by the NCAA (or NAIA) and they set all the rules. A school...
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    WAG Warm Ups for keeping warm?

    Heck, sometimes they don't even wear them to the march out.
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    WAG 8th grade Verbal recruit

    Just to add, I'm fairly certain, though I could be wrong, you can't sign an LOI until your senior year. So all those kids with verbals to where ever are fair game to still be recruited by other Univiersities.
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    WAG 8th grade Verbal recruit

    A verbal committment is not binding to the school or the athlete. The committment doesn't happen until an ahtlete signs a letter of intent (LOI). This is especially true in revenue generating sports (not sure for olympic), but kids with verbal committments, get "flipped" to other schools all...
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    Parents Leotard costs

    Just out of curiosity, why do clubs choose to have the more elaborate loetards?
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    WAG It's that time of year, anyone know the NCAA contact information?

    Dr. Hitt from UCF, he doesn't have a dog in this fight, as UCF doesn't have WAG/MAG, but he is very aggresive towards keeping recruiting on a level playing field. Though, many of these members are probably busy with the autonomy fight going on between the P5 and G5 FBS football.
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    WAG Changing Gyms at upper levels

    I had my DD switch to another gym just 4 weeks ago. Though not a level 9/10, I will share some of the experience. The decision to leave isn't easy, and I did quite a bit of research on here reading old threads about gym switches. I tend to agree, that if your thinking of a switch you're...
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    Parents social group for WAG L6 and L7 parents

    I'd like to join. DD is in this level.
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    Parents Parent Observation Policies

    I can understand both sides. Especially with some overzealous parents. I'm sure a compromise is out there for the gyms that are completely closed to parents. Unfortunately, these types of decisions are usually based off of past experiences and aren’t necessarily based on the current group of...
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    Parents What do you really wish you could tell the coach?

    Wow. We have a very similar experience.
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    Off Topic Our? A little rant...

    I was just stating my own personnel evolution as a gym parent. Different for everybody. I agree with you, nothing wrong with it all.
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    Off Topic Our? A little rant...

    The Her/He, us/we doesn't bother me. I think generally, if I say we or hear someone say we, it's not intended as an inclusion to the kid actually doing the sport. I don't take it as me or another parent feeling as if we accomplished anything in the world of gymnastics. Aussie_Coach, I do...
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    WAG What new skills?

    Very vew skills I know by name so you can try and decipher my guy observation. Vault I know she works on tsuk and chenko. I suprisingly do know the difference between the two after about 10 minutes of DD explaining it to me. Floor- A move where she is twisting in the air. I believe it's called a...
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    Parents Practice groups

    I think what would be deflating to a kid is telling them they don't matter unless they score in the top three. Not a great motivational tactic in my opinion. I woul ask the coach directly, what he ment by that.
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    Parents DD's Attachment to Coach

    Thanks for the replies. I was able to talk to the "tough" coach after practice and set up a private for my DD, mostly so she can get to know him better. I let him know she is intimidated by him and he said he knew. In a great move by him, he spoke directly to my DD, and told her he never expects...
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    Parents DD's Attachment to Coach

    I'm sure this is more common than I know, but was wondering has your DD/DS ever been so attached to a coach she comes home crying because they miss that coach? My DD's lvl 4 coach left for another local gym and she was devistated. The coach was kind enough to meet with my DD a couple of months...
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    Parents How do you display (organize) awards?

    After some research (google, lol), I saw some interesting set ups. I decided to use a sports jersey sized shadow box I had in the garage (huge sports fan, just never got arround to mounting it) and pinned them in there. My DD and I layed them out in a design she like and presto trophy box! Since...

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