Xcel doesn't compete against JO. They compete against other Xcel girls. Jo againts Jo and Xcel against Xcel. If Xcel girls switches to Jo then I think Jo girls who did not have Xcel past would probably be better because of more hours trained (more conditioning and more polished skills). Xcel...
A lot of gyms train Jo with much higher amount of hours. For example 20 hours in JO vs 6 hours in xcel. Roughly. You also need to consider amount of hours. Hours need for conditioning, polishing skills and learning new ones. Xcel was also designed for those who doesn't want to do so many hours...
There is so much to perfect within a skill as well. Even if she can do good casts on the bar she still can work on making them higher and prettier. In competition it's not if you can do skill or not it's how technically correct the skill it. There is so many details involved in each element...
What a great idea! walmart sells frames I was thinking to buy for something like this :) would be awesome for their goodie bags. They have those frames indifferent sizes.
http://www.amazon.com/6-pack-Acrylic-Slanted-Sign-Holders/dp/B00D34BCYS/ref=pd_sim_misc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=12R9BE8D2KCZ2Q89QB9P
I put my dd's Leo over the large pillow. It helped to stretch long and wide. :) pillow inside the Leo for overnight. I think it was out of washer too. Kinda wet.
Just wanted to add: it might not be HC's foult. Our leo sizers came last year and my girl tried some sizers. CM size was perfect. Not too tight, not too big. With room to grow just enough to look great. So we ordered that size. I saw how it fit and agreed. Well the actual leos came a month later...
Unfortunately sometimes there is no choice of brands but Gk when it comes to leos. If I get to chose between training leos then yes we can shop around. But when gym says what size you want us to order and they have no idea what kind they will order, that might be challenging.