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    Parents Best team messaging app

    Does anyone use a group messaging app for their team? In the past we just made a group text for the parents of each level, but now we have some levels with too many to do that. We use it to arrange dinner after a meet, group outings, and updates on meets (session running over, where to park, etc).
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    WAG Safe Sport access code for parent training?

    A month ago I took the online Safe Sport Training Course for parents. Our booster club was planning on going through this course as a group this week, but I just now see that they "moved" it from http://training.teamusa.org/store to the safesport.org site. In order to access the training, I...
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    Parents Booster club question

    Please move if this is in the wrong forum . . . Let me start by saying that our gym and booster club are new, and we obviously don't have all the kinks works out. But it was set up with the help of a lawyer so we are good there. Last year, our booster club raised money to offset the cost of...
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    WAG Recruiting timeline table?

    I have a table that I pulled off chalkbucket a few years ago. Does anyone know where it came from originally? I can't figure out how to post the table here, but it recommended being level 8 by 5th grade, level 9 national qualifier or level 10 by 8th grade, etc
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    Parents No BHS on floor in 7?

    YDD had a bunch of mental blocks last year - everything backwards on floor and beam and flyaway. With the help of a sports psychologist, she got all her skills back and had a very successful repeat L6 season In the last week, she started blocking on her RO-BHS-BT on floor. I think it is just...
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    Parents Talk to the coach?

    So both my gymmies came home crying from practice yesterday :( ODD is stressed because she hasn't gotten her giants yet. She repeated L6 this year because she didn't have them yet. Weirdly bars was her BEST event at L6 (scoring 9.2-9.4 all year); she even came in 1st at state. She has had a...
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    WAG State meet schedule?

    So NC L6-10 state meet is March 16-19. The last qualifier is scheduled the weekend of 3/11. Does that mean they won't be able to put out a schedule until 3/13? That seems ridiculously late for such a huge meet. Is anyone "in the know" about which levels might go which days? I personally am...
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    Parents Score too high?

    ODD is a repeat L6 (we are at a no giants, no L7 gym). Had her first meet this weekend, and her floor score was WAY higher than last year. All the floor scores were high, so I think the judges were just generous or tired or something. I don't want to burst her bubble, but I do want her to...
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    Parents Just a vent about sandbaggers!

    So we went to cheer on our teammates at a L5 meet this weekend. It is known to be a tough meet, as the best teams in the state all go, and many of them plan to compete L7 in the spring so they are really good However, there was one girl on bars who had all her casts to full handstand and her...
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    Parents Now I need a title for the sports psychiatrist talk

    This month we are having a sports psychiatrist come talk to parents about being a supportive parent as well as common issues in young girls such as self esteem, body image, anxiety/mental blocks and eating issues. Any thoughts on a title for the poster on the door? I was thinking "Taming your...
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    Parents Catchy name for sports medicine lecture

    My colleague, a sports medicine specialist, is giving a lecture at our gym on common gymnastics injuries and prevention. We were trying to come up with a catchy title - any ideas?
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    Parents Flip a Thon and taxes?

    So our gym is doing a Flip-A-Thon to celebrate National Gymnastics Day. The girls will collect pledges for how many "flips" they can do it 2 minutes For those that have done this type of fundraiser before, did the funds go directly back to the gymnast? Do they have to pay personal taxes on...
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    WAG Flipfest with mental block?

    YDD is 10yo, level 6. She is going with 7 teammates to Flipfest next week. However, she's been struggling with a mental block on back tumbling for about 3 months, and is worried that she'll be put in a different skills group than her teammates. Does anyone know how they separate them? Is it...
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    WAG When do gymnasts switch to "elite track"

    For gyms that don't do TOPS, when do the coaches usually "recognize" a gymnast as having that something extra and start them on a different path? The reason I ask, our gym is fairly new, and the head coach informed all the optionals yesterday that she has decided that one of the 9yo L6 is going...
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    WAG Gymnast or coach type more likely for mental block?

    Seems to be "contagious" at our gym right now. So it made me wonder if there are certain types of gymnasts or certain coaching styles that seem to induce more mental blocks than others?
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    WAG NCAA collegiate meet at Ozone Invitational?

    So we found our tentative meet schedule for Ozone in TN. Of course, YDD is competing Friday afternoon and ODD is sometime on Sunday :rolleyes: So we were thinking of going to the collegiate meet on Saturday night. Do we need to buy tickets ahead of time, or is it an at the door kind of thing...
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    Parents Camp in May at Karolyi's?

    So after practice our HC/owner told me she had found a camp that SHE and another coach want to go to in May, but they need a gymnast to take with them. She would like to take YDD because she is the right age and level (9yo L5/6) and maybe ODD (10 yo L6). She said it is in Texas at the Karolyi...
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    Parents Car stickers

    So we are working on fundraising. One of our gym moms is a graphic designer and can make car decals for $5 each. Question is how much to sell them for to make a profit? Proceeds will go to all team members equally. I feel like this is not a good fundraiser, because it will be mostly team kids...
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    Parents Scavenger Hunt clues?

    So our gym is throwing a big Halloween open gym for gymnasts and non gymmies with some games and prizes. Each level is running an activity. One level is hiding cut out letters to H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N in the gym and we are giving out a sheet with clues. We have lots of Halloween themed clues, but...
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    WAG More common to score out of 4 or 5?

    Our gym is all wonky on levels due to a big coach change last fall. Our old coach hated the new level 6, so a bunch of girls scored out of 5 and went to 7, but she also kept a bunch of old 4s "back" at level 3 last year. Our new coach had those girls score out of 4 over the summer and compete 5...

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