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DD's gym pulls kids out of rec into their preteam program primarily in the late spring and summer. However, DD started rec classes in mid-September and was pulled to the preteam a few weeks later. The preteam actually competes in small, local, non-sanctioned meets. They have 4ish meets in...

DD's gym does a small gift for all of the girls, a certificate with their season highs on it and the coach talks about each girl while giving it to them. Often something funny, a nickname, or something cute they all do at practices, etc. And, there are a couple of special awards. Each level...

Ok, heckle was probably a bit of a strong term. No one is making rude comments at the girls. The coaches and other girls simply make random noise and clapping. Maybe cheer loudly for someone on another event. Sometimes a coach will walk by in the line of sight of the gymnast who is showing...

The abusive coaches will never go away as long as families are okay with it. We saw a former teammate of DD at a meet this past weekend. She left this season for greener pastures and they are quite happy. Gymnast wouldn't have moved to L6 at DD's gym and is one at new gym. The bars coach has...

Unfortunately, the playing field will never be level. It used to bother me that DD was competing against girls with more hours, multiple years at a level, TOPs training, etc. How fair was that in compulsories? or in Xcel? It took me longer than it took DD to get over the "knowledge" that she...

Nost of the meets we attend start with the National Anthem before the first session of the day and then mention at the start of the rest thsat it was done in the AM. I have not attended a meet with a prayer or moment of silence. I think I would find it unusual regardless of the faith, but...

Beam - a mount where she swaps legs, a split jump/tuck jump, full turn, BHS (well, she did that at her last meet spotted, but should have it by the next meet), a bunch of dance and a cartwheel back tuck. I think that is it. Before she did the BHS, she did CWCW into her back tuck. Floor -...

wow. Sorry for the post nearly unreadable with typos. I love my Samsung phone, except the darn keyboard.

For my DD, she competed 2 years at L4 and scored out of L5 prior to switching to XP. She didn't have to hit the new L4 score because she had already competed. However, other than her 1st L4 meet, she would have met the current mobility score. Once she has her bars where they need to be, she...

I wonder if tye transition if ownership voids any contractual non-compete for coaches and gymnasts. Hopefully a decebt gyn or two in tbe area will court those coaches who are a healthy backbone to the gym and entice them away from Twistars.

Is there really no other gym in the area that can produce NCAA athletes? I could almost see a 16 year old Level 10 having a difficult time making a decision to leave. But, a 9 year old L4? wow

Our coaches equate XG as 3,4,5 and XP as approximately 5,6,7. The girls need more skills than required at 6, but cast angles and leap/jumps are not as strict. The FHS vault is a 10.0 start at 5,6,7 and is only a 9.8 at XP. My DD hopes to return to JO levels after XP and when she does, it will...

How many of those victim impact statements used phrases like - Nassar was like family. We trusted him. etc. It is imperative that parents stop using these phrases as excuses cor being willing to violate safe sport policies. Most are trustworthy, but the abuser doesn't wear a sign saying that...

Other sports and youth organizations work just fine without children being alone with coaches or other non-related adults. Sure, it can make things a little more conplicated, but it can work as long as parents and coaches buy in. No way I would trust my child with a coach who was willing to...

I still don't really understand how a 5 year old will be embarrassed competing at a meet that his old team attends. First of all, they may not even be in the same session. If they are, they likely will all be too busy competing to notice what your son is doing. If he is doing skills he is...

Why would he be embarrassed? My DD has competed at meets knowing that she won't do well. But that doesn't mean she will be embarrassed. Her team and coaches are supportive. The families are all supportive. Other teams don't really pay any attention and wouldn't care one way or the other.

Thanks. She got an 8.6. I think she lost her SV on her cast out of her high bar kip into her flyaway dismount. Although maybe her cast on law bar wasnt high enough - who knows. One of them had a little table tent thing with a 9.5 and the other had a 10.0. I didnt really notice if they spoke...

So, how does it work? DD competed today, XP. One of the judges gave her a 10.0 start value and the other showed a 9.5 start value. So, how do they cone up with a score in that case? Do they have to agree on her start value? Do they just calculate their individual scores (using their start...

Now that would be a fitting punishment.

My high school switched the time of classes. We had 7 classes a semester, but only 6 each day. day 1 - ABCDEF day 2 - BACGDE day 3 - CBAFGD and so on. there wad a 7 day revolving schedule with periods a,b,c always in the morning, e,f,g always in the afternoon and d rotated through the whole...