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    Parents What is your threshold for driving vs. flying to a meet?

    What is your driving distance/time limit? What is your gray zone of driving distance that leaves you debating if the cost of flying/car rental is worth it?
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    Parents GK website issue?

    Is anyone else having trouble placing an order on the GK website? It will allow me to put items into my cart but when I went to checkout, I had to create an account, which I did. I then verified the account through my email, logged in and did the "I'm not a robot" picture test correctly. But...
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    Parents Poll: booking flights - airline panic

    Acknowledging that we are not fortune tellers with crystal balls, I was wondering folks' thoughts on booking flights for February/March meets on Southwest. From our point of origin, they definitely offer the best scheduling options for meet travel, but I'm afraid to pull the trigger on booking...
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    Parents Big Optional Meet Question

    So, despite having done this for a few years with my older kid, the last two seasons she competed were so impacted by COVID that there was very limited travel involved. That said, can you all remind me of approximately how far in advance the bigger meets (WOGA, Hill's, etc) publish the schedule...
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    Parents How do you check the USAG status of a new coach?

    I am pretty sure that I knew how to do this once upon a time....but no longer! Can someone instruct me on how to figure out if a new coach coming to our gym is certified with USAG? And if they are certified, does that guarantee that they have a clean background check and no pending Safesport...
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    Off Topic Parent forum for divers?

    Well my older kiddo retired from gym a few weeks ago. She is 11 and heading into 6th grade. Friends, I'm still so sad about it...BUT she really did do this in the perfect way. She trained for level 8 and completed skills testing on a Friday, found out that she was good to go to compete level 8...
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    Parents Clothing for tween gymnast body

    So my older DD turned 11 three months ago and grew like a weed this past year. She is now 4'10" after barely being on the growth curve in the past. She has really broad shoulders, small "breasts" that are really mostly muscular pecs, and a rather straight waist:hip ratio. Muscular thighs and...
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    WAG Talk to me about Vault Table height

    I'm just curious and trying to learn the mechanics of this. My YDD is a newly minted 9 year old who is definitely on the small side. Her gym tests out of level 4, competes Gold, tests out of 5, and competes 6. Her new vault coach just had her move her front handspring vault from a 105 setting...
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    WAG Which vault is easier to flip?

    Question first, before the long tale of why I am asking! In your experience as a gymnast, coach, judge, parent, etc, is a Yurchenko or a Tsuk easier to flip? Background is that my DD broke her shoulder at the main growth plate last year, seemed to recover fine. Then this year started having...
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    WAG Regionals - lower numbers than usual - any insight?

    So I put this in a post about region 8 but wondered if anyone in any region had some insight. I noticed for NC level 7, in 2019 the top 105 girls (out of 213 competitors) made it to regionals. This year, it says that they will only take 56 girls. I wondered a few things: 1- are other...
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    Parents Region 8 regionals - breakdown?

    Wondering if anyone has seen the percentage breakdown for Region 8 Womens yet. Thanks!
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    Parents Quick beam series question

    Can anyone tell me how long a handstand needs to be held in a HS-BHS series? My kid is repeating 7 for what is left of this season after training for 8 all year (then getting injured), so she plans to compete a BHS-BHS that she had planned for 8, but will use a HS-BHS as a back up. I noticed...
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    How are all of you judges feeling about meets?

    Have you been given any word on how you will be kept safe with all of the coaches and athletes, and even the other judges (!) around you? Particularly with interstate competitions? I'm wondering if you all have been told anything about how some of these big interstate meets will be run given...
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    New Jersey ban on interstate indoor youth sports?

    https://www.trentonian.com/sports/gov-phil-murphy-bans-interstate-indoor-youth-sports-games-indefinitely/article_50a7e994-22cf-11eb-8901-5fc08ba2b73c.html My mom (I no longer live in NJ, but my family does) just emailed me that the NJ governor is planning to ban interstate indoor youth sports...
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    Parents Flat feet = poor releve

    So my kiddo has really flat feet. Like really flat. Nothing to do for them really as they are "flexible flat feet" not "fixed ...we just help her strengthen her ankles to she is less prone to sprains. I have recently noticed, though, that she has a tough time getting her feet to look pretty, for...
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    Parents Beam series level 7/8 and moving forward

    So my kid has had a BHS-BHS on beam for a while now, competed it on level 7 for her last few meets before COVID. She has always hated a BWO on beam and has *never* competed it. She did a single BHS on L5 and L6 and then a BHS-BHS on L7. After they were allowed to return to gym, she was assigned...
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    WAG What big or major meets have already been postponed or canceled?

    I read a post in another thread saying that many big meets were already canceled for the 2021 season. I figured that I'd start a thread so folks could list those meets in case anyone else is curious. I'll start with The Gala in Asheville, NC. Not huge, but a pretty big and well attended meet...
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    Parents No word on meets yet?

    Wondering if any of you whose kids have been back at gym for a few months already DON'T have meet scheduled or any word on meets yet. We've been back since mid-May and have not heard a word about whether the gym is planning to forego the season or do some in-state and drivable meets. They have...
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    Parents Anyone gone back to school in person yet?

    My kids start back 4 days a week in person in two weeks and have to wear masks all day, obviously. The school made parents commit to all virtual or a hybrid of in-person/virtual last week and only 40% wanted the hybrid option, so they are actually letting our kids go 4 days since there is enough...
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    WAG 30 for 30 Heavy Medals

    Has anyone listened to this season of 30 for 30? It's about the Karolyis. I was wondering if it was worth listening to.

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