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  1. Jenn's Jam

    Parents Help!/Update - Level 8 or 9.

    Hey! So I've been gone from the forum for quite some time as DD (12) has been insanely busy I forgot to post anything on here. So as some of you may know, DD has not been doing gymnastics for long, she has only been doing it for about 1.5 yrs. Granted, she did do dance for all of her life...
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    Parents Meet Season, Finished!

    Woohoo! After a CRAZY first year of team and gym in general I'm proud to say we're done! L7 State was a blast, DD (12) had so much fun.. Came in 1st on floor and beam, 2nd on vault and 3rd on Bars and 2nd overall. Super proud! She will be switching to the L8 group starting on tomorrow. We're...
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    Parents Should I hold her back.

    DD (12) recently has gotten all skill requirements for L8.. Now I always want the best for my DD but I feel like she may be progressing to fast, like just a few months ago she got all skills for L7 and lets not forget that the kid hasnt even done gym itself for 2 years. I did ask the HC about...
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    Parents Meet Season!

    DD Has about 1 more meet until state, so far she has done great! She has gotten 1st AA On 2/5 meets so far. I'm very proud of how far she has gotten! How have your DD's done so far this meet season?
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    Parents Your personal preference?

    This is a bit off topic but, here are a few questions that I would like some peoples imput on! As a gym parent- Do you prefer watching practice in the summer (upgrading time) or the winter/spring (meet season) ? Do you prefer watching meets or practices? Whats your favorite event to watch...
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    WAG Best, home remedies for rips?

    DD recently got a rip that is basically as big as her palm, (via giantso_O) dd also has a meet on friday and I can't get
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    Parents To do L7 or not to do L7. (Our Choice)

    If you havent read the thred, Transferring to L7 After one year in gym I reccomend reading that before this one so this one will make more sense :) ) So now that DD's (12) Last practice is tomorrow (from her 2 week trial at L7) we had a very tough decision to make. We started thinking about it...
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    Parents Transffering to Level 7 after one year of gym?

    So, the gym were at is a secondary gym from the main gym so the owner isnt usually at the second gym to often. Yesterday he came to coach the Xcel Platinums/Diamonds (my dd (12) is in gold) But sometimes she trains with the platinums if gold has to many people that day. And that was one of the...
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    Parents DD's coach finally letting her do her harder skills again.

    If you didn't read my thread " "Progressing to fast" ..?" I reccomend reading that before this one.https://www.chalkbucket.com/forums/threads/progressing-way-to-fast.60736/page-2#post-526876 Anyways, so for the past 2 months dd's coach did start giving her every other week private lessons...
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    WAG How many 8-Inchers can you use on beam?

    Although I did used to compete Level 9 I don't know if rules have changed or not.. So please bare with me as this is my gymmies first year competing! Anyways, so I was watching videos of meets and I noticed that theres either an 8-Incher (mat) off to the back of the beam (For dismounts) Or...
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    WAG Xcel Gold's Bar Setting?

    Couldn't find anything on google so I went here haha. Does anyone know if Xcel Gold has to have a specific bar setting? Or is it like L4 where you can have it at any distance and any height?
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    Parents More then scared for her first meet?

    So recently I asked my DD if she was excited about her first meet (Coming up in December) this is her first year not just doing team but doing gymnastics in general. If you haven't seen my thread about how her coach is making her stop doing her harder skills although he said form had nothing to...
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    WAG Grips.. To Buckle Or To Velcro

    Hi, so I was told by the gym that we were going to need a backup pair of grips... And My DD was honestly excited too because all of a sudden her grips are the worst grips in her eyes.. *sigh* So I am gonna have to get her another pair for "backup" purposes..But I have a feeling she will just...
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    Parents "Progressing way to fast" .. ?

    My DD (Nearly 12) recently got her Roundoff back handspring Back Layout, and she has only been doing gym for exactly a year (Today marks the year mark!) and team for 6 months. She also get her giants on pit par- front handspring vault at 120 (She is only 4'10 so the vault is nearly taller then...
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    Parents Pressure helps?

    So my DD (11) recently joined team (Around march-ish) -Side note, september will be her first year taking gymnastics classes in general yay! - and we also recently got a trampoline. So we have camera's on our front porch , back yard & facing the trampoline in case the kids get hurt. So she...
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    Parents In DESPERATE need of some floor music!

    Alright long post! Be prepared! So this is my first thread on Chalk Bucket but I have been poking around for awhile.. Anyways, So for a little bit of backstory since this is my first thread, I have 3 kids all girls ODD Has been graduated for a year now but she did dance from around 5 to when...
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    Parents Gymnastics Colab Youtube Channels?

    Recently my DD asked if she could join a Colab Gymnastics Youtube Channel. She would have to audition and such. It seems pretty legit. As this channel just started nearly a week ago I am scared that this could be a threat to her privacy? I know if she wanted to audition for a channel that seems...

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