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    Parents Leaps and Jumps

    My daughter (13, L8) has such solid leaps and jumps on floor...and they are SO BAD on beam. Same leaps/jumps. This is pretty new and she's working on it and I am not saying a word. I know leaping on a beam is not the same as leaping on a floor. It's just amazing how different they are. I know...
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    Parents Competing in shorts

    My 13yo daughter will be L8 this season and wants to compete in shorts. No one else at her gym does and they haven't offered the option, though I'd be shocked if they pushed back at a gymnast who wanted to. Like many normal teens, she would rather not be the only one and attract that attention...
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    Parents Skills by letter?

    Is there a list of A/B/C/D skills? I'm trying to find it but I suspect I'm not using the right search words. Ha! My daughter just competed level 6, and we found out she could do 8 next season. Her coaches were talking about composition requirements and I guess I thought it would be easier to...
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    Parents Celebrating siblings

    For those of you with a gymnast and sibling who is not competitively athletic: how do you make sure they feel celebrated? I have two kids. My gymnast is a level 7 and practices 22 hrs/wk. Just that alone is a lot of family energy. Then during meet season, it's several weekends of focus on her...
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    Parents Encouragement during adolescence

    My gymnast is 12 and level 6. She's made a remarkable recovery from a broken elbow and loves gymnastics more than ever. She's also growing like a weed for the first time in her life and dealing with all the joy adolescence brings. She's been getting down on herself because she feels behind. She...
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    Parents Gymnast hitting puberty - what to expect?

    Hi wise parents! My 11-year-old 6th grader is finishing up level 5 and looking to compete level 7 next year. She trains 17 hr/wk right now, which will marginally increase. She's also a human, and we're starting to notice all the normal human things that happen in middle school. She still loves...
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    Parents Growth mindset help

    My 9-year-old L4 is on a great path and continually improving...except for vault. It's now at a point where she believes she's just not good at it, and no matter what she tries, she'll score poorly and that's just that. One of the things I love about gymnastics is how it instills a growth...
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    Parents Conference advice and how to find beast mode

    I have two questions, wise parents! Now that competition season has been over for a couple months and my newly 9-year-old daughter has been working on JO4 skills since then, we're having a parent-coach conference tonight. Any advice on questions to be sure to ask? I want to get her perspective...
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    Parents Gymnastics vs. Homework

    My third grader is training L4 and the gym is her happy place. The other side of that coin is that homework struggles are bordering on too much to handle. Each week, she gets a packet (like 4-6 pages) of spelling exercises, spelling words to work on, and she needs to read a bit every day. This...
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    Parents Communication about scratching

    Gym drama alert! Our gym competed at compulsory sectionals last weekend (my daughter is L3). Two of the girls on her team were scratched from floor, presumably because they don't have a reliably safe BHS. Fine; good call. The problem is that one of them found out she was being scratched in the...
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    Parents Talent v. Expense

    Just like all of yours, my daughter LOVES gymnastics. It's a big part of her identity. She's about to start competing level 3, so we're at the beginning of an intense journey. We love the strength and discipline and passion she gets from it, but I have a blunt, awkward concern. We aren't wealthy...
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    Parents Parents shut out - switch gyms?

    My daughter is a JO level 3 at a top gym in our area. She loves her gym and coaches, so we follow that lead. There's a disturbing pattern of lip service to parents, though, and I don't know how big of a red flag that should be. Over the summer, several parents were concerned about a particularly...

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