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  1. PeanutsMom

    WAG Platinum bars not meeting requirements

    I saw this with Diamond as well. One gym had no girls with cast handstands. Casts in general were really weak. Clear hips were low and incurred pretty significant deductions, but because they had no giants, they did clear hip on low bar and as a circling skill on high bar. I think the feeling is...
  2. PeanutsMom

    Parents Daughter is pushed from JO to excel

    If she has been a top gymnast for years now and an AA champion and 3rd in at least one meet as you stated, then her skills should be consistent or at least up to level. I am sorry, but there are so many mixed messages here. Was the AA in a large meet, like an invitational, or your home gym...
  3. PeanutsMom

    Parents Daughter is pushed from JO to excel

    She is level 7 and not doing a front or back tuck consistently? How will she compete harder skills as a level 8? Isn't an A salto required from level 5 up? And for what its worth, my daughter was a level 7 for 2 years through injury and has switched to XCEL Diamond. She is thriving and still...
  4. PeanutsMom

    Parents Costs to participate in Xcel team?

    My DD is XCEL Diamond, trains 16 hours per week in summer, 13.5 hours per week during the school year. Our fees are a little over $3000 for the year and travel is paid for by us. We keep the same leo for 2 years, warm ups don't change and gear like gym shoes/back pack don't change so unless you...
  5. PeanutsMom

    Parents One Thing Every Gymnastics Newbie Should Know?

    I wish I knew that coaches say one thing to parents, but how they treat your kids is infinitely more important. A coach who is a used car salesman to get people into the program and money for the gym may end up having a profoundly negative impact on your child. Environment is more important...
  6. PeanutsMom

    Parents Spondy Recovery IS possible

    There have been a LOT of posts about spondyolothesis and other back injuries. My daughter has been going through it since December of 2021. I just want to reiterate that I am NOT a doctor, just a parent of a gymnast who has gone through this journey. Yesterday we had her rescans. She has been...
  7. PeanutsMom

    WAG Age groups for Regionals

    Just curious..Is there a published list of age groups for regional competitions or it is still taken by birthday and then divided evenly from that point? Also are groups at regionals limited in size? I know our state meet groups were supposed to be 20 athletes or less in each age group. It...
  8. PeanutsMom

    Parents Brag moment!

    I am posting this here because you all have been on a journey with me as I have shared my daughter's return to gymnastics from Spondyolothesis and a slipped disc. Last year as a level 7 she missed almost 10 weeks. She was cleared to return to bars only just before state last year (10 practices...
  9. PeanutsMom

    Parents Diabetic gymnast

    Both of my nieces are type 1 and they use omnipod which fits much like their dexcom cgm. Is her pump external and connected with tubing or is it flush like her dexcom? Perhaps a different pump/pod would work better with gymnastics.
  10. PeanutsMom

    Parents The average gymnast debate

    Your gym makes them repeat if they don’t hit a 36? If that were the case my daughter never would have gotten out of compulsory. She didn’t start placing until level 6 On floor and bars and floor in level 7. She switched to xcel diamond this year and is consistently first or second on bars but...
  11. PeanutsMom

    Parents Beam requirements

    With spondy she can’t do BWO BWO.. she has 2 back handsprings but she misses the connection too often. Maybe trying handstand back handspring this week to see how it goes.
  12. PeanutsMom

    Parents Level Progression Path - Pros/Cons?

    This is really a gym question. Some of the gyms here do all compulsory levels but pick and choose who gets to test out of 5 and go to 6. Some gyms in our area compete level 4, test out of 5 and then compete level 7 (6 isn't required if you have tested out of 5 as I understand it). The gyms that...
  13. PeanutsMom

    Parents XCEL Sapphire

    Just a question, is XCEL Sapphire going nationwide next year or will it still be limited to certain regions? We are region 2 and my daughter is just missing a few skills to make sapphire. Summer upgrades are planned, but routine construction will be based upon either Diamond or Sapphire (if its...
  14. PeanutsMom

    Parents Beam requirements

    I am going to jump in on this and ask what the SV would be for a diamond with an isolated BHS and a handstand back tuck dismount? Would this not be a 10.0 SV since the "series" is part of her dismount? She is changing it right now (a week before states) because her BHS BHS series just isn't...
  15. PeanutsMom

    Parents Looking for advice on my daughter's gymnastics track

    Just a word of caution about moving quickly and increasing hours. My daughter was level 3 at 7, level 4 at 8, level 5 at 9, level 6 at 10, level 7 at 11 and 12--then had to take a significant amount of time off due to a stress fracture in her L4 L5 vertebrae and a slipped disc between L5 and S1...
  16. PeanutsMom

    WAG L8 to Xcel Platinum I think, maybe???

    My daughter was a level 7 last year and is competing XCEL Diamond this year. Some of the previous level 6s went to platinum but all the 7s who switched programs went to Diamond.
  17. PeanutsMom

    WAG Grip recommendations

    Hi all. My daughter has been using the same grips since level 4 (Gibson Just Right Double Buckle). She ripped a hole in one today (yes she has a spare pair broken in). I am going to buy her a replacement pair, but her coach has suggested thicker grips for starting paks and other higher level...
  18. PeanutsMom

    WAG What needs to be added... (L9 Beam Routine)

    What needs to be added to this beam routine to make it Level 9? Straddle up handstand mount full turn Switch leap/Sissone BHS BHS Side Aerial BHS Back Tuck dismount Thanks for feedback
  19. PeanutsMom

    Parents Gymnastics Club Red Flags (What Have You Seen?)

    That was the attitude of this club. Once you hit optionals the threat to move to XCEL was thrown at the kids daily if they weren't progressing fast enough.
  20. PeanutsMom

    Parents Gymnastics Club Red Flags (What Have You Seen?)

    Favoritism -- ignoring gymnasts who are progressing at their own rate for girls whose parents push for privates, 2 a days, homeschool and pay a fortune in "extras"..then those gymnasts get praised for their "talent".. Not spotting skills and telling kids to just "chuck it" (one of the reasons...

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