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  1. TheXcelMom

    Off Topic Gymnast Sanity

    My DD has taken to watching "Dance Moms." There's plenty of equivalence with gymnastics. Lots of practice. Competitions. Some girls are "better" than others when they're like...eight or nine. These women are bananas. Holy heck. The things they say to their children, about their bodies, their...
  2. TheXcelMom

    WAG Hollow shape vs straight shape

    In every event there seems to be a choice coaches can make. Train the girls to do a hollow shape or straight shape. For instance on kip-casts, or handstands. But what's the rule? This is for Xcel, if that matters. Our girls are learning hollow and it's not getting the appreciation of the judges...
  3. TheXcelMom

    Parents Assisted stretching

    Daughter. 12YO. XG. She's lost her splits. Her flexibility overall seems to have decreased. She has to work on that, generally, but there's also been talk of these places that do assisted stretching. I'll call one next week to find out how often an athlete usually goes (at 75-80 bux a pop) if...
  4. TheXcelMom

    WAG Xcel Friday morning sessions

    We (and I mean WE because the entire family is affected) have THREE Friday 8am competition sessions this season. That's three missed school days. Three missed work days. Between now and regionals, there could be more Friday mornings. This is our fourth Xcel competition season and we've had only...
  5. TheXcelMom

    WAG XG Floor Music beeps

    We just chose and edited this year's routine music. We got it down to 60 sec but the beginning is very abrupt (this is the nature of the piece, it's not the cutting). She needs the beep at the beginning. Will the beeping count as part of the time? Also, is there somewhere I can get an mp3 of the...
  6. TheXcelMom

    Parents Bad Attitude (or is it me?)

    My daughter is 11. She was in Xcel Silver last year and did amazing (high 37-38 AA thru regionals) considering her gym offered only 6 hours a week practice. Her best friends were in the gym. They were all positive and loving vibes. She was working on platinum level skills. Staffing issues caused...
  7. TheXcelMom

    Parents Mental Block from changing gyms

    My 11yo daughter's gym stopped offering Xcel, as the only Xcel coach quit a week before regionals. They couldn't find a replacement and had to kill the program entirely--though they kept it on life support with the JO teams through Regionals. DD did really well, because the block only extended...
  8. TheXcelMom

    WAG Kip Tips

    My DD 11 has been trying to mount the low bar with a glide kip for months. Sometimes she gets it. Sometimes she can't do it. Generally, she's not the kind to muscle her way up onto the bar. She keeps her arms straight. She knows the form and the shapes, but it seems like she's not understanding...
  9. TheXcelMom

    Parents Gym Cancelling/Downgrading Xcel

    Hi Gym Parents, Our DD is in a small XS team. We are very happy with both the gym and the program. DD and her teammates performed very well in the State meet. Of the 7 Xcel girls, 4 got gold in an event. 5 placed top 5 in AA. They've struggled to staff Xcel, so they can't grow it, and it's not...

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