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  1. pinklemonadeliz

    WAG L7 Floor Deduction question

    Quick question.... Does a small stumble coming out of a tumbling pass count as a fall?? My dd said they counted the small stumble after her second tumbling pass as a fall. She got a 9.450 as it was but she was bummed thinking it would have been a half point higher had that not counted as a...
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    Parents Some Parents need to find their filter

    Just wanted to vent for a moment while I gently remind all the parents out there that when they're packing their camera, snacks and other miscellaneous items to take with them to a meet that they should also remember to pack the filter that goes between their brain and their mouth. Last night...
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    WAG elbow dislocation/surgery & continuing pain

    I know there have been several threads about elbow dislocation and associated surgery to reattach the medial epicondyle. I've responded to one with my kiddo's story & it's pretty typical (over-rotation of back tuck on tramp - put arm out when bailing - dislocation of elbow w/ surrgery to...
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    Parents Booster Club Question

    How many of you have booster clubs or parent associations where the gym appoints a portion of the board members?? I have been told this is very common, but as I see it - if the parent group is a non-profit and a for-profit (the gym or it's coaches) appoint board members, those board members...
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    WAG Ankle Weights for all workouts

    My 11y/o dd's coach has recently started making the girls wear 5lb ankle weights during all of their workouts (3 practices per week, 3hrs each) - her back is starting to bother her & I'm wondering if it's because of the weights. I've heard it's not good to wear them that much but wanted...
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    Xcel Regionals

    I have a question.... Our gym is fairly new to the Xcel program (first competition year for our team) - there seems to be some confusion regarding qualifying for regional competition (Region 1) in April. The team rep & coach are under the impression that the only qualifier to go to States...
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    It's "All In Her Head"

    Soooo... My almost 11 y/o dd is mid-way through her second year of L4 - she's repeating the level because she just can't "get" the almighty Kip - she's solid on all the other L5 skills just that silly kip has eluded her. She's been doing private lessons with our head coach once a week since...
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    Level 1 2 3 Meet

    Our Parent Association is planning to host a level 1/2/3 (pre-team) meet as a fundraiser toward the end of summer. We are planning to invite 6-8 other gyms and let the girls all have fun & learn about what a meet is like. My questions for anyone that has done such a meet are: How do we score...
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    What is the Xcel Program?

    I've checked the forums here, googled it and looked it up on the usag website but I can't seem to get a good picture of excactly what the Xcel program is (ie how works and how it differs from the JO program). Our gym is going to start one of these programs and I'm trying (from a booster club...
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    Grips

    My dd is getting ready to aquire her very first pair of grips! She's so excited, but I have no clue what kind to get. I ran across a brand called Ginnasta & they're supposed to be really great - anyone have any experience with them or suggestions on the best first grips to get for a 10y/o...
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    Deduction on Beam

    quick question.... what is the deduction on beam when (in the L4 routine) the gymnast fails to hold the one footed landing and steps back onto the back foot to keep her balance?? Some have said it counts as a fall, but that seems like a pretty big deduction. I know someone here will have the...
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    Team Building

    Our level 4 team (ages 7-13) seems to be having some difficulty just plain old being nice to each other lately. The last couple of weeks, there has been a significant increase in girls belittling each other ("you only got ____ on beam, I got 2nd - that makes you a loser", etc) during workouts...
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    Meet Season "Stress"

    I have a question... The parents at my gym refuse to do just about anything during meet season - they can't do fundraising during meet season, they can't attend a parent meeting during meet season - the list is endless. I understand that weekends are busy during meet season and although my...
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    Parents Parent Association (Booster Club) Question

    I have a couple of questions for those parents who are involved in their gyms Parent Club. I am the president of our club and since my kiddo is a first year L4, I have no idea how this whole thing works. Our parent club was just getting started when I took over so there wasn't really anyone to...
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    Coach

    How do you deal with a coach who, right out in front of everyone, virtually says the girls in her class are no good? Last night, another coach was asking my dd's coach about why the L3's had been split into a & b groups and dd's coach (all the way across the gym) rolled her eyes, shook her head...
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    Parents Fundraising

    I have been trying to come up with ideas for team fundraising and was wondering about business sponsors - similar to what a little league team would do (except they, of course wouldn't have their business name on the backs of the girls leos! :)). The sponsors could get their business name on a...
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    Shooting Star

    My dd has now spent three months doing pennance in L2 after the big TOPs class fiasco at our gym. She only has one skill to "get" before she can move up & it's the shooting star off the bars. The TOPs coach never really gave them much time on the bars so, of course, it's her hardest event...
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    Hollow Body Cast

    I am a bit confused... My dd has been taught casts for years with a straight back and now that she has moved to JO team, she is being taught hollow body casts instead. I am just a bit confused - are hollow casts the norm and she had just been taught wrong all along or is it a coaching...
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    Parents First Experience not so good

    My dd finally got to move to her leveled class last night and, although the class was great and she really enjoyed it - my experience in the viewing gallery... not so much. In all the time I've been sitting up with the parents (and the hours are so many I could never count), I have NEVER heard...
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    Level 3 meets

    Just curious - I see many posts here about meets at level 3. Our gym doesn't start meets until 4 - if there are 3 meets out there is there a reason that a gym wouldn't start letting the girls compete at 3's. It just seems like the more meet experience they have under their belts, the better...

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