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    Parents Should non competing injured teammate be excluded/included from victory celebration?

    I was just looking for other people's opinions. Do you think an injured teammated should be invited to a celebration for a victory that she did not contribute to because she was injured at the time? Should it be up to the girls who did compete?
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    What is level PN?

    Hi. We have a visiting gymnast for the summer. She claims to be a level 8, but other than a back handspring on the beam,she has no optional skills. So I got curious and looked her up online. At her most recent meets she competed as level PN. What does that mean?
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    Coaches Should gymnast be kept home?

    My daughter has been on the competitive side of the gym for 3 years; since she was barely 5. She never really cries at practice, not even when her ankle was injured (growth plate pulled away from bone). On Monday (Labor Day) she woke up crying. She was running a little fever. On Tuesday her...
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    Camp

    Has anyone attended UF, Auburn, or the Univeresity of Georgia's summer gymnastics camp? Does anyone have any recommendations? I am trying to compare.
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    Parents Meet fees

    Are meet fees this crazy everywhere? My son had a level 5 meet a couple of weeks ago. We had to first pay an $80 Fee to enter him, then travel, then hotel, and then $15 dollars per adult and $10 dollar per child (under 10-year-old). For our family, that was an additional $55. (Our gym only...
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    Parents No flip flopping gyms

    One of dd’s teammates left our program because she was not getting along with one of the coaches. When she changed gyms, she was told that she would not be welcome back. Gym flip flopping is not allowed. This is not written in the rules, but that is what she and all her teammates were...
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    Coaches Is this good coaching or abuse?

    My daughter just finished her level 4 season and is now starting on level 5. She works out 3 ½ hours 3 days a week. The last half and hour is conditioning. The last thing she does is a pike hold and a straddle hold on parallets with her feet rose over a panel mat. On her 30 second straddle...
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    Coaches Breaking in grips with water

    The girls in my daughter’s group all recently received their grips. My daughter and a teammate have had a couple private lessons together and that coach has let them use them a little to break them in. Well yesterday the bar coach let all the girls use their grips for the first time. She...
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    TGC Parent

    Hi. I am a parent to two gymnasts. My son is an 11-year-old level 5. He is working towards his second year as a level 5. He did not score high enough to go to regionals last year and wants to score higher this year. My daughter is a 7-year-old level 4. This is her second year competing level 4...

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