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    Parents Moving to Upstate South Carolina

    We live just up the mountain (an hour from Greenville) and I’m sorry to say the gym choices are few and far between in this general area. I know Callie Gardner who competes for Kentucky went to Easley gymnastics but I don’t know much about their reputation outside of that.
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    Parents Mental block/fear of jumping to high bar

    I don’t have a ton to offer except hugs and encouragement as my daughter has just mostly come through this exact fear after months of being terrified. She too had a bad fall (no injury, just scared), saw a teammate fall, and is young and small so the jump feels enormous. It spread to where she...
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    Parents Experience/ Feedback on Years Long Mental Block

    Is your daughter in the 7-8 age range? Mine developed a huge fear of jumping to high bar quite suddenly around age 7 and is just now coming out of it months later. In going through this we discovered it seems to be a very common fear for that age range. We did a few privates with the block set...
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    Parents Should we switch from NGA?

    We have very few gyms in our area as well and one of the biggest ones competes NGA and scores in the 39s and 38s are common with some sessions having no scores below 36s. In contrast my DD has competed USAG and AAU and 36s can absolutely be podium scores. So definitely seems like they have some...
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    Women What XCEL Level would I be?

    At our gym you’d be a silver if it was pre season but by meet season that ROBHS is required on floor no spot for us. We require ROBHBT and front handspring over the table, kip, back walkover on beam, and back tuck dismount off beam for gold although I think sometimes the criteria at our gym is...
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    Parents Mental block/growth spurt

    I have a kid the same age who is also a powerful tumbler (has a ROBHBT) and sometimes the speed she tumbles with makes things bigger, scarier, and harder to control than for her less powerful teammates. A few months ago she really refined her BHS to be even more stretched out and powerful and...
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    Parents Looking for Elite-Level Daytime Gym Options in South Carolina

    Sounds like she isn’t seven yet so would have to wait a bit to score out
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    Parents Looking for Elite-Level Daytime Gym Options in South Carolina

    Can I ask how old she is? A 7 year old gold is a very different thing than a 10/11 year old as far as likely trajectory etc. Was she competing xcel as a path to optionals instead of compulsory or was she placed on a “true xcel” team? If she was identified as an elite trajectory gymnast at her...
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    Parents Gateway skills for DP Compulsory Levels?

    Level 3 the big step up is a round off back handspring. It is also the first time they compete a front handspring vault (although over a mat stack not the table) but I feel like for most level 2s the big focus is that round off back handspring. A front hip circle on bars is also required as...
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    Parents 4 Year Old Gymnast Advice

    When my daughter was barely five she moved to training six hours a week and it was a BIG and honestly somewhat painful adjustment and she was and is quite mature for her age. I cannot imagine her doing that a year earlier and for NINE hours a week. Until that point she was in a pre team class...
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    Parents Looking to narrow down gym choices that would be a good fit for our competitive daughter

    I can’t help with the specific gyms but I think it would be helpful for people to know your daughter’s age and level/experience to help point you to a good fit.
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    Women Competitive Mess

    I’m assuming she’s at least six and therefore eligible for silver/level 3? Levels can definitely be frustrating. I’d ask for a coach meeting to clarify the plan for her and get direct answers for all your questions.
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    Parents XCEL at lower levels, then JO

    My daughter just finished xcel silver at a gym that uses xcel in place of compulsories and I think it’s a dual edged sword. For her it is the right environment: the repetition of compulsories probably would have had her quitting the sport years ago. Starting in xcel has allowed her to thrive...
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    Parents Needing some commiseration

    Oh that’s so discouraging. I’m so sorry she’s going through that. It’s probably making it so much worse that it’s being treated as a gateway. Hopefully she’ll rock her BHS and they’ll stop making it an issue
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    Parents Needing some commiseration

    Thanks! I don’t. She does them on her floor beam when she wants to and I don’t discourage her but maybe I should.
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