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    Parents New to XCel Bronze - Crying?

    Here to agree! My DD cannot go more than about 90 minutes without a snack during practice without getting hangry and skills declining. They don’t do snack breaks but her coach knows how she is and lets her run to her locker for a nibble whenever she needs to and it has helped so much. She...
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    Parents New to XCel Bronze - Crying?

    This!!! When my five year old started bronze and went from two hours a week to six hours a week and a new gym with everyone 2-5 years older than her I felt so bad when she would cry that I would sit there the entire three hour practice. It made things worse. I started leaving and the coach had...
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    Women Projected xcel level?

    Congratulations! Our silvers train 9 hours a week as well. I hope you love it!
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    Anon How,much is to much

    I don’t think anyone can answer that for you…is it too much for you? It’s all about what you’re willing to do and what your schedule can accommodate. We drive 40 minutes each way and it doesn’t bother me too much.
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    Parents Grips while learning kip

    I don’t have much to add except my 7 year old is kipping, jumping to high bar, doing fly aways, starting to work clear hips, giants on strap bar, all without grips. She was told she could get them when she got her kip but didn’t and hasn’t been told anymore about it. I feel like I see golds and...
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    Women Projected xcel level?

    You would be pre team at our gym and bronze if you get your pullover
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    Parents WIll i move to Gold?

    Every gym is different. Ours uses xcel as the path to optionals so I feel like that influences harder requirement. They require back walkover/cartwheel/back handspring on beam plus a front tuck or back tuck dismount, glide kip and high bar kip as well as fly away on bars, front tuck and ROBHBT...
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    Women Back tuck trepidation

    Thank you! She sprinted this past fall and is doing swim this summer. I’m more just nerding out and enjoying learning about technique more than anything and sharing her progress since this post started with her being afraid of back tucks and that was just a month ago! I haven’t passed any of...
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    Coaches ADHD gymnasts and proprioception

    It doesn’t appear the video attached
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    Women Back tuck trepidation

    You’re right. She needs it to move up but the plan is likely to repeat anyway even if she has it and keep refining those basics so she likely won’t even compete it next season (dec/Jan). Just fun to keep working.
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    Women Back tuck trepidation

    Also I will add she is a young 7 and this back tuck is less than a month old. She typically can only focus on a few elements at a time. When she’s building a new skill I feel like her old skills always suffer. Maybe age, maybe just how she is.
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    Women Back tuck trepidation

    Thanks so much! I would say that was a very unusual ROBHS for her; she has historically not had an issue with short back handsprings. I think she is focusing so much on the connection to the tuck she is throwing away the handspring a bit. Although I do agree it is a skill she never should stop...
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    Women Back tuck trepidation

    I knew I could count on you for the good advice. She doesn’t typically do much at home besides standing on her head and full turns etc but she’s been chomping at the bit on these back tucks once she got over her initial hesitation. I’ll post a couple videos. One doesn’t show her round off and...
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    Women Back tuck trepidation

    Next question: she has a ROBHBT now on trampoline/tumble track. Unfortunately we just had the girls from the lower level move up into her group meaning more energy is needing to be spent catching them up so she isn’t getting as many reps as she was before. Is there anything she can be doing at...
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    Anon Gym quietly ending evening practices

    I’m so sorry that’s so sad. We often compete against Bull City and I’m always amazed by the talent and polish those girls display. Hoping the dust settles and everyone ends up in a good new situation.
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