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    Parents Team changes post-season

    Ah yes, the move-up anxiety. I dread this every year. We've been at 2 gyms. One did a great job of keeping you informed throughout the year and being pretty transparent about this - ie, "if her progress continues at this pace, she'll be ready for L7 next year". Then final levels were determined...
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    Parents Advice, gym fit, level 4

    I won't repeat any of the other good feedback you've already received, but I think the "raw talent" label leads to this kind of frustration. We are also consistently told this about our daughter yet I do not see this talent always translate to easy success for her as it did in the lower levels...
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    Parents How do you handle late practice nights for your gymnasts?

    We're actually considering a move to a daytime program and I am dreaming of having my daughter home each evening. I just miss her on top of the challenges with logistics and late dinner/shower/catch up time. But I agree that gym has made her very organized with school - she gets her homework...
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    Coaches Gymnast Win

    All girls get hugs/high fives from coaches as they exit the event and that is the extent of it. There is no discussion of placing (good or bad) post meet whatsoever in our 4 years of competing.
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    Parents State Teams at Regionals (Region 8)

    There are Xcel state teams in region 8 as we had someone at our gym on the team - she was Gold.
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    Parents Typical commute to gym for collegiate hopefuls in level 9/10

    We're not close to L10 but my daughter wants to switch gyms next year at L7 for this reason and we'd be looking at a longer drive (we drive 45min - hour in crazy traffic right now). I used to be totally against this when she was younger but she's now in a school with a modified schedule that...
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    Parents Travel Distance for a gym

    Ugh. I feel you. I honestly don't know if she'll love gym as much without her teammates, many of which she's been with for years now but she is adamant that she is okay with moving gyms to try to reach her goals. We'll see. Best of luck to you! :)
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    Parents Travel Distance for a gym

    We live in an incredibly congested major metro area, and have traveled 45 min - hour for 4 years now....and it's less than 10 miles. I get really tired of it but it is just the way it is where we live. The drive home isn't as bad bc of less traffic. I do enjoy the 1:1 time with my daughter and...
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    Parents Age/Level and Path they took to get there

    7 - preteam 8 - Silver 9 - Gold 10 - L4 score out, then L5 (hated it) back to Gold for a season 11 - L6, then gym closed unexpectedly 11 part 2 - Platinum at new gym Plan is L7 next year but obviously, things don't go to plan very much in gymnastics
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    Parents Parent interaction

    I think the longer the girls train together, the more you get to know the parents. This isn't from sitting at practice (nobody really does that at the higher levels, at least at the 2 gyms we've been at) but between meets, coordinating social events outside of the gym, traveling...I definitely...
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    Parents Coach fees 1400 for 6 meets?

    This seems reasonable, even on the lower end compared to what we pay. When you say "coaches fees" I am assuming you mean the meet fees in total, which includes coaches fee? We pay between 2200-2500 for 5 meets plus state, and then regionals is extra for those who qualify. L6
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    Parents Competitive Gymnastics tuition costs

    We are in a large metro area and pay $425/month for 16 hours weekly for level 6 plus $2,200 in meet fees for 6 meets (one is out of state). Regionals is extra for those who qualify. Choreography is about $400 for beam/floor. We don't need new leo kits this year so that saves us around $600.
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    Parents Working parents - not welcome ?? (Driving)

    We're 4 years into team and I don't think I've met a stay at home parent (I am sure there are some, but all the parents I've become friendly with work). It's a struggle but as others said, we've figured it out. I work from home with and have flexibility but that sometimes translates to starting...
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    Parents Any words of wisdom? XCEL Gold to Level 4

    Hi. Having been through this myself - she might be bored. Xcel gold is a lot more fun than level 4. Depending on how your gym trained gold, she might not learn any new skills and will instead be focusing on form/shaping. My daughter went from gold to L4 and was miserable/bored out of her mind...
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    Parents Fractured growth plate recovery time?

    Hi - have any of you dealt with a type 1 growth plate fracture of the left radius? Yesterday was my daughter's first day of summer training and her hand slipped off the beam during a bhs and here we are. We're in a temp cast now, awaiting our appointment with our pediatric sports ortho later...
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