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    Parents XCEL is limiting?

    Is there a DP gym that you can reasonably commute to, knowing that as she progresses the hours and commitment will increase? If yes, reach out to the gym(s) after state meets are complete and ask for your daughter to be evaluated. However, she's young and absolutely fine to stay in xcel. In...
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    Coaches Team games

    My daughter always loves a stick contest and it can be done with multiple levels - girls do the passes from their routines. She feels like it is a great way to get some focus time on landings and it's fun!
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    Parents college dreams

    Aside from the low likelihood of making it to the NCAA level, your daughter might not even want that later. It's pretty normal for younger girls to be absolutely devoted to gymnastics in the early years but as they get older, especially into middle school, things can shift overnight. Puberty...
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    Parents DP to XCEL

    It only goes up from here. Even is she moves to bronze, silver will have more hours and so on. My 12-year old optional daughter struggles with the balance (we had tears yesterday over this very subject!) and there is no great answer that works for everyone. She does homework on the way to the...
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    Off Topic Trends at Your Gym

    Nike pros (no other brand will do, apparently), ugg slippers, coordinating matching leos from past meets with teammates, memorizing everyone's floor choreography and enthusiastically dancing every.single.routine......
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    Parents Petitioning to level 6?

    It's a very simple process but as mentioned above, your coaches need to do it. My daughter didn't even realize it was completed until many weeks after the fact - videos were taken during practice (no formal routines) and then submitted with the forms.
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    Parents How important is presentation in floor routine?

    It is definitely important but it will come! My daughter was a bit more shy/reserved when she was younger. Now she looks like a UCLA gymnast on floor and her scores reflect it. She now understands the performance aspect (she's 12) but it would have stressed her out previously if I had pointed it...
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    Parents Skills tracker

    In our experience, the girls are well-versed in what is needed for the next level and after that. It is frequently discussed and drills and progressions can start years in advance. If you want a tracker for your own info, great, but it should not be a mystery in terms of what is needed to...
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    Parents WAG/Xcel does your gym switch between?

    It varies region to region, state to state...in our area, the large majority of girls start in Xcel and then decisions about path are made after Gold. In my daughter's current team of 20 girls, levels 6, 7 and 8 -- every single girl started in Xcel.
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    Parents Should we switch from NGA?

    I am not a fan of NGA. Our first gym, a few years back, competed both NGA and USAG in the same season, and while I didn't know anything about gymnastics back then, I was able to compare. We ended up switching gyms for a few reasons but leaving NGA was a big one. Reasons: 1. Overinflated...
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    Parents Excel → DP? Rookie Gym Dad Asking Smarter People for Help

    You've already received great advice but I will add a few things, specific to my daughter who started in the xcel track and is now level 7. 1. Do not worry about scoring out of levels 4/5. Have her coaches petition her to level 6 once she turns 12 - this will save a ton of time and honestly...
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    Parents Lower Back Pain During Cast on Bars?

    Agree with @NutterButter definitely see an ortho who knows gymnastics. We had a girl on our team who was having back pain during casting and it was a fairly serious issue with fluid in between her vertebrae (not sure of the official name). Her pain would come and go but was most frequent during...
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    Women Can i switch from excel gymnastics to JO?

    There is much to be gained from the gymnastics without even thinking about college or beyond. Silver to level 7 would not be a possible move for most people. What are your competition ready skills on each event? Regardless of what level you may fall into, find a gym that is supportive of you...
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    Parents "inability to get skills" - questions about this

    Wondering more about levels 9 and 10 since those are in our sights...so far flipping a vault is going well for my daughter, but I can definitely see that as we have a girl who bails every single time she tries and is now going to repeat level 7 for the 3rd time.
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    Parents "inability to get skills" - questions about this

    A recent thread mentions that the inability to get skills can be a reason girls quit. Makes sense, though I have not really thought about this before. How common is this - that a girl wants to keep going but can't because she's reached a plateau? Are there certain skills that tend to be the...
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