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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    What is the new rule?
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    We were part of an unfortunate gym implosion last year, and as the coaches who remained started working on a rebuild plan they did a fair amount of research on what would be ideal for the current gymnasts and pipeline. They decided to move to Xcel in place of compulsories until L6, and then...
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    Women What makes a good Xcel program?

    This is common in our area and so for me, it was a big bonus - my daughter did one summer of L5 and was so miserable that she might have quit. Not because it was hard, but because it was boring. She's an optional gymnast now and Xcel provided a great foundation. But there are some people that...
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    Parents Team sizes

    I think it also depends on the experience and style of the coaches. Our optionals levels 6 thru 8 train together as a group of 20 with 2 coaches and with stations at each event there is zero down time/waiting in line. Our former gym didn't really do stations and there was lots of waiting around.
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    Parents Choosing floor music help

    Our floor coach is super picky about music. A current song or popular song will be not be approved. This year, she provided 3 options to my daughter as a starting point but my daughter didn't like them, so we picked about 9-10 more songs and her coach picked the winner. She's a gifted...
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    Parents Anxiety new to team

    See how the first few practices go! If she's not normally anxious, it might be the unknown of team. It's also possible she was told it is going to be hard work - which it is, but that doesn't need to be scary. Assuming since she's new to team, this is pre-team or a lower level...which means lots...
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    Men Atlanta Area Gym Recommendations

    Are you referring to Atlanta School of Gymnastics? They do. I am not sure how up to date their website is. Follow them on Instagram - @asgtucker @asgteamprogram @asgoptionals
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    Men Atlanta Area Gym Recommendations

    Ah ok, got it. Something to keep in mind then if the move comes through!
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    Men Atlanta Area Gym Recommendations

    What part of Atlanta? City proper or suburban? There are a few gyms ITP (in the Perimeter, a label for city of Atlanta and in-town suburbs) but I only know of one that has a boys program - Atlanta School of Gymnastics. There are many many gyms OTP (outside the Perimeter) but depending on where...
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    Parents Senior celebrations?

    Our gym does a little announcement at a practice towards the end of the season with a cute gift that aligns with where they are going to college. This year it was a storage container cube thing with their college logo filled up with stuff they can use in their dorm room, door dash gift cards, an...
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    Parents Criteria for Xcel vs DP

    Since the rules changed a couple of years ago, they've only done level 4 routines, 2 meets, to obtain the 36 mobility score twice. Girls start the level 4 learning late summer, scoring out in the fall and started competing 6 in the spring. No level 5 routines or score out.
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    Parents Criteria for Xcel vs DP

    More and more I am not seeing many gyms who even have compulsory around our area (major southern metro). Many gyms use Xcel until level 6. The criteria at that point for who moves over to DP and who remains in Xcel is sometimes talent but mostly appears to be who is interested in the time/cost...
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    Women Xcel Cons

    You'll find a lot of varying opinions on this depending on your region and whether or not xcel is being use "as intended". In our region, xcel is commonly used to bypass compulsory. Golds work on and compete level 6 skills, for example, and then many transition to level 6 the following year...
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    Parents Can you still order a regional leo if you decide not to attend (but qualify)?

    Yes we've already committed to a new gym - but would have to go to regionals with the old gym. In our region, Leos are extra and not part of the entry fee.
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    Parents Would it even be a meet weekend

    It has never once worked during a meet for me. meetscoresonline is normally the most reliable but if you're in a large convention center or large building I feel like the final scores nevvvvver load - but maybe that is intentional per the above poster! ha.
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