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    Anon As June 15 approaches

    I'm so excited to see where she ends up!
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    Coaches Getting into coachint and advice for beginner coaches

    I started coaching at my gym as a 14 year old level 9. I was honestly probably too young but was great with kids and loved the sport and it was Wisconsin in the early 2000s. USAG does (did?) a hands on spotting course that I actually did find helpful, although there was a time mix up and our...
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    Women Projected xcel level?

    Yeah I know it's not required but it is required to move through the rec levels at our gym. We have beginning, intermediate, intermediate plus, and then advanced. Then team, entering at either bronze or silver. A kick over is required to move from beginning to intermediate and a two foot...
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    Women Projected xcel level?

    Honestly at our gym, we're not putting anyone on team who can't do a pullover. Keep working at it!
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    Women Regional Accomplishement Gift

    Talk to your coach. They can reach out to the hosts or possibly the regional chair depending how your region handles things!
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    Men Atlanta Area Gym Recommendations

    No idea about gyms but moving to Atlanta in the summer...good luck. I almost melted waiting outside the airport for my friend to pick me up one July when I was visiting her. It definitely made an impression.
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    Parents Gymnast left out

    Age ranges can make it tricky but I would definitely encourage hosting or initiating gatherings if your daughter is interested! And it might be worth just a quick email to a coach if everyone is being invited to things regularly except for just one or two athletes.
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    Parents Changed gyms

    It will depend on how the gym handles routines then. At my most recent job, the athletes did not pay for the music or routine, just for the private lesson to learn it, so the choreographing coach and therefore the gym owned the music and choreography. When I was an athlete, we did buy our music...
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    Parents Changed gyms

    I'm sorry you're in this situation. It is typically considered bad practice to use a routine one gym choreographed while competing for a different gym without permission. I don't necessarily there's any kind of legal grounds, but it's typically outlined in a team handbook/contract. For...
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    Women beam series level 8

    You would need to connect something to your aerial. I actually loved front tumbling on beam so I love a good front walkover front handspring but there's a reason you don't see that top often. Front walkover aerial could work though I believe.
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    Anon Spotting on bars - compulsory levels

    I coached gold bars for a long time and would stand between the bars through most of the summer when we learned jumping to high bar and then for every meet.
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    Parents How to help a Level 2 who is “afraid” of new skills

    Find ways to build confidence in things they're doing well - praise them for effort even in the small things. Give them opportunities to lead. Do a lot of drills and progressions. Build a relationship.
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    Anon Long conditioning break?

    I haven't heard of that myself. I think it's common to back off a little right before meets but even then we'd always still do our basic bar conditioning (as an athlete myself and with my athletes as a coach). In that case, bar conditioning was part of our warm up for a lot of our levels and was...
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    Parents How to help a Level 2 who is “afraid” of new skills

    And they can totally overcome it! I coached a level 3 who was afraid of everything. Now she is a level 10 and even dipping a toe into junior elite! I haven't coached her in years and I don't coach anymore at all but following her results makes me so proud.
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    Parents Quitting due to bar skills?

    It's just now the beginning of May! I would take all pressure off and just tell your daughter to go to gym, have fun, and work hard. This is also a rare case of when I think a private lesson or two might be in order, since most of the athletes in her group won't really be doing a lot of kip...
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