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    Parents Flexibility

    It is something that can be improved but it will require daily work outside of practice. Most gyms devote at most 15-20 minutes a day to flexibility training and it's mostly split and pike work. Doing bridges, rocking shoulders, pushing into a wall, that should really be done daily at home if...
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    Women OSU gymnastics camp

    So funny. I only read this as Oregon State but that's probably because I'm in Washington state. I don't have any experience with the camp though.
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    Parents XCEL is limiting?

    Some gyms use the same routines at the lower levels, it's up to the individual gym. If DP is an interest, consider doing an evaluation at another gym after the season is over. Certainly don't wait until she's a diamond. Most gyms that use Xcel instead of compulsories transition after gold...
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    Parents How do coaches decide groups for competition?

    For us it's bar settings and/or vault height. Even in silver we had one group who used a lower bar and one a higher bar. We lucked out and had pretty even numbers most of the time so that's how we split them up - we never needed different days, but we rotated in two groups and it's so much...
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    Parents Level 6 - current gym has no track record of college recruits -NY- not NYC

    I'll say the name just for clarity. Maggie Haney of MG Elite was banned by safe sport for being an abusive coach. You can Google her. I wouldn't put my child anywhere near her.
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    Parents Level 6 - current gym has no track record of college recruits -NY- not NYC

    Without asking your exact location, you could go look at the social media accounts for gyms that are driving distance for you that you know have level 10s, scroll back to the fall, and see who had athletes participating in signing day. That being said, regardless of recruiting potential, it...
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    Anon College gymnastics but I’m level gold

    There are a lot of posts on this topic, so I'd encourage you to poke through them. Long story short, NCAA gymnastics is very likely not in your future. I won't say 0 chance because wild things do happen sometimes, but it would be the one in a million story. Watch some college meets and ask...
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    Injury State

    I would talk to your coach because I believe it can vary from state to state, and your coach may have to submit you as a specialist.
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    NCAA Mountain West History

    Give it up for @JBS's daughter, whose 9.975 on bars this weekend made Air Force and Mountain West conference history!
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    Off Topic Introductions Thread (2025 Version)

    Hi! My dad played baseball and my mom was a choir kid but my pediatrician actually recommended gymnastics for me. My parents went with it and really enjoyed the ride. They always did their best at being supportive, even when my dad tried to ask how my yurchenko on bars was going. When I later...
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    Coaches Vault Tips: Half Full & Yurchanko Twisting Full

    In the half on full off, it looks like the block is severely locking. She's trying to twist without getting really anything from the table. It almost looks like she's twisting before she even blocks. What does her half on half off look like? I only ever did yurchenkos, never coached them, but...
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    Parents Mental block/fear of jumping to high bar

    A couple things, mostly highlighted by the fact that it sounds like her coach is either unsupportive, unwilling, and or has given up. First off, gold only requires a high bar dismount. I have seen athletes mount directly to the high bar and do their entire routine there. It's possible. Not...
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    Parents How to?

    Technically they are allowed to do up to one salto in silver but her coach decides if it is competition ready. Does her gym use Xcel in place of compulsories or is Xcel completely separate? Regarding nationals, it looks like this year is still an invitational for all xcel levels, but you'll...
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    Parents How to?

    I am not aware of a level 3 platinum. The USAG developmental program uses numerical levels 1-10. Levels 1-5 are compulsory, where each gymnast does the same routine. If she is a level three, her biggest floor skill is a round off backhandspring, beam is a handstand, her whole bar routine is...
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    Anon L7 floor deduction question

    That is incorrect. The 180 split is required regardless, as is the connected front pass. a backwards acro series which includes a back salto that is directly connected to a flight element- this could be roundoff back-handspring back-layout* a front acro series that includes a front salto —...
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