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    Men MAG National Qualifier

    Anyone you're particularly excited about?
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    Coaches Coach brag thread

    I'm not a coach anymore formally but I am a coach at heart and our two year old did her first unprompted forward roll the other day. I haven't had a lot to contribute lately but I do like when ads go away 🤣
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    Women Repeating

    That's not really a great reason, but kids are kids. I would facilitate a conversation between her and her coach. Would she be able to work upgrades? Are they open to her scoring out of level 5 with two 36s at level 4 this year and moving to level 6 for the following season? As a parent, is...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I hope not. I still miss elite compulsories 🤣
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    Gymnasts coming back into the sport?

    We have had one athlete move down a level due to a long time off/growth spurt and we had to submit a petition to the state chair.
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    Men Pan American Champs

    I was a little bummed about some of the withdrawals though.
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    Parents Choosing the right Track

    As someone who coached level 2, 100% agree. It's a money grab in my opinion. I was at a gym that wanted their compulsories to be scoring 37s and 38s so we were under a lot of pressure to have the routines drilled to perfection. It was honestly so annoying to be stuck doing that instead of...
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    Parents Scoring out level 4 & 5

    Even if gyms don't have that level, a coach can take an individual athlete to a meet (or 2) or have a score out meet at their own gym. Many gyms don't do a particular level and this is what they do. I was at a gym that didn't do level 5 so there was just one day where we had a sanctioned meet...
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    Parents Scoring out level 4 & 5

    It's not worth the risk. Some places do check and then you can lose registration fees for the meet and not be able to compete. We had some weirdness with COVID things/not having meets and had to do last minute petitions ( for teens who technically hadn't competed since level 4 but had been...
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    Parents Scoring out level 4 & 5

    Boorman's book goes into more details on her progressions through the levels too.
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    Anon 2027s How did calls go!

    I'm so excited for her! It's going to be so fun to watch her in NCAA
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    Parents 6 y.o - Losing Toe Point Mid-Skill

    It's definitely something that has to be learned. Body awareness is a tricky thing. It can actually be helpful to hold different body positions like hollow and point and flex in order to feel the difference, or even a wall handstand. You can also put a piece of athletic tape on an ankle as...
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    NCAA Happy June 15th Eve!

    Also, I have to say that seeing Josie Lynch as a five star recruit is making me feel old. I was coaching level 2 at a nearby gym to hers when she was in level 2, and one of our kids went back and forth with her at a lot of the meets. And now it's her turn to get ready for college.
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    NCAA Happy June 15th Eve!

    I was thinking about this as I fell asleep last night!
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    Parents Multiple repeat level 3s who train 16 hours per week

    Yeah I'd honestly be expecting either 38s or that they'd have their level 4 or even 5/6 skills with that many hours. Level 3 is just really basic so if you have that many hours a week, it should be enough to either be scoring 9.5+ (hyper attention to detail, including routine text, but also...
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