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    Coaches Gold tumbling passes

    Hello! I have an xcel gold who is currently doing a round of back handspring and a round off back handspring step out as her passes (one of them hopefully will turn into a back tuck soon). Will the backhandspring and the step out be recognized as 2 different elements? I keep going back and forth...
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    Coaches Finding a gym

    Are you a team coach? Only asking because maybe the gym owners are worried about bringing on a coach/gymnast duo because they could be worried about you showing favoritism or special treatment to your child. I've seen this happen at my own gym as well as heard stories from other gyms of this...
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    Women Shoot off 1 1/2 twist on High Bar

    It's just a little strange as all.
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    Women Shoot off 1 1/2 twist on High Bar

    Why did you post this question twice, once pretending to be the athlete and once pretending to be the coach? Which is it? 🤣
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    Coaches Advice on dealing with preschoolers scared male coaches

    It's very tough! I could, however I don't want to "punish" him just for being male. It doesn't seem fair. I have no problem with kids switching classes to accommodate fears, but they also have to know that coaches are subject to change (I do try to keep staffing consistent) but you just never...
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    Coaches Advice on dealing with preschoolers scared male coaches

    Hi all! I'm open to advice on this, and I need to vent a bit lol. I have a wonderful preschool coach who is male. Maybe I'm biased because he is my employee, but he is amazing with the prek ages. Very soft spoken and most kids adore him. I also always put him with a female coach (he is an...
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    Gymnasts Xcel platinum bars

    Hi! For your flyaway question: a tucked flyaway will do for platinum. You'll just want to make sure you do it from a cast- push away or one tap swing. In platinum you may do one tap swing without an extra swing deduction. Bars is almost always the biggest hurdle for the girls I coach. All I can...
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    Coaches Quatro leotards

    Has anyone ever used quatro for competition Leo's and if so, how happy were you with the quality, fit, shipment, etc? Gym owner insists we use the same leotard company for xcels and DP however I'm trying to keep my Xcel leotards under 200 while DP has spent as much as 400 before, so finding a...
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    Coaches Elf on the shelf

    Bahaha! I'm not a huge fan either, but somehow got put in charge of them because no one else wants to deal with them
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    Coaches Elf on the shelf

    Hello! We have 2 gym elves that I am in charge of this year. I'm wondering if anyone can give me some ideas for cute things they can do? I want them to do creative things but its tricky because they cant be in the way of the kids. What do your gym elves do? :-)
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