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    Parents Clothespin Trend

    My kid's team started this on their own after getting several at various meets this season. The coaches weren't involved at all, no parties, no parent supply list, etc. They girls just took the lead and hung out after practice one day and made them for regionals. I didn't buy anything for it but...
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    Parents Well today Chalk bucket baby

    This is SO FABULOUS to read!! Thank you for the update!
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    Parents Meet Finals with "scholarships" as awards

    They charge another entry fee?? I had no idea! Is that always the case for event finals?
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    Parents Post competition debrief

    I think they likely say a lot of this stuff to the kids at the meet itself or during the practices without relating it directly to the specific performance at one meet. I always feel like my kids seem to know what they need to be working on without a review of the meet at practice. Meanwhile...
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    Parents Skipping levels

    Our gym definitely allows kids to skip levels. it happens frequently.
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    Parents Post competition debrief

    Practice as usual, but upgrades stop for the most part. I think that perhaps for our schedule, the meets come too quickly one after the other early in the season to really make any solid changes. They really just practice skills they already knew might be troublesome based on practices, not...
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    [Meet] Atlanta Centennial Classic

    Thank you!
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    [Meet] Atlanta Centennial Classic

    Not to sound dumb, but what is the closest MARTA "stop" to get around? To Buckhead (i'll have to look that up) and to the world of coke and aquarium areas? On my searching, it is sending me on a 15 minute walk to a MARTA bus stop?!
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    [Meet] Atlanta Centennial Classic

    Anyone have recommendations for a place near the meet for a group dinner? I.e. affordable, can accommodate a large group (8-15), and has some reasonably healthy food choices? Thanks!
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    Parents Switching gyms during season

    That used to be our gym's policy as well (unless an athlete could not do one event due to injury) but thankfully, they have changed their tune on this one. Yes, you can change gyms mid-season assuming you can find a gym willing to agree to this. We did this early in a season many years ago and...
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    Anon Gym implosion 2 weeks before meet season

    Woah! That's intense! Glad you're out of there!
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    [Meet] Star Struck Invitational

    How did this meet go for everyone?
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    Parents Would you stay for preteam?

    Our gym doesn't even offer private lessons but if they ever chose to, I'm 100% sure it would not be to make the preteam. Our gym has a pre-pre-team type of program for the very little ones who are flexible, strong, and able to focus. It is usually a very small group run twice per week for maybe...
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    Dream of competing but struggles with an invitation only team

    Does your gym have an Xcel team? If so, you should ask the coach about it and what skills are required to compete.
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    Women alternate optional beam skills

    For level 7 we have seen gymnasts do a cartwheel-roundoff series to count for their series and their "flight" (?) skill. I'm not sure how that would go for level 8, but I assume that if you have a back tuck, it would also be fine. As a side note, have you gotten PT? It seems like shoulder...
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