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    Anon Trying to get into college D1

    Most meets have deadlines for changing levels that are usually a couple months before the competition. In the future, go online and look up the level change deadline on the meet website and talk to your coach at least 2 weeks before the deadline about changing. As a teenaged gymnast, it is...
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    Anon Putting age caps for DP levels

    The lowest competition level when I was a gymnast was level 5 (equivalent to current level 4). The requirements for joining team were a kip, BHS-BHS on floor, a cartwheel on beam, and a FHS on the old scary vault. Gymnasts with lower skill levels still enjoyed the sport in rec and pre-team...
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    Parents Cheap meals for gymnasts

    Ground pork is cheap and can be used in stir fries—google “egg roll in a bowl”. Ground pork or ground Italian sausage can be mixed into pasta sauce or white gravy for biscuits and gravy. Tofu is cheap protein and it’s great cooked in the air fryer. Beans and rice go a long way. Peanut butter...
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    Parents Blatant Favoritism

    It is normal at this time of year for the group to separate into two sub-groups: the kids who are expected to move up next season and the kids who are expected to repeat. The repeaters focus on the skills from their current level and the advancers start up-training. It could be that your...
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    Anon "bad" teams vs. "good" teams

    1. Selectivity of entry into the team program. 2. Focus on form, proper technique, and training efficiency. 3. Training up and competing down.
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    Coaches Kip rehab?

    it sounds like a strength issue and the solution to that is more conditioning.
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    Parents Age/Level and Path they took to get there

    You should create a separate post for this question. There is lots to say but not in the middle of this on-going thread.
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    Men State meet time!

    Good Luck!!!
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    Anon Trying to get into college D1

    D1 is exceedingly unlikely. But check out NAIGC. Club gymnastics has a lot to offer. Acro and Tumbling could also be an option. https://naigc.org/
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    Parents Motivation to Go to Meets

    Flying for Bronze? Bronze is essentially preteam. There is an argument for doing a meet or two at this level for fun and to give the kids a reason to care about straight legs and pointed toes, but spending 1000s of dollars on novice level competitions is crazy to me.
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    Parents Blatant Favoritism

    Short-term, my only action would be to encourage my child to keep a positive attitude and focus on the skills she is assigned to work on. Long term, I would wait to see if your daughter is going to have The same coach next year, and, if so, I would consider alternatives.
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    Women ISO: Funny Gymnastics Memes/Cartoons

    classic:
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    Parents Advice for new (kind of) to gymnastics

    I recommend waiting on team sports until age 7+. Very young kids don’t really play team sports, they mostly just run around in proximity to other kids. Kids don’t really get the benefits of team sports until they have the social skills to play cooperatively. so there is no rush to get started...
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    Anon 2026-2030 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CODE OF POINTS

    It looks like the new compulsory routines won’t roll out until 2029. https://usagym.org/update/applications-being-accepted-for-2029-37-compulsory-level-4-choreographer/
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    Anon Grips help!

    My child does not use water and has never had a pair of grips break. He’s up there doing tons of giants every day, and he wears fairly soft little boy grips. It’s gotta be the water because that’s not a normal or safe wear rate. The only boys at our gym who have torn their grips are level 9...
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