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    Men Practice Attire - Singlets?

    My son went through a brief singlet and pommel pants phase his first year doing gymnastics. It was so cute! I bought his from a parent on the Flipping Boys Fb group. My son had bright red pommel pants and they were the absolute cutest thing. I miss that phase.
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    Video 2025 USAG Men's Future Stars Camp

    I’m glad they put out this video. Qualifying for this camp is my son’s goal for next season. ❤️
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    Parents How many hours a week of practice is appropriate for 9 years old level 6

    I’m not attacking you. I’m not even disagreeing with you! You are absolutely correct. I’m just disagreeing with the notion, commonly held in the gymnastics world, that child development is irrelevant to training hours. I’m also pointing out that it is possible, in some gym settings, to chart...
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    Parents How many hours a week of practice is appropriate for 9 years old level 6

    Gyms set their hours based on the level of the athlete but, as a parent, I set my child’s hours based on a combination of age and level. My 9-year-old son’s training group does 20 hours during the school year and 25 during the summer. But my child is significantly younger than the rest of the...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I think the meaning of the rule depends entirely on the criteria used to evaluate petitions. Someone thinks it is worth a volunteer’s time and effort to review these petitions, so there must be a problem that they are trying to solve. But what problem is that?
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    This is so confusing! I can’t figure out what problem this is meant to solve. There must be a common scenario that this rule is meant to address but I don’t know what it is. Is this for gymnasts who competed level 7 and then went Sapphire and now want to return as at level 9? Is this for...
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    Coaches Hours for level four, per event.

    When I was a gymnast, we had larger groups, limited hours, and limited equipment. One thing that our coaches did to use our time efficiently was to set up conditioning stations at each event for us to complete between turns. That way, we were never just standing in line and we did not need to...
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    Injury Bad Back and Knee

    Have you seen a physical therapist who is experienced with gymnastics? There are quite a few out there. (I can recommend on in WA). There are even a few who do online consults. They can help you figure out a plan for returning to gym, including advising you on which skills you should and...
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    Men MAG National Qualifier

    So many GymAct guys on the list! That’s exciting.
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    Anon Question for parents/coaches of extremely talented athletes, from parent of an average one

    Does this gym have a large XCEL program and a highly selective DP program? Otherwise I’m very confused about where there talent pool is coming from?
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    Anon Question for parents/coaches of extremely talented athletes, from parent of an average one

    I think it is very important to distinguish between “fast track” and “elite path” 7 to 12-year-olds vs actual senior elites. These are very very different categories. I assumed your daughter was asking about similar-age gymnasts who are progressing quickly. (My answer about my 9-year-old son...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    @Sebastian12 It’s an interesting question how many hours are truly necessary and at what ages to prepare gymnasts the reach level 10 by 8th or 9th grade in order to optimize college recruiting opportunities. I do not know the answer. I’d be curious if there are any programs out there that...
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    Anon Question for parents/coaches of extremely talented athletes, from parent of an average one

    My 9-year-old son is training junior elite. He’s an obvious outlier in terms of his gymnastics development, but no one makes a fuss about it. I would be very upset if my son were singled out like you describe. Are they trying to ensure those girls have no friends? That’s messed up! As far as...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I just want to add that I think Xcel’s lower hours, flexible routine construction, and less stringent requirements are a great thing for the majority of gymnasts and I would never want that to change! A gym could run Xcel like DP with higher hours and more stringent gym-imposed requirements and...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I doubt that USAG is promoting the Xcel-to-optionals approach but I’m sure that the for-profit gym industry loves the model. Xcel, with its lower hours and less stringent requirements, is a parent-pleaser, a money-maker, and a great program for kids. The only problem for gym owners is that...
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