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    Parents Excel → DP? Rookie Gym Dad Asking Smarter People for Help

    I'm just wondering why you say you would have reservations? I understand it's from a parents perspective, but from a coaching perspective, if you are looking for a long term DP career-a good coach would make sure this athlete had a great handle on everything in the L 4 & 5 routines before they...
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    Parents Excel → DP? Rookie Gym Dad Asking Smarter People for Help

    I agree to use the privates for skills and basics. We recently had a new gymnast join our team who is very talented, but she went from silver, to scoring out of L4 to Level 6 (at another gym). She has the bare minimum for L6 (I mean bare) but literally cannot do any other skills-she has no...
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    Women I cant get my gymnast to stop disrespecting each other, me and my fellow coaches, and I dont know what to do without being abusive. Any tips?

    Get your owner involved, then get the parents involved. Trust me, this kind of issue wll derail your whole program. Try rewarding those kids that are doing what is right (changing the verbiage-compared to rewarding the least mean girl group). If you have a very strong head coach they can help...
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    Women Front layout front tuck

    It kind of depends on the technique you are using. If your fornt layout is more like a forward whip, your arms should be coming kind of up and around for the throw into the front tuck. You will definitely need to use your arms-especially if you wnat to upgrade the tuck. I would suggest asking...
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    Coaches Finding a gym

    Hi, This seems strange, bc every program I know of is desperately looking for experienced team coaches. I would expect a professional to apply for a position outright- and any discussion of children & their gymnastics needs would come after the fact. Are you looking in your local area? Are you...
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    Anon Level 10 to elite

    I don't think there is any harm in trying. It sounds like her vault is the weakest event- working a tsuk full isn't close to a senior elite vault. Ty's Dad is correct that Elite ages are different than the DP age group types of competitions. Everyone has a "birthday" on Jan 1 in elite so she...
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    Coaches New Gym Coach - I want to start choreographing floor and beam routines but don't know how to go about it.

    all GOOD choreographers know the rules/code! The coaches do give the skills, etc.-but the choreographer should know the rules. I would suggest asking your head coach for contact info and reach out to those choreographers and see if you can watch and learn from them. Having an understanding...
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    Parents Little one wants to quit completion team due to a fall

    Coaches answer here-help her work through it! Lots of support, some private lessons, time, etc. will get her through this. This will help her learn to work through fears and obstacles as she moves through her life.
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    Coaches Advice on dealing with preschoolers scared male coaches

    This is tough. I would say a patient approach as the kids get used to the coach, but if it's classes, and the child/ parent is really uncomfortable, be flexible with them switching classes. It's a scary world out there, and most likely the kids fears are mirrors off the parents fears- and you...
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    Parents Grips while learning kip

    Georgia "No GRIPS" Dabritz
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    Parents Grips while learning kip

    No grips until the athlete has a strong straight arm kip.
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    Women Identifying and Progressing Talent

    *The kid that has little to no fear *Natural energy and work ethic *naturally very strong/powerful *doesn't mind conditioning or hard work-craves it actually-with a great attitude *pulls us along as coaches with drive- not the coaches needing to push kids along *parents/support system- this...
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    Anon As June 15 approaches

    I would definitely talk with your coaches about this. They will be able to give you realistic feedback. If the "better" team coaches are interested, they would have let you know, especially after DP Nationals. Things are changing so quickly, but I know gyms don't want to have the reputation...
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    Anon Spotting on bars - compulsory levels

    We always stand between the bars for new squat ons! We stop once we know the gymnast has mastered not only the skill, but how to fall/land if they miss the squat on & fall. We do "safety roll" tests often for all Level 3-5, and sometimes still for L6+. A coach can't be there to spot every...
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    Parents Advice for 5 Year Old

    Also- pre-team and lower level gymnastics is boring and repetitive. If a child isn't enjoying the repetition in a regular class (and is maybe voicing this?) then our staff would not recommend that child for a pre-team as that structure is mostly conditioning and learning basics the correct way...
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