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    Men Mixed team Gymnastics coming to the 2028 Olympics

    It makes sense, Gymnastics is the most followed sport in the summer games so having more opportunities to see it is in the IOC best interest. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1245746/summer-olympics-most-followed-sports-us/
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    Women Xcel Cons

    There is only a con if doing Xcel doesn't fit in your personal goals. Assuming you are doing gymnastics to have fun and experience a challenging sport it won't have any drawbacks. If your goal is college gymnastics, or to learn Olympic level skills, or you wish to train in an ultra serious...
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    Injury State meet - sprained ankle

    I don't think you are going to get any medical advice on this forum other than consult your coaches and your doctor. Sorry that happened to you, good luck, hope you heal fast.
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    Parents How long should gymnast be at L10?

    You also have to remember parents hear what they want to hear. It's like the old movie dumb and dumber "so you are saying there is a chance!". I don't think anyone wants to tell a kid that they have no chance so yeah coaches often soften the blow or mention the long shot exceptions like the...
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    NCAA Too late?

    With the changes to NCAA and without an exception like a pay to play scenario or you have some kind of special connection with a coach or college it is most likely too late.
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    NCAA NCAA athletes who don't compete

    Could "funding all roster spots" mean if they are on the roster than they get a scholarship but if the program can choose to roster less than the max, like 12 spots if that is all they have a budget for. I would suspect that in the near future everything that isn't revenue generating ie not...
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    Women Xcel to DP questions

    The skills you are missing are the big skills that define DP8, your current skills are in the DP6 range. With DP8 and above it's not just about heart and wanting to do skills it's about safety. Going from a cartwheel on beam to connected back handsprings is a safety issue. Flipping vaults...
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    Women Decisions…

    For most gymnasts I would say do the school sports, gymnasts have so much success doing other sports and competing for your school is a very rewarding and different experience than competing for your club/gym.
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    Gymnasts Vault fhs help?

    What does your coach say? Without a video it's hard to follow what you are describing, sounds like you are stuck in a handstand and just letting yourself down? In general All vaults even a FHS vault is something you should be learning in a gym with a coach not self teaching yourself.
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    Parents Commonly skipped levels

    We do 3/Xcel, skip to 4, score out to 6, 7,8,9,10.
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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    Sorry to hijack your thread OP, but Yes please explain the blocking, my DD got so frustrated with vault this year that she just started scratching it, timers look fine, but when she goes to do the full vault just can't generate enough power, would love to hear your breakdown.
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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    FYI - Your videos are marked private so the coaches can't watch them.
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    Parents Clothespin Trend

    Daughter got a few at states, including one when Mom was carrying her bag around post meet.
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    Women Big Jump

    Realistically she is just too far behind for that to make sense for both her and the coaches, if it were Level 5 or 6 it would be plausible but she is two+ steps behind on some really important skills. For example she needs connected back handsprings on beam, where she currently isn't even...
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    Women Big Jump

    Looks like each event she is substantially below the skill requirement for 8. It is kind of one thing if 3/4 events are close and the remaining event she does what she can, but she's not making requirements on any event. But like others have asked why does she want to make this jump or is it...
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