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  1. GymnastMomX2

    Women Changing Bar Settings?

    That’s not normal at our gym, we have two settings for optionals, FIG and wide and girls are often grouped more by bar setting vs level. I can see how that would be frustrating. This year for the first time our entire level 10 team of ~10 girls are all on wide, it’s going to make bar warmups...
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    Women Press handstands

    My older daughter was never able to do a press handstand, she was training level 9 when she left the sport. My younger daughter was able to do them at a young age, and at some point could easily do like 5+ in a row. She’s a 15 year old level 10 now and I’m honestly not sure if she can even do...
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    Parents Summer gymnastics sleepaway camps vs. regular team training

    I’d do it now while she’s young and missing regular training for a couple weeks doesn’t matter much!
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    Parents L7 Floor Requirements

    All the tumbling skills you have listed are As and both the switch leap and straddle jump are Bs. I’m assuming she also has a full turn in there somewhere, also an A. So she’s more than good as far as number of skills goes. The official list of skills and their values is in the code of points...
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    Parents L7 Floor Requirements

    Just a mom, but as far as I know yes this meets all requirements. A single turn would be fine, the double turn isn't needed. The switch leap and the straddle jump are both B skills, so as long as she gets to 135 she will get B credit and just get a deduction for insufficient split.
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    Women Leotards

    Yes! Although our compulsory wear a short sleeve version that I think is $300. They are gorgeous and covered in stones. I think they offer a cheaper version if parents want it with spangles instead of stones too.
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    Women Leotards

    Yes, our last one was $500 🫣
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    Women Leotards

    We’ve had GK and Sylvia P, I much prefer SP, both the designs and quality are much higher.
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    Parents Summer 2026 camps

    Yes, I think so, our team programs move to summer daytime hours, but rec and preteam stay in the afternoon/evenings. Our gym also offers recreational camps during the day in the summer in addition to the normal classes.
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    Parents Summer 2026 camps

    Your best bet is probably to find a local gym to train at for the summer, a lot of them even offer summer day camp options. Large gymnastics camps will be extremely expensive for multiple weeks, and likely don’t have options for the 5 year old.
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    Parents Natural Deodorant for practice

    No advice on brands, we use the bad stuff lol. But my daughter and most of her teammates have deodorant they keep in the gym in their lockers and they reapply mid practice.
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    Coaches Back handspring hand placement on balance beam

    I always thought this was “wrong”, but I’m curious to see some coaches chime in. Obviously it’s working for you. :)
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    Coaches Back handspring hand placement on balance beam

    I was always taught opposite hand in front, and that’s also what my daughter and her teammates do.
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    Parents XCEL at lower levels, then JO

    This made me laugh, I’m convinced these parents are just mad they had to suffer through a year of level 5 and thinks everyone needs to do the same. My level 10 daughter never competed 5 and is doing just fine. 😉
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    Women Wristband Sliding

    My daughter also uses the Underarmor wrist bands, she only gets wrist rips when she does a lot of strap bar now. (I’m going to have her try the Nexcare tape!)
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