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    Coaches Conditioning program advice

    I'm a parent not a coach, but make sure the girls understand what muscles they are focused on and how that exercise helps with a specific skill. It helps with buy-in and to make sure they aren't just going through the motions.
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    Women My Meet Critique?

    We liked it. My daughter likes to analyze, and it helped her focus on the small deductions that she didn't know about otherwise. Also gave her confidence to change her vault, which helped her make regionals. (We sent in two different vaults, and they helped her see which one actually worked...
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    Parents switching to xcel because of kip - opinions

    Xcel seems like a good option. She can continue to move forward while competing her best skills. Some of the Gold skills are harder (full turn vs half turn on beam) and some are easier (no kip required on bars.) But if she gets her kip, she can compete it in Gold. So she's got options...
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    Women What makes a good Xcel program?

    My daughter wants it to be just as robust a training program as DP. So do her teammates. They want to have fun with each other, but they really hate wasting time during practice. Most of the girls play other sports outside of gymnastics, so the flexibility is important. As for DP, she would...
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    Parents Navigating reviews

    The group size could absolutely hurt attention - there should be more than one coach with that many girls. But, being late is a big deal. So I'm not surprised they count that against attendance. And girls at any age can lead the warmup. Being late will affect her ability to learn the warmup...
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    Parents How much does ballet help gymnastics training?

    My daughter's coach said that ballet is great, and any dance classes are helpful except for acro, because the moves are different in dance vs gymnastics. We also have a dance coach who comes to the gym every couple of weeks to work with the girls. You can really see the difference on floor and...
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    Parents Is rec camp worth it?

    I would go with the camp at the home gym. Those are fun, especially for a 5 year old. She gets the fun camp games, plus a good amount of gymnastics thrown in. She may not gain a bunch of new skills, but she will get to know more coaches in the gym, and they will get to know her. She will also...
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    Coaches Raleigh Area Gyms

    You could check out SGA. They recently hired a couple of coaches out of Bull City, but they have a crazy huge gold team so who knows? You could also check out Sonshine, but from my word of mouth, they don't have as positive a program as Triumph or TAG. TAG focuses a lot on their compulsory...
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    Parents New gym in Raleigh?? Other gym suggestions?

    If you're looking for compulsory, I would look at TAG. If you are looking for xcel, with the potential to transfer to optionals at level 6, I would look at SGA or Triumph. Sonshine has a program that often places college athletes, but I hear mized reviews of their program from an environment...
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    Parents Revive ME!!!

    You asked for happy stories of our little ones. I am at a completely different place in this gymnastics journey. I'm at a place where I still love to watch practice, where my daughter wants me there because she wants me to see all the new things she can do. When she lands her full turn on...
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    Women Any adult gymnasts?

    I would love to do it, but I never competed in gymnastics as a kid, so I think it would be a pretty high learning (or pretty high conditioning!) curve.
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    Parents New gym in Raleigh?? Other gym suggestions?

    Congratulations! Best of luck with the new gym!
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    Parents New gym in Raleigh?? Other gym suggestions?

    I don't know anything about Oak City, but I do know a lot of other gyms in the area. Is this for MAG or WAG, and for what level?
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    Parents How to tell if you are a pushy... crazy... or overbearing gym parent

    -1, but I think I go up a few points because my daughter always wants me to come to practice and asks me for specific feedback on skills. She's very analytical.
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    Off Topic Introductions Thread (2025 Version)

    Hi, I'm a mom of a gold level gymnast. She first walked into a gym about 2 1/2 years ago and has never looked back! I'm so grateful for all the folks on this site that have shared their knowledge and experience, and helped make this crazy gymnastics world make sense! I finally don't feel like...
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