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    Women How many hours a week should a Xcel diamond train?

    Ours do 15 or 16, but our gym focuses on xcel. We have very few optionals.
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    Coaches Owners/Head coaches: At what point would you let a coach go?

    Yes, this. You need to have a handbook with clear expectations. Then any violations, you need to have in writing, with clear expectations of how to correct the violations. That gives you a) the legal foundation for any termination and b) the best chance for that employee to step up and actually...
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    Parents Does it get intense in the spring?

    Yes. Move-up season is intense and emotional! At our gym it lessens by platinum/level 7.
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    Women B beam skill

    If you do a split jump or split leap, it has to reach 135 degrees to be a B skill. Otherwise it's an A skill.
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    Parents Back to basics

    She can absolutely do this. There are drills for most of these things. Some she can even do at home to really drive that muscle memory. Not on skills exactly, but on the parts of skills. Like, doing jumps onto a mat to practice sticking each landing. Jumping backwards onto her back on a...
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    Parents Blatant Favoritism

    Yeah, sometimes the coaches aren't perfect, and there are favorites. And both parents and gymnasts can see it. When it comes to uptraining, it seems like they may have already made decisions on who they think will move up, and they are not training the other girls to do that. I agree you...
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    Coaches Gym structure

    There is a USAG girls team head coach, a boys team head coach, an AAU head coach, and a head coach of the rec program. They are each in charge of their own coaches. There are a few rec coaches that also coach team, but most are in one camp or the other. Many of the newer coaches for rec and...
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    Parents Motivation to Go to Meets

    Besides just getting to watch your child do something they love (which is my primary motivation), you can make it more social. Get to know the other team parents. Find one interesting thing to see in the meet location (one is enough, so it's not stressful). Make sure that you have a team event...
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    Parents Home beam

    We have the Brianna beam from Tumbl Trak. It works well for handstands, cartwheels and back walkovers, turns, leaps and jumps. Feels really close to a normal beam. Doesn't wobble. For back handsprings and above, my daughter only uses the laser beam.
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    Parents How many meets does your gymnastic do a year? What level are they?

    We do 5 meets, plus states and regionals. It's the same for all levels (except for the ones that don't have regionals.)
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    Parents How to?

    Look around your gym - do they have numeric levels 1-5, or do they just have xcel bronze, silver and gold for the lower levels? If a gym has both programs at the lower levels, usually xcel trains less hours, and may not be geared toward higher level optionals (levels 6-10). If that's what your...
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    Parents Did I ruin my daughters opportunity at a good gym?

    Okay, you are WAY overthinking this. Like others said, at this age she should be falling in love with the sport. Stay at the current gym. Don't worry about the scores this year. Bronze scores honestly don't mean anything. Competing bronze is really more of a fun thing for parents and kids...
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    Parents Rip advice

    You can make a tape grip that helps to cover the rip. Usually the older girls or the coaches can help make one, but there are also numerous tutorials online that will show you how to make one. It's not an actual "Grip", just athletic tape that helps cover the rips.
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    Women Identifying talent for your teams

    You may want to expand your universe of kids. My daughter didn't even start rec until she was 9. She worked hard and learned skills quickly, and made team. In just a few years, she caught up to the girls who started when they were 5. So, maybe consider some older girls who started late and have...
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    Parents Grips Level 5

    My daughter just got her grips this year. Apparently it can be trial and error as to which ones feel good and fit the gymnast. If the coach is saying that she needs smaller grips, then she probably does. If she feels like she is slipping, then she will hate bars. She won't have the confidence...
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