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    Anon 2026-2030 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CODE OF POINTS

    Did they change the floor routine lengths for 6 and 7?
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    Anon 2026-2030 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CODE OF POINTS

    Can someone with experience with the scope of changes that usually occur chime in? Since next year level determinations are occurring now would these changes have significant impact on that?
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    Off Topic When you realize your AI bot has never done gymnastics

    Our gym posted a video of one of the boys with the caption "pbar kip". Facebook translated it to "pub chicken"
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    Parents What’s something only a gym parent would understand?

    100% disagree unless it is a rec sport which by definition competitive gymnastics is not. I pay almost as much for a lower level travel soccer team as I do gymnastics fees plus comp fees by time you add in the stay to play for hotel fees at tournaments it bumps it over. Other travel sports are...
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    Parents What’s something only a gym parent would understand?

    This is applicable to almost any sport these days.
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    Parents XCEL is limiting?

    Sounds to me this isn't specifically an xcel issue but the gym you attend. My daughter was a 7 year old bronze and had a backhandspring in her routine.
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    Parents Blatant Favoritism

    I think this is so difficult to convey in a forum like this. We have to try to remember that coaches are people too and I struggle with this also. My DD is shy and I sometimes feel that her coach has trouble relating to her and does engage with the others more, but I think it's because my...
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    Parents Blatant Favoritism

    This is certainly not ideal and I wish coaches would communicate more on a regular basis. This year has been fairly frustrating. There is one girl on my daughter's team that has struggled with alot of mental blocks. The vast majority of the coaches time to spot was dedicated to her with...
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    Parents Advice for new (kind of) to gymnastics

    An hour private lesson once a week to make pre-team. Hmm
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    Parents DP to XCEL

    I would be more concerned about the amount of homework a 7 year old is getting vs 6 hours of practice a week. But if she doesn't enjoy going to practice , I don't know how switching to xcel would automatically fix that.
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    Parents Repeating Bronze?

    If you are spending hours at home and she is still not remembering it, did they make it too complicated? My DD was a little older than yours in bronze she was having trouble remembering so she drew little stick figures going through the routine and after that she was able to remember it all...
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    Parents Struggling to make a good gym transfer decision

    My DD is in her 4th year of being on a team and has only had 2 private lessons ever. This many private lessons and all these trials for a 7 year old seems a little crazy. And a gym pushing for privates to get to level 3 I would be suspicious of.
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    Parents XB to JO

    I don't think a year of bronze will derail her gymnastics future. Given the time of year I would see how she does with competitions and paying attention to the little details. Has she already learned routines? Does she enjoy her coaches and teammates?
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    "prior competitive experience in the Development Program" does this mean any level or only level 4 since that is the first required level? Also this won't work for those that were always xcel and trying to transition over.
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    As an observer I don't understand why you can't go the compulsory route with lower hours? My DD is currently planning on level 5 next year and will probably be at around 10 hours. Bronze was 5, level 3 was 8.5, level 4 was 9. She isn't an all star by any means but playing another sport is...
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