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    Parents Coach dress code

    My daughter coaches at her gym and in the summer wears a gym-issued t-shirt with "coach" on the back, and Nike Pro shorts. In the winter she wears leggings and either the "coach" t-shirt or a gym sweatshirt. She's never had too much trouble getting parents and kids to recognize her as the coach...
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    Anon Benefits of DP

    I think it very much depends on the gym, the program, and your family. My daughter came to competitive gymnastics relatively late at age 10, after years in rec. She had a lot of "advanced" skills on bars and floor, but was woefully behind in other areas, especially vault. Plus our family was...
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    [Meet] Nastia Liukin Cup

    Just FYI- there is also a large L2-10 and Xcel invitational running in conjunction with the Nastia Liukin Cup and Winter Cup in the same venue, and that invitational is the last chance to qualify to the Nastia Cup. This venue also happens to be a block from my office. If anyone is travelling...
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    [Meet] Nashville Nights

    One year it was some crappy socks that unraveled before we even got home (just a three hour car ride). Plus a $5 credit at the vendor selling sweatshirts, where nothing costs less than $50. My kid is old enough that she's not going to throw a fit about not using the credit, but for people with...
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    [Meet] Nashville Nights

    Amen on the meet gifts! Truly awful. But yes, the older girls love the proximity to the pretty nice outlet mall, by outlet mall standards.
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    [Meet] Nashville Nights

    We've been-- its a fun meet at a fun but very expensive venue. We're only 3 hours away but the expense is so much we use it as our "travel meet" the years we go.
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    Parents Does your gymnast care what event they start on at a meet?

    My daughter generally likes starting on floor, if she had a preference. If she does floor last, she tends to run out of steam and has a little flatter performance. If she starts on floor, she can get the leg events out of the way and settle into bars and beam. My preference is for her to...
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    NCAA Utah Makes Leadership Change (Tom Farden Out)

    Adding the new story from the WaPo setting out the timeline: Link Removed It's also notable that his lawyer was quoted as saying Farden had no plans to alter his coaching methods, when the UU response to the internal investigation was to state he's been put on a PIP and was being instructed to...
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    NCAA Utah Makes Leadership Change (Tom Farden Out)

    I saw one of the reporters tweet that Farden was put on leave right after she asked Univ. of Utah for a response to Farden's comment to the WaPo reporters that he planned to sue Eaker and Tessen, so people have drawn a line to his retaliatory litigation threat as a result.
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    NCAA D3 gymnastics or D1 Acro and tumbling

    Oh my daughter definitely didn't make the decision alone, but it was ultimately her decision. She's the one who will (hopefully) be going to the institution for four years, and I wasn't going to cram my choices down her throat. It's a complex calculus, as you state, with athletics only playing...
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    NCAA D3 gymnastics or D1 Acro and tumbling

    My daughter didn't purse college gymnastics (she could have pursued DIII, but wasn't interested), but she did end up committing to a DI A&T school. She'll sign her NLI in November. She had multiple offers and it came down to which school she liked best as a school. If you'd like to connect...
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    NCAA Will 14yo lvl 6/7 make NCAA?

    This is a great time to get into A&T recruiting because there are a lot of roster spots available. The sport is undergoing rapid expansion so a lot of new teams are looking to build out entire rosters. The coaches aren't expecting a ton of familiarity with the sport since there's no analog...
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    Men World University Games

    That is an outstanding showing! Those top three are Olympic AA podium caliber. For the two US guys to be that close is stellar!
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    NCAA Will 14yo lvl 6/7 make NCAA?

    If you have any worries that she'll be scheduled in classes that will leave her short of NCAA eligibility, and you think there's a chance she'll be interested in Acro & Tumbling (my kid just committed to an A&T program, and there are programs at Divisions I, II and III), then at least go ahead...
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    Women Going to DP from XCEL

    My daughter was not typical at the time in her gym, but she started as Xcel only, then went from XD to Level 9 (with appropriate score outs) when she was 14. Since then a few others have followed her example and come over a little earlier as Level 7s. It's worked out well for her-- She did a...
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