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    Parents 4 Year Old Gymnast Advice

    @skschlag brings up a good point on the appropriate age for backbends. I thought it was age 5. It has to do with musculoskeletal development. Of course this will be dependent on the child with some being physically ready earlier or later. I hope her coaches are mindful of this since she won’t...
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    Coaches Exchange students trainning in USA

    High school gymnastics would be a great opportunity and much easier to arrange. It will not be as rigorous as training with a club but depending on your DDs level it might be an excellent option.
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    Anon Question for 2027 Recruits & Commits

    Flipping Fantastic!! Congrats to your DD and your family. I remember your posts when she was just starting out and have enjoyed you sharing her journey. Also, Gators are my favorite NCAA team.
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    Coaches Exchange students trainning in USA

    Someone who works for a placement agency posted on Facebook in one of the larger gymnastics groups asking this same question. I’m not sure if they were successful but it seemed they asked the question multiple times over a period of time (which makes me think it didn’t work or maybe they had...
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    Men Basic skills help

    Is he really struggling? Repeating a level isn't at all unusual and especially if he's newish to the sport (sounds like he went directly from rec classes to team with little or no time spent in preteam...if this is the case it's not surprising he needs another year to solidify basics). As far...
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    Parents How to know when a mental block is not going to go away.

    Yeah, forcing herself out of it isn’t going to work. Your DD needs to understand that blocks are a normal part of the sport. Sooner or later all gymnasts will experience it to some degree but my guess is that your DD hasn’t seen too much of her teammates dealing with blocks since she is only L7...
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    Parents How to know when a mental block is not going to go away.

    How old is she? Recent growth spurt? How supportive are her coaches and what is their recommendation for working through the block (ie do they support her going back to basics and building up again or is she having to stand on a beam and just go for the skills that are no longer there?) My...
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    Women Confused

    To answer your question though....my daughter was in this situation several times on more than one event. Generally whatever coach let her train the more desired skill was never the head coach or lead event coach. It usually was under the guise of uptraining and usually she simply had a better...
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    Women Confused

    I’m confused because your ChalkBucket account says you are a parent and a gymnast. Many of your posts are from the vantage point of a parent yet here you say you are a kid and you don’t want your parents to know about this problem you are having. So which is it? Parent or child?
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    Women Competitive Mess

    I would look for another gym right away! I would not pay for a 3rd year in bronze at her age and skill set. Being told that silver is full is problematic for me as in this case it may indicate they can’t manage the progression of their athletes to a level that matches skills (assuming your DD...
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    Women Switching Gyms

    Those are good reasons to make a change!
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    Women Age Divisons

    There is no ‘doing it differently’. Meet hosts determine age groups based on number of entries.
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    No one is being deprived of anything! I think you and others want to assume the worst of USAG all the time.
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    It might be to detract people from 'quitting' DP just to compete in another program for the sole purpose of 'winning' only to come back to DP the following season. What I don't think is happening is a USAG committee sitting around in a room dreaming up ways to intentionally make it harder for...
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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    I read that more as no one is policing gyms that don’t do the score outs.
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