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    Women WCC's Clinic of Champions

    Personally, I'd be skeptical of anything that says they accommodate L2-L10, Xcel AND Elite. Like, what??? I mean, I'm sure it's fun but not something where your kid will learn anything of substance (and part of the time looks to be spent learning a group dance routine).
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    Women Xcel Cons

    I see what you are saying but this is a blanket statement and not always true. And of course if the gymnast executes the higher skills with minimal deductions they too can win at meets. My DD's Xcel team skewed older (attracted kids who were too old and/or late starters to join JO). In my...
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    Parents Where is the best gym for Xcel in Texas?

    What part of the Metroplex are in? DFW is a huge area with lots of gyms and it makes sense to back into this based on where you live.
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    Anon Best chance at college?

    Enjoy where you are in the sport and work on establishing realistic goals. I'm closing this thread as you've received enough answers and there are several other recent threads addressing the same questions.
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    Women Xcel to DP questions

    I'll be candid...I think you have too much ground to cover to make L8 before you graduate. I want to be clear that this is not a statement on your overall talent or potential, it's simply based on where you are now vs what is needed for L8 and the amount of time you have to get there. If you...
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    Women Xcel to DP questions

    You can absolutely meet your goal of college club gymnastics with Xcel! One thing about moving to DP that may be a source of frustration for you is that you will likely be ‘behind’ or have some deficiencies on vault and/bars due to differences between the two programs. L8 vault and bars take a...
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    Parents Commonly skipped levels

    My DDs gym doesn’t start competing until L4 (common in my part of the country). Then they usually skip either L5 or L6. I think it just depends on where the particular cohort is at with everything on whether they skip L5 or L6 (my DD skipped L6).
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    NCAA Best NCAA streaming service

    Several years ago we added all the regional channels (SEC, ACC, B1G) just to watch meets but since then more and more is on ESPN+ which is great. PAC10 was always the hardest to watch so I welcomed those teams moving to B1G and ACC.
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    NCAA Best NCAA streaming service

    I usually go to this website to see what's going to be broadcasted for the week: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/tv-schedules/college-gymnastics-tv-schedule/ Fortunately the Regionals are all on an ESPN affiliate channel so easy to watch.
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    Parents I think my daughter is being intentionally held back….

    Yeah, they are giving you the run around there. Have her tryout at the other gym and move on. At this point I wouldn’t even pay for classes at that gym. Good luck to your DD at her tryout!
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    Women Elite Question

    What do you mean by this?
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    Parents How to tell if you are a pushy... crazy... or overbearing gym parent

    -3 I truly wonder if my kids would see it this way? And I think if I took this quiz when the kids were young I may score a lot different.
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    Women Big Jump

    That sucks. Unfortunately some gyms do have age requirements and/or don't want to add new people to their teams but not all gyms are run that way. Are there other gyms in your area? Another option, as others have mentioned, is joining another gym with a more robust or serious Xcel team that...
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    Parents Training group confusion

    I see why you are concerned and it could just be that you DD is still young and they are wanting to maintain cohorts that are of a certain age if that's been part of their secret sauce in the past. If your gym has experience in producing successful L10's then I'd be inclined to see how things...
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    Women Big Jump

    I agree. The drills for these L8 skills are happening a couple years before the skill is needed for competition. If OP's gym isn't already doing those drills, which is very likely if OP is in an Xcel-only gym, there's even more ground to make up. Assuming OP can find a new gym and change to DP...
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