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    Parents Motivation to Go to Meets

    This was my experience too. I had to learn to see meets not as a means to collect medals and podium standings but a celebration of the hard work that occurs all year long. @Dream - you must have a lot of meets because where I live state is in March and then season is over unless your kid...
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    Parents Drama Between Girls at Gymnastics

    Unfortunately that’s typical tween behavior. They will grow out of it in time and/or the most annoying kids will leave the sport. In the meantime maybe you and the other gym moms can plan an outing for the girls (ice cream after a practice is always fun). You can also mention this behavior to...
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    Parents Tons of athletes left the gym in my area. I don't know why.

    This is not a gossip site and there are other sites to go to if you want to speculate on what is happening at a gym you have no connection to.
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    Women Prospect

    It's a testament to your DD's talent and coaches that she has come as far as she has in just 4 years! The wonderful thing about Xcel is that a knowledgeable and creative coach combined with a willing athlete with some degree of talent can accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. You are...
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    Women Prospect

    Real talk here. The ship has sailed for elite. She is 17 and has zero elite skills. Elite skills take years to develop. If she wants to try to move to DP I would suggest going for an evaluation at another gym. Honestly though at 17 even that is a long shot. First step though is to contact some...
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    Parents XCEL is limiting?

    If DP is the goal and your gym does not offer it I would make a change sooner than later. Either to a gym that uses Xcel as a feeder to DP or right into DP. If you wait until she is Diamond you run the risk of not being able to find a place for her simply because some gyms may not take a kid...
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    Parents A 9-year-old suffering from a brain bleed.

    Why did you post this? I mean it’s very tragic but there’s also potentially identifying info here too.
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    Parents college dreams

    Is it possible for a kid to go D1 from a gym that has a very small optionals program? Sure. Would that same kid have a leg up by going to a gym with a D1 track record? Sure. Do her odds for going D1 increase by a huge percentage by going to the D1 feeder gym? NO. That other post is not...
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    Parents DP to XCEL

    Ah yes, the nightly reading list. What a scam. So many battles with my kids when they were young. By the time they were in middle school I would sign off on whatever list they provided to me of books they 'read'. One is now in a Top 20 business program and the other is at an Ivy. Just within in...
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    Parents Did I ruin my daughters opportunity at a good gym?

    Something clicked for me after reading the sentence above. Two long, intense practices each week? For a 3 year old? It's not unusual for a gym to select 3 year olds for preteam but I am questioning the long and intense practices, even at just twice a week. If that's the environment that set...
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    Parents Did I ruin my daughters opportunity at a good gym?

    My understanding is that OP's DD will be repeating bronze next year based on a comment the coach made awhile ago. She was on preteam as a 4 year old and this is her first year competing.
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    Parents Did I ruin my daughters opportunity at a good gym?

    I’m seeing alot of complaining about gyms not being right for your DD but you haven’t mentioned that you’ve asked the gyms ‘why’ they are making certain recommendations for your child. The gym that put her with what you perceive as two year olds (and I question the accuracy of this but...
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    Anon Top young gymnasts in US currently?

    Moderator here and I agree with the concerns others have raised about this thread. It’s uncomfortable to read about two 11 year olds and when the gym is singled out, anyone can look up who they are. Of course there is a public aspect to the sport with meet results being published by the meet...
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    Parents Wants to quit, no coaching

    Your desire to play gym matchmaker is laudable but there is no way you are familiar with all gyms across the country. Your posting of what appears to be AI generated synopses of gym bios is not helpful. Your gymnast experience of 7 years is awesome but does not qualify you to make gym...
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    Women Coach search

    Not to mention all of the gym bios appear to be AI generated.
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