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    Women How long and what age for bronze xcel?

    Mine started at 6, the youngest on her team were 4, who quit a year after.
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    Parents How to find good clinics to attend on the east coast (NY)

    Just experience from attending these camps, hands on actual coaching is pretty minimal across the board just because of the set up of these camps - a lot of kids even when broken down into groups, coaches don’t know the kids, kids don’t trust the coach’s, kids have different personalities...
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    Parents How to find good clinics to attend on the east coast (NY)

    shooting starz in NJ, spark in NJ, BGDG, Rutgers, LIU, Apex, Penn, Yale, Maryland, beam queen. These are some of the close ones to NY. We pick 2 to attend each year on top of IGC. Honestly it is most for fun with her friends, as long as as you set your expectation right you don’t get disappointed.
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    Anon If predicting a kids success at 6 is so tricky, why does Tops start so young?

    Aiming for NCAA shouldn’t need early specialization. It was a big deal when NCAA opened to elite athletes, meaning these are two life tragedies for gymnasts. NCAA athletes meant to have a balanced sports and academic life and have the package the colleges want to see in any other students...
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    Parents Xcel to JO (DP)

    I really dislike gyms that triage kids early on - especially based on age. I think your best bet is to get her into a gym that does xcel in place of lower levels then going DP for optionals.
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    Parents Advice for new (kind of) to gymnastics

    There is good and bad starting with a “good gym” - good is more likely to have a solid foundation, build long term relationships and trust without needing to change gyms later on, and have more opportunities to go to bigger meets and recruitment resources when the time comes; the downside it...
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    Parents Cheap meals for gymnasts

    What stores do you have? Do you have Lido? Aldi? Or Asian stores? Some meat parts are really cheap, pork nape, chicken gizzards, turkey leg/neck, salmon head, large pack of chicken wings, tips of beef. If you don’t have access to a proper kitchen, get an air flyer, a small one costs very little...
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    Parents American Cup

    So fun to watch!
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    Parents Improvement in season

    Mid 37 is very high for xcel bronze, it is meaningless to be higher than that, I would be more concerned about her upgrades throughout the season since she is already doing great with her routines.
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    [Meet] Star Struck Invitational

    Buy the weekend pass, stay at Sheraton, don’t go on the board walk, then you will survive.
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    Parents Level 6 - current gym has no track record of college recruits -NY- not NYC

    I am not impressed by NYC elite…coach does not know how to spot and protect girls properly…Apex is deep in Long Island. It has a solid programs and consistent feeds NCAA. If you are ok with traveling to Long Island, there are another two that are closer, one with harsher coaching but girls who...
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    Parents Level 6 - current gym has no track record of college recruits -NY- not NYC

    Galaxy, paradigm come to mind. Not sure exactly how far from you, but it has to be much closer than driving to NJ.
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    Parents Level 6 - current gym has no track record of college recruits -NY- not NYC

    If you share your approximate location, people may be able to suggest, doesn’t have to be exact, Westchester, Long Island Nassau, Long Island Suffolk, Hudson valley, west NY. If you are 2.5hrs away from NJ, you shouldn’t be too far up, there a plenty of great gyms in these areas.
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    Parents How to?

    AAU nationals is right in TN this year and many usag gyms attend during their off season, it is a huge comp but fun at the same time. By “seen”, if you are talking about instangram, then nah, they don’t get much out of it beyond a few free Leos. Their profiles don’t matter until they are high...
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    Parents DP to XCEL

    6 hours is very little time, even for her age. At 6/7, she shouldn’t have more homework than a worksheet/subject a day + reading. If it is more, talk to the teacher. If she struggles with her homework, get help for her homework, don’t try to do it yourself. Mathasium is a great afterschool...
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