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    Anon 2026-2030 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CODE OF POINTS

    Can anyone explain in parent level terms with the new COP what a level 7 bar, beam and floor routine can look like? I would appreciate it if you could give examples of actual skills instead of A or Bs. Thank you!!
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    Anon 2026-2030 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CODE OF POINTS

    What events?
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    Parents Brooklyn Teams- Gotham/Chelsea Piers/Prospect Gymnastics

    No, many gyms in the ny area started off as IGC gyms, or IGC+ UsAG DP, xcel is a newer tracks and gyms are adapting differently - some added, some didn’t, some replaced IGC, some replaced compulsory, etc. IGC was also designed to be college bound so both tracks were almost equally competitive in...
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    Parents Brooklyn Teams- Gotham/Chelsea Piers/Prospect Gymnastics

    Yep…IGC was pretty comparable to USAG back in the days, not anymore. Every girl’s journey will be different, but in general on the system level, IGC is way less competitive; and the skill progression is way different than DP, which make the transition into DP harder, and harder than from xcel to...
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    Parents Brooklyn Teams- Gotham/Chelsea Piers/Prospect Gymnastics

    Usag is the governing body of xcel, which is different from IgC - two systems. IGC still has some popularity in the northeast region but that is about it. There are fewer and fewer girls doing IGC even in ny and there are fewer and fewer comps year after year. IGC has different requirements...
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    Parents Brooklyn Teams- Gotham/Chelsea Piers/Prospect Gymnastics

    I think you posted twice? Gotham, no where else in Brooklyn compares to Gotham if you can get in.
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    Parents NYC Teams- DP vs Xcel vs USAIGC

    If you are in Brooklyn, no brainer join the Gotham DP team if you can.
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    Women Are xcel scores trending higher than in years past?

    Just observation from our state - it is the sandbagging. Our state judges harsh in general; gyms that transition kids from xcel to DP actually tend to compete more difficult skills to prepare for optionals, so no it is not that. It is the gyms that keeping kids on lower xcel levels for 3-4 years...
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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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