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  1. StephensMom

    Parents Advice for 5 Year Old

    I basically agree with everyone saying to ask the coaches more directly what she needs to be able to join preteam. In my experience, the skills were not the determining factor for kids to join preteam. It seems to mostly be about potential and coach-ability. Two of my kids have been invited to...
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    Coaches Quatro leotards

    I’m not a coach but saw this post pop up. I’m a parent in Canada. We have Quatro for our competition suits. They are beautiful suits and seem to be good quality. I wash my daughter’s in our washer on delicate and haven’t had any issues. We have around 150 athletes using them in our gym and...
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    Parents Commonly skipped levels

    I’m in Canada so our seasons are a little different, I think. We don’t have a fall season. Our provincial championships are in April and our gym registers for a later competition in May. Girls who are skipping will finish championships at their current level, compete the next level at the meet...
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    Parents Commonly skipped levels

    Well, as our competition season wraps up and up training increases, the talk about levels for next year also increases. It got me curious, for those who have been at this gym parenting thing for awhile, what are the levels you see girls skipping most often? I have a couple daughters in...
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    Parents Picky Eaters & Milk Drinkers Vs. Muscle Mass

    It’s interesting that these studies mostly focus on fruit and vegetable acceptance although I would assume the principles carry over to meats or other sources of protein. All 4 of my kids would gladly live on fruits and vegetables. We make Caesar salad as the safe food when we don’t know if...
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    Parents Picky Eaters & Milk Drinkers Vs. Muscle Mass

    After reading this information, I think it’s unlikely that either of my young gymnasts are getting enough protein. The oldest is 7 and trains 12 hours a week. She’s not terribly picky in general but she doesn’t like eggs, is allergic to dairy (can’t have anything containing whey), and is pretty...
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    Parents Leotards for sensitive kids

    Oh, thank you! My daughter won’t have sleeves until she gets to optionals but I’m looking up the Blister Blocker. The neckline in particular drives her crazy.
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    Parents Leotards for sensitive kids

    Thank you! That is very helpful.
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    Parents DP practices

    My daughter is training level 3 and they train 12 hours a week. This is a bit more than other gyms in our area. They mostly do 9 hours. I am neither for nor against the greater number of hours. We picked the gym for the quality coaching and clear, organized structure of the program. Anyway, they...
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    Women Shorts for competition

    GymGear has very nice black gymnastics shorts. They do have a small gem logo but that is allowed where we are (Canada). You could probably pick the gems off if you wanted to though. Some of my daughter’s pairs she wears a lot have lost their logos on their own.
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    Parents Leotards for sensitive kids

    Hey, parents. My 7 year old daughter is fairly picky about clothes, including leotards. She doesn’t like anything scratchy or uncomfortable at all. She’s neurotypical but definitely that kid that can’t handle tags, tight jeans, the seams on her socks being crooked, etc. At the gym, she only...
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    Parents Gym Change? Help

    We went through a similar process of trying to “get” our daughter to change gyms. Fortunately, it wasn’t a concern of abuse but there was a new head coach and the gym was changing not for the better. Just bad management, communication, and the coaching wasn’t great either. Anyway, our daughter...
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    Parents Does this seem accurate?

    This seems really high to me mostly based on this only being for a lower level. I’m assuming that based on you saying it’s 8 hours per week. That seems like high tuition and uniform fees for only 8 hours a week! Most gyms in our area (Vancouver, BC) have the girls in lower levels (compulsory or...
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    Parents Pros and cons of lower levels

    Thank you for that! Makes so much sense. We chose our gym because it’s close to us and has a good reputation for the culture there. There is another gym that seems to produce a lot of high level gymnasts but I’ve heard the culture isn’t as good. My daughter is still so young and I was thinking...
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    Parents Pros and cons of lower levels

    Ok, so why wouldn’t a gym compete the lower levels? You all seem to think it’s overall a good thing. Our gym typically starts at level 2. We live in a metro area with several gyms so all the competitions are within an hour of us. My daughter started pre team in July and the plan was to have...
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