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    [Meet] Competition hair

    When I was younger my mom did spiderweb with little elastics matching the Leo from Amazon. Into a curled ponytail. Now I do my own hair cause I don’t care about if it looks good I care about it feeling normal for me to not mess up my skills. Two braids on each side of face into a low-mod...
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    Parents Springboard spring settings for 7-9 year old level 6/7’s

    the level 6/7 in my gym all go at 115 4 springs (our board is really tight so doesn’t need many springs). That being said they are all the same size. In my group of level 8/9s out of the 11 of us every single person has a different setting change. We group by common table height, normally we all...
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    Women B value skill on beam

    Split jump or wolf jump are also easy Bs I would recommend.
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    Women Level 8 Floor Routine... do these passes start at a 10.0 start value?

    Half is same value as full so no compositional deductions would change.
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    Women Level 9 bar routine SV

    9.4SV since you need a high to low release for an SR. This is also assuming 1/2 pirouette is directly connected to clear hip hand directly connected to Chinese sit up for .2 CV. I recommend attempting to work on a straddle back or bail (eventually to handstand) to meet the SR and add CV.
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    Women Level 9 Bar Routine

    Forgot to mention specifically judge/experienced coach responses that could give a definitive answer so we could have clarity would be greatly appreciated!
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    Women Level 9 Bar Routine

    Hi, one of my close friends/teammates at gymnastics is wondering about a bonus connection on bars. I currently do a hop change to straddle back to handstand and she was working on the same thing it it hasn’t been consistent for her. She was wondering if a handstand 1/2 pirouette swing down...
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    Women Level 6 floor options for jumps/leaps

    I say it’s better to get practice with the jumps and leaps now. Switch leaps…straddle jumps…both foundational skills needed for upper level gymnastics. Whether it’s on beam or the basics for harder leaps and jumps on floor. I would look for the root of the issue, is it flexibility (most likely)...
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    Parents Thoughts on invite to Xcel bronze ?

    I would try Xcel…it keeps it fun, lower hours while still developing skills and that seems like her priority right now. Now 8 is by no means too old to join DP, but I firmly believe until DP level 4 the Xcel program is a better choice to gain skills (my gym has had a lot of success with this). I...
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    Women Xcel Diamond SV?

    Judge messed up if they gave 10.0 SV. Great job still thing would’ve been a 9.1 w/ proper SV!
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    Parents Level 4 no grips

    Bar shouldn’t be slippery unless teammates are using too much water. Especially in level 4 there’s no need they would need extreme amounts of chalk and water to do a short bar routine…sorry for your daughter. Tell her to try to place her hands to the side of their hands marks to get a better...
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    Women for previous or current Xcel diamond athletes/coaches

    Also worth noting higher end diamonds at the top tier would probably now do sapphire versus diamond so overall the highest skill level you’ll mostly see in solid level 7-8 skills from what I’ve heard from teammates.
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    Coaches Private lessons!

    My gym has a rate of $90/hr for privates. Coach gets 60 dollars, so 2/3 of the profit, other 1/3 goes to the gym to cover expenses for using gym space.
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    Women Audio for cctv?

    I can only go from experience and the window was one without a glass inside. It was just a window hole in the wall so parents could hear in. Abuse issues were off concern at this gym that made their violation more likely occur but to be safe I would have done form of allowing parents to hear the...
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    Women Green Light / Red Light

    Unfortunate, was gymnast saluted by head judge already?
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