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    Women Phasing out compulsories?

    My daughter is 14 and going into XD. At the gym we are currently at, the difference between the DP girls and the Xcel girls is night and day. The DP girls' technique is razor sharp. There's very little chitchat in the line. The coach is on them for every little thing and the results are...
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    Parents switching to xcel because of kip - opinions

    I don't know how long your daughter was working on the kip, but it took mine at least 6 months of grit to get it, with a total of 10 months to do it consistently. A kip is one of those "butterfly skills". You think you've caught it in the net, but it gets away. The inconsistency is so normal. I...
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    Parents Moving Gym…

    Is that a threat? I mean... wow.
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    Parents Moving Gym…

    I don't know if it's different in the UK, so grain of salt. Are there a lot of gyms in the area? Like if she gets kicked out for a tryout, and doesn't get into the new gym she still has options? If others are leaving, can you contact those parents and see if there's open space at the kid's new...
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    Parents Sudden fear on beam series

    My daughter had terrible blocks for months. The only cure was to start her at the beginning with drills, drills, drills, working her upward until it clicked again.
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    Parents Kip help!

    I found this really helpful to explain the physics to her. (her old coach was not helpful) https://chalkbucket.com/threads/kip-tips.68353/#post-618448
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    Parents Floor music

    It's been months and you probably found something already, but I want to share. We looked at TV show theme intros. They're 1-1.5 minutes long, no vocals, have good drops, swells, and final notes. Many tell a whole story in that time. We ended up with the Succession theme last year and will use...
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    Anon If you could go backwards and start your child’s gymnastics career over

    100% with Coach Kate on this one. My daughter started at 5YO in preteam and then we pulled her out for whatever reason (probably money) and put her back at 8YO. At that point it was Xcel or nothing. If I could go back, I would have kept her in gymnastics between 5 and 8, but for sure would have...
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    Anon Early dismissal from school- logistics? Advice?

    My daughter is in 6th and goes to a private middle school in southern california. Traffic is the same issue. I approached both as if I didn't expect anyone to know anything about the next year, because no one does. We were switching gyms just as we started the application process, and said "We...
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    Parents New trend in gym ownership? (The Business Side Of Gymnastics / Powers Gymnastics)

    Schedule J is also really informative, and doesn't exactly jibe with the compensation list (prob because of bonuses, and the lawyer took all his money via bonus so... IDK what that's about) I'm sure a lot of this is depreciation scheduling, but the income lines are pretty eye-popping as well...
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    Parents New trend in gym ownership? (The Business Side Of Gymnastics / Powers Gymnastics)

    I was responding to the rare and impossible part. This seems like a lot of non-profit gyms, but maybe these are considered wealthy communities because they're in/around LA? Using the quote-reply function would have really helped.
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    Parents New trend in gym ownership? (The Business Side Of Gymnastics / Powers Gymnastics)

    I am not out here trying to argue with gym owners about starting a non-profit gym, but when our daughter's gym cut Xcel, a few parents (me+others) did a little light research into it before deciding it wouldn't be good for our girls for moms to be so involved. Also, we have jobs. This is one...
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    Women What are the rules for LGBTQ+ athletes in high school?

    My daughter's team has a non-binary person, AFAB, who uses they/them pronouns and a boy's name. Not an issue.
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    Parents "Team Sports Linked to Fewer Mental Health Difficulties for Kids"

    Wait. They don't tell you how an athlete gets on the state team? Socal Xcel takes the top six AAs right off the top (but you're neither in Socal nor Xcel). It didn't occur to me that they would keep that under wraps. The HC at my daughter's last gym explained that later in the season, the...
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    Parents "Team Sports Linked to Fewer Mental Health Difficulties for Kids"

    Taking parenting cues from Dance Moms is… not a good idea.
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