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    Parents Intentional placement at lower level?

    My daughter did L2 at 8, had a straight arm kip by the beginning of L3 and she still did every... single... level...2-8 and is now L9. It felt slow and methodical - but the focus on form and basics has proved to be a huge contributor to being successful in upper levels. The skills come quickly...
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    Women Switching Gyms

    That sounds miserable!! A huge part of why my daughter loves gymnastics is the fun and comraderie they have at practice. All kinds of cheering for new skills etc. I can't imagine not being allowed to talk or get excited. The coaches dislike the crying, for sure, but understand it happens once in...
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    Women Age Divisons

    I'm confused? Are you in the US? Most competitions don't have age groups by a whole year. It's done differently every meet.
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    Women Collecting data on training hours for various levels

    L6- 16 L7-10 20-23
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    Women Empty Slots for Level 10 Nationals

    I had no idea until this year that R2 had such small numbers. I guess it benefits our gymnasts, but I suppose it's frustrating for other regions.
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    Parents DP Regionals

    State teams for level 8 are decided at the state meet. In Region 2, it's the top 8 out of the entire level. So only 8 girls go out of about 100. They compete at regionals in a completely different session as the rest of regionals- it's more of a fun meet. But those 8 girls will still compete for...
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    Parents Meet fee evenly split across all levels-typical?

    We assess meet fees by level and coaching travel costs for away meets that just certain groups attend... but we do spread some coach meet pay and travel across the whole team (separate for DP and xcel). With only a few L10s, it's not fair for them to shoulder the cost of their post season meets...
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    Coaches Gymnast Win

    Our coaches never discuss placing. They do all their congrats and high fives over skills and solid routines. Sometimes, the gym will post the top 3 finishers in each level.
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    Parents Changing a club? Advices Needed

    When my daughter was level 4, she wanted to just make it to optionals for one year at L6. Once she got there, she took off and is now L8 and wants to try for college. It's hard to know now what she will want in a few years. If the gym is working, I'd keep her there.
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    Parents Level 6/7 frustrations

    Our gym does L6 and 7 for everyone. It's a great confidence builder. She can do harder skills on other events and get ahead. It will absolutely put her in a better position later on.
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    Parents Best overseas gymnastics

    Thanks!! Great info!
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    Parents Coach fees 1400 for 6 meets?

    Are you sure about that calculation? Our coaches make $200-300 per day at meets. And our assessments are $2400 with 20 optionals. I think yours have to include meet entry fees for the gymnasts too. So if there are 6 gymnasts going to 6 meets, about $700-$800 are going to the entry fees of each...
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    Parents Best overseas gymnastics

    Hypothetically speaking... if we wanted to move overseas from the US for a few years with our high level optional gymnast who wants to compete in college, what countries/cities/gyms would you consider? Need good high schools too- she'll start in 2025-26.
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    Parents Height and professional gymnastics

    I'm 5'8 and my husband is 6'4. My daughter has been very successful in gymnastics and is on track to pursue college. She's not super tall and may have the short genes of her grandparents, but we didn't let our heights discourage her. Like others said, she has so many other qualities that make...
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    Parents Meet fees

    That sounds very high for level 2. How many meets? Have you seen the breakdown of costs? Each meet entry is around $100 so if you go to 8 meets- that's 800 of the costs. If it's a small team, then unfortunately, the coaches pay, per diem, travel, etc. will be spilt among just a small group so...
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