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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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    Parents Individual Gymnast Fundraising

    Look into RaiseRight. It's a rebate program that is not subject to the same restrictions because it's not income... but rebates. We've had a lot of success with it and a lot of $ raised. Otherwise, I've seen individuals do their own things on social media- 50/50 raffles, regular raffles, selling...
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    Parents JO v. Excel

    This is not unusual. When my daughter joined, they were all kept L2 together even with massive differences in talent. The next year, they joined with the L3s who were repeating and the group became 25 L3s. Of those 12 L2s who started together, one girl skipped L3 and is now training 9, my...
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    Parents Watch ex-gymnasts at Olympic Trials

    I want to put a plug in for watching the pole vault Olympic Trials on June 28. Hana and Amanda Moll were L7/8 gymnasts who switched to pole vault at 13. They have full rides to college and are now trying to make the Olympic team. Fun to watch ex gymnasts excel in other sports!
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    Parents Region 2 gyms

    Interesting! I guess I see that at our meets- L9 and L10 usually combined. I guess that's why we end up doing more travel meets.
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