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    Women FHS vault - head out a good thing?

    You are comparing apples to oranges by comparing vaults from an elite gymnast to a level 4. There's a lot more going on in your daughter's vaults than just head in vs. head out. While the vault with her head out MAY have scored better, it wouldn't have been by much. In order to learn to do this...
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    Parents I think my daughter is being intentionally held back….

    Exactly this. You have already been given an answer. Listen to them. You seem to be getting overly focused on convincing the female coach that your daughter deserves a spot on the team, instead of simply finding a gym that WANTS your daughter.
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    Parents I think my daughter is being intentionally held back….

    I don't understand why you are still fighting this battle. They have made it clear to you she is not going to get a spot on team. You say she has built a great relationship with the rec coach, so you don't really want to leave. Yet the team coach clearly has no interest in your daughter joining...
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    Parents Training group confusion

    Perhaps she hasn't progressed as well as the girls that have been placed on silver/gold. I know you say that she has level 3/4 skills, but how is the quality of those skills? My guess is that the coaches decided she wasn't competition ready. But she's still young, you have time. But the bottom...
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    Parents Advice, gym fit, level 4

    I hear what you are saying. I'm just suggesting that maybe the coaching/gym isn't the major problem. Especially since you're indicating that teammates scores are not dropping as much as your daughter's have from L3 to L4. I'm simply pointing out that maybe your daughter is having a hard time...
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    Parents Advice, gym fit, level 4

    If your daughter is "deeply upset and losing sleep over her scores and performance", it's time to take a step back and reevaluate. You say scores don't matter, but also admit to pouring over scores and comparing her progress to teammates progress. Mama...stop and take a breath. Stop looking at...
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    Parents Advice, gym fit, level 4

    So am I understanding correctly that your daughter is the only one at her current gym whose scores have dropped significantly from L3 to L4?
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    Parents Advice, gym fit, level 4

    I'm confused. You state "She’s a 39 compulsory gymnast", yet she's struggling to score 36's in L4? Or are you saying she's a 39 compulsory gymnast solely based on her scores in L3? Because that's comparing apples to oranges. L3 isn't even a required level. You claim nothing is different this...
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    Parents Meet Critique Website

    I would agree with this. If she wants to use meet critique simply to educate herself, there's certainly no harm in doing so. I will say that as Meet Critique has become more popular, I have noticed a trend in parents complaining that their child was not given a fair score at a meet, because when...
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    Parents Meet Critique Website

    I won't repeat what others have already mentioned. But I will remind you that judges are seeing deductions that you, as a new gym mom, are not trained to see. In my daughter's first couple of seasons, I learned very quickly for every deduction I saw, the judges saw 6 :) As you go through her...
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    Coaches Gymnast mum clueless lol

    Yeah I was confused by her statement that they can't tell her to leave because it's a business.
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    Parents When to lean in

    If your daughter is happy and enjoying gymnastics, I see no issue with her staying at this gym for now. I've seen countless girls go from Xcel to DP. To answer your question, no, she would not need to go back into the rec program if you eventually decide to switch gyms. She would attend a...
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    Parents Lvl 3s still missing major skills for first meet?

    I would start looking for a new gym ASAP. Like a previous poster had stated, those scores at level 2 are really low, and indicative of a coaching issue. At most gyms, a gymnast wouldn't even be promoted to level 3 with those scores, so it's not surprising that they don't have their L3 skills...
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    Off Topic Selling old leos

    The facebook group Leo Addicts Anonymous (BST leotards)
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    Parents AAU scoring

    My daughter competed AAU for level 1 and 2. The skill divisions only came into play for State meet. The first 5 meets of the season, there were no skill divisions, only age groups. But for State meet, they were divided into skill divisions based on their scores in their regular season meets. (in...
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