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    Parents Night Time Practice and Dinner

    Our gymnast practices twice during the week from 4-8, and on the weekend they have morning practices. they have a 15-20 minute snack break. Weeknights I bring enough food for her to have a snack in the car, small snack for the break, and most of the time dinner for the drive home (we have a...
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    Parents Floor errors in routine

    At our gym, I wouldn’t expect direct communication about something like this. Our coaches don’t generally give that kind of communication about the gymnasts routines. It is more specific to elements they individually need to improve. If I was concerned, I would ask our coach directly. I would...
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    Parents Well today Chalk bucket baby

    What an absolutely inspiring update. We are celebrating this happy news with you!
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    Anon How often do your share your child’s accomplishments on your own social media

    I am one that doesn’t use social media. I do video everything and send the videos to family directly. I guess I just never felt comfortable with the idea of sharing things on the social media platforms. Don’t get me wrong - I love seeing videos of friends kids accomplishments, and cannot be more...
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    Anon Injured Teammates

    I just wanted to encourage you to go to practice. I’m sure it a little disappointing to not have your teammates with you. It is really sad for them to be dealing with injuries, and it is really too bad they don’t want to come to training. There are lots of ways to improve even when you are...
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    Parents How many meets do you compete annually (and what organization/level)?

    In our gym levels 1-5 did 4 meets this season. We did have one “mock meet” before the first competition. The meets we travelled to were all within 2-3 hours driving time. They do have an Xcel program and those girls had about the same number of meets.
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    Parents Is Favoritism a Normal Thing - What Would You Do?

    I can certainly understand how frustrating that situation would be - just a thought, but some of what you are describing actually sounds like the “favorites” are actually missing out on some important parts of their training. If they are playing and making coffee while the others are...
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    Parents Hardest Skill To Acquire

    My DD has found the BHS the most challenging so far. Easily has a consistent Kip but that BHS has been the thing that has caused her the most stress!
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