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  1. Tall_Gymnast

    Coaches Pre pre-team

    I have recently begun coaching a group of "advanced" 4-year old gymnasts who are on the track of joining pre-comp within the next couple years. They are all basically starting from scratch. My question is by age 5 or 6 what skills should they be progressing towards? Besides basic development of...
  2. claudidoll

    Parents pre team assessment

    My little has a pre team assessment during her advanced class tonight. I am so nervous for her! She has a hand me down pre team leo that she is just dying to wear.
  3. amblan01

    New girl clinging to my Pre-Team partner?

    There's a girl that's in my teen tumbling class and she is friends with my Pre-Team partner. And she will be in my Pre-Team today though she didn't come last time. I asked her if she was in my Pre-Team and she was like yeah I was already in it the session before but I quit because of soccer but...
  4. D

    WAG Pre-team hours?

    I was wondering how long the pre-teams at your gym train per week. My gym does 6-7 hours and I feel like that's a lot for pre-team....
  5. amblan01

    Pre-Team Day 1 Report

    Today was my first practice for Pre-Team and it was amazing! I met a new girl who I made friends with right away. Since I had the first day of the second session of summer tumbling and she was new. We were both working on FHS last night and I helped her since she couldn't land hers! Well I have...
  6. gymnasticswim4

    Pre team requirements

    Hi, Right now i'm doing a rec gymnastics camp, but i saw a few girls who are on the rec team with me training as pre-team. As i saw them, i came to see that what they were doing was much more my level than the rec camp. I learned that the head coach picked the girls who could do all of the...
  7. D

    Pre Team Help (And Fast!)

    I start level three next tuesday, and I did 10 front hips at the park, and I almost have my kip. I really want to ring the Skill Bell for them (you ring a bell then demonstrate your skills). I got grips and I don't know if I will still almost have my kip and have my front hip in grips. Any tips?:o
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  8. amblan01

    Pre-Team

    Okay so I started a month ago. And my coach bumped me up to pre-team after one session. I'll be 14 by the time pre-team starts. She was a little hesitant because I don't have my backbend kick over. Thought the gymnastics coordinator told me I would be for sure in pre-team and needed to get...
  9. amblan01

    gymnastics at YMCA any chance of making team or pre team?

    I am 13 almost 14. I've heard from threads the coaches won't offer me a spot on the team because of my age. I'm taking a beginners class that is way too easy. I have most basics and did it when I was five for a year. Then I did tumbling for three years. Now I'm doing tumbling and gymnastics...
  10. OwlGalLiz

    MAG Any advice for new to preteam/team?

    My son is still young, but wants/will be able to compete next season. He's level 3 pre-team up training this summer (two days a week, 1.5 hours each day) plus any open gyms he can attend. Extremely strong upper body, muscles, etc. It all seems to come naturally to him (was recreational for a...
  11. Ari97

    WAG How long did it take you or your DD to get from rec to the pre team?

    Just wondering (:
  12. O

    Parents My little squirrel is just starting pre-team

    So my littles ds who is five and a half just got invited to join pre-team. He is so excited this kid loves gymnastics in no small part because he adores his older brother who is on team and will compete next year as a level 5. My little one is a wiggly little squirrel and to be honest I was...
  13. N

    Parents Question about progressing from recreation to pre-team

    I posted a few months ago about asking the coach about my DD's progress to see if pre-team was an option in her future. She suggested doing two classes a week and let me know that it's by invitation only and comprised of girls ages 4-8. My DD is six, nearly 7. She said that they consider a lot...
  14. G

    WAG Funny things - preteam

    I didn't know how to headline this thread so please read further to find out what I'm talking about. Well, I'm a preateam coach. The kids are all 7 or 8 years old. I have a lovely assistant coach with me. She's a mother of one of the girls and a former gymnast. As a mother my assistant coach...
  15. onebusymama

    Parents Developmental class vs pre team

    Ok I am pretty "green" when it comes to gymnastics. I have read on here about kids in "developmental" gym classe, and I have read about kids on pre team. My question is What is the difference? I know pre team at our gym starts at level 2/3. So that being said, what would be the developmental...
  16. S

    Parents Invited to join preteam - questions

    Hi, I'm new here and I have no gymnastics background, so I hope I can ask for some advice here! My dd is 4.5. Background: she started in Mommy and Me classes when she was around 18 months at a gym that only has rec classes. She continued taking gymnastics and at age 3, moved into a...
  17. G

    Coaches Preteam coaches, some perspective needed!

    Hi! I started as a preteam coach in September. There is 11 6-7 year old girls in this group. The gym I coach in has four groups of team girls age 6-8 and they are divided into those groups on the basis of their potential, earlier progress in gymnastics (team or rec), physical abilities and...
  18. onebusymama

    Parents pre team practices

    My dd recently made pre team & was asked to practice 3 days / wk for 1 hr each day. Unfortunately we are unable to make all 3 days. Probably just 2 days @ most. I'm not familiar with gymnastics at all. She is my only child involved in it & I never did it as a kid. Will she fall behind in the...
  19. M

    Parents Pre-team parents

    My daughter recently started pre-team, which has been her goal for a long time. She loves it, and I love watching her, but the talk I am overhearing in the bleachers is already driving me batty. There is a little cluster of moms who spend the entire practice complaining about how their daughters...
  20. PalmTree

    Coaches What do you teach your pre-team?

    I am starting a new group of talented litle girls ages 6-9 in pre-team next week. The goal is that they will compete USAG Level 4 (which will be the new Level 3 next year) in Fall 2013. I have several ideas of what I want to stress, but I was interested to hear what other people do in their...

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