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Thanks. My daughter has been getting 9's with the higher mat, but I wonder if she would do even better without it. There are a few low vaulters from her gym that rival her scores or beat her with 9.7's. It doesn't seem equal or fair, but I do feel the same in that I think it should help with...

I hope I describe this correct. Level 4 vault - we have girls that "high" vault with an added matt on the stack matt and girls that low vault just the stack mat. There has been questions raised that the girls doing the low vault have it easier becuase it's lower and that is why a few score...

Thank you lilgymnast. Nice to hear from a gymnasts stand point besides my daughter. But let me clear up one thing, the girls are only call out and put in lines for what point I don't know, but they all practice together. It's a group of 11 -12 girls. I could see if he was separting them by...

So great to hear! Enjoy your glory

We have a coach that weekly lines the girls up in 3 lines, Line 1 are those who do well on the bars, line 2 the girls are ok, line 3 are the girls as he says he doesn't know what to say about. To me that's not motivating AT ALL. It ruins self confidence. They need the instruction and...

Wondering if most gyms have girls repeat level 4? None of the girls from our 1st year level 4's are advancing to 5 even though many scored 34 - 36 at several meets. They are all 8 years old. All the 2nd year year 4 are moving up even though some are even worse than the 1st year. Just wondering...