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    MAG A spin off post on re: skipping levels

    My DS went from a 9 yo level 5 who scored 65 at regionals to level 7 this past year. The reason being so he could keep up with elite and future stars kids. It was very difficult early, especially high bar but by the end of the season he was very successful (5th at regionals). I think if your...
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    MAG Best Summer Camp For Future Star Skill Development

    http://www.usgymnasticscamps.com
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    MAG Waving Hello

    Welcome to region 6...no question he will move to level 5 if he was that successful as a 4...good luck
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    MAG Best Summer Camp For Future Star Skill Development

    My ds has done usgtc the last two years and will be attending this year...can't say enough good things about it
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    MAG pbars question

    Just read krc comments to my level 7ds with the blisters and he's going to try and fix the "over gripping" Good stuff...thanks
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    MAG Question re Future Stars and future in general ;)

    When my DS did FS last fall a rep. came in and spoke with parents. He told us that when you look at kids on the national team and kids that won at FS there was absolutely no correlation. However...most all kids that are on the team did at least participate in FS. My family are very big into...
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    MAG Levels

    If he is scoring lower then 55-56 then I would repeat...56-58 would be a maybe and anything higher I would have him move up
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    MAG How many meets?

    8 plus states and regionals
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    MAG How to help son cope with the highs and lows of competition

    And say how unfair the zone is but at the end of the day you can't control it. You adjust, move on and show your teammates how to handle it like a boss. It's a marathon not a sprint.
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    MAG How to help son cope with the highs and lows of competition

    I told my ds (who plays a lot of baseball) that it's like an ump with a strike zone you don't agree with. You can complain and s
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    MAG First meets of the season?

    Tomorrow morning woot woot!!!
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    WAG Top 10 Most Difficult Sports in the World

    The fact that it didn't list baseball makes it a joke. There is nothing harder then hitting a 97 mph fastball with movement then the next pitch being an 80 mph curve. I might put gymnastics in top 10 but that list was just stupid
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    MAG L6 parallel bars question

    You do the giant for 10 yo FS routine also (with a spot)
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    MAG Can someone explain the basics of Future Stars?

    My ds did future stars last weekend and one of the region directors spoke to the parents with some interesting stuff. He told us that if you looked at all the 20 year old kids that compete internationally for the US most had done FS when they were younger...BUT...it did not matter where they...

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