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    WAG Senior Gifts?

    When I was a senior graduating from our high school team I recieved an album with an engraving and photo of the three seniors on the cover. Inside were photos over the past four years at meets and practices. I still have it 10 years later!
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    Criteria for choosing kids

    Rec and preschool coaches can put a kids name if they think they would be good for developmental classes or team. We have two rec/preschool/developmental directors. They watch the kids who get recommended by their coaches. They then choose the kids and what group they should join, (which pre...
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    Opinions on teammates spotting each other.

    If you have been trained to coach and spot skills and happen to be on the team then thats fine. However if this is during your practice time and they just dont have enough coaches, or are doing something else instead then no its not ok! Just because a coach is new doesnt mean they dont know...
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    I'm going crazy!!!

    First talk to the owner or head coach about getting more help! Even if its just a rec coach that comes in to help you with stations. That many kids just isnt safe! I would start the next practice with a sit down meeting. Tell the girls that while you want it to be fun gymnastics is dangerous...
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    Chicago schedule

    There is a schedule is on the website, it says partial but its there. http://www.chicagostylemeet.com/CS/schedules/ScheduleByClub.pdf
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    Little Bully

    I would go to the coach and talk only about what your daughter has told you or you have witnessed between the girls. Leave the parents out of it, coaches probably know all about the parents. Just mention to the coach what happened at the meet and how your daughter is scared. Ask if she can...
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    Someone please explain this to me

    I agree with the others, our girls train with taller mats to build up their vaults and get them used to a higher setting for going over the table. We have very girls who compete with the higher mats on top, usually our taller stronger girls will. But not our 6-8 year olds. Since your level...
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    Coaches what level do YOU think coaches should start weighing, or talking about weight...

    NEVER agreed! I think when girls join a competitive team even lower levels that its important to discuss healthy eating and what types of food to eat before and during practices to maintain energy and what to types of food eat before a meet to help performance. This means limit junk food even...
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    gymboree type classes- 1 year olds

    I agree with all the other posters that can be a tough age range. Huge developments happen during those months. And a lot of moms really participate in these programs for the social aspects. I have done some mommy and me swim programs and none of those parents expected me to teach their kids to...
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    UGH!!! this is long a huge VENT and my DD is upset

    Bog the orginal post, isnt what I was referring to and maybe it shouldnt just be targetted at the orginal poster but some of the other posts about prep opt not being good enough bothered me. This is the post I was directing my comment at: Like I said it may not be a good fit for her DD and...
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    UGH!!! this is long a huge VENT and my DD is upset

    I am not defending your gym or taking sides but I feel like you need some more facts. I coach a team not far from you, I coach prep opt and JO levels some of your post have really bothered me. They are far from the truth. Prep Opt in NH is a very reputable program where the girls work hard...
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    To Spot Or Not To Spot. That is the Question.

    I agree with Geoffrey. It depends on the skill. Some skills need to be spotted to get the feel for the skill, ie the kip or backhandspring there are so many drills for each part of it but putting them all together is usually the hardest part and spotting the gymnast through it till they get the...
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    relationship between parents and coaches

    I would say I am close with 60% of my parents. The ones I am not close with are the ones that I only see at meets, drop kids off and pick them up but never come in the gym. Others I will chat with for 15 min before or after practice. I have taken kids to out of town meets when parents can't...
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    New to teaching

    Shadow, Shadow, Shadow Train with several different coaches not just one, everyone has a different style of teaching and if you see three different ways to teach a skill you will be more likley to understand it and be able to teach it. While you are shadowing and training ask lots of...
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    Goal Skills?

    I coach a team group that is uptraining right now and is setting goals for the summer, they dont compete USAG so their goals can be whatever they would like. Several of them struggle on floor with backwalkovers so on beam its not safe to start working on them on beam yet, its a flexibility...
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    Lower Scores for Messy Hair?

    A bun doesnt get you any more points nor does messy hair loose you points. As long as the girl isnt playing with or fixing her hair mid routine judge has no reason to take points. They are so busy getting through tons of routines in a small amount of time I doubt they notice hair styles. My...
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    What is your gym focusing on now?

    My team has states this weekend, so for this week it is routines, routines, and more routines and a lot of crossing my fingers that they do well this weekend! Starting next week we will concentrate more on uptraining skills and conditioning. Since our season doesnt begin till December we wont...
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    No 4 or 5?

    Not sure if I am a fan of this. As a coach at a gym with a prep opt program that is geared toward just keeping kids in gymnastics I see this as making prep opt into something it wasnt meant to be. Prep Opt is for kids to get a basic intro to optionals, and more for kids that cant commit to the...
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    What comes next when they aren't moved up?

    If I were you I would press the head coach. Dont come across like you think your daughter is better than or deserves to be in the other group (even though it sounds like she is) Instead phrase as what does she need to do to make that group. What skills specifically does she need, not just...
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    Calling all Vermont and New York States folks

    Vermont Gymnastics hosts a meet every year in January (Green Mountain Invitational) its hosted by the USAG of VT as well as their clubs. We have sent teams before its a lot of fun. VT is not too competitive so its more geared towards fun. They have all prep opt levels at it...

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