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Unless you feel it is unsafe, L10 at 9th grade is ideal. 10th grade is her recruiting year (for the average D1 athlete) since the summer after 10th grade is when colleges can contact you. The first year L10 can be an eye opener. Having that one year of experience before would make her better...

Not a tax attorney, but this raises flags. If your booster club is collecting meet fees and registering athletes, paying meet organizers, you are essentially operating as an agent for the gym. And yes, previous post, you would have to generate 1099s I am convinced booster clubs should be...

My advice would be to let the booster club be dissolved. They really are more trouble than they are worth. I know of only 1 or 2 very functional booster clubs that do it the right way. There are definite rules booster clubs that are organized as 501(c)3s must and should follow, but the logic...

I dont think so, but just to clarify the meet is not on a podium.

What a night last night. I feel really bad for OU, worse for Bama. Im just shocked that OU showed they are human too. After so many years of seemingly rising up and just performing when they needed to, we took it for granted that OU would always do that. While its sad for the current team...

Why not make it a 37 then? I mean if we are only interested in the best competing.....Or go the other way and make it a 34 since they will drop out anyway? I guarantee either way there will be people that will call it unfair and have something to complain about it.

It was more of a general statement. As with everything there are always exceptions, but in general. I have seen enough competitions in L10 in region 8 where more times than not if you go 4 for 4 you will be a top finisher. Of course regionals and nationals might require a little more

As was pointed out earlier, they dont get the competition leo, they get the short sleeve competition leo.

That's awesome and well-deserved. It is about competing on that day. And going 4 for 4 will almost surely put you in the top 5 or close to it, all the time at this level. Mine was cruising along to one of the top overall scores in the region and then fell on one of her best events.... I swear...

I agree, it may be a remnant from when USAG thought DP or JO was more a "fun" low stress gymnastics and elite was more for the high stakes competition, before college gymnastics really started to grow and excel wasn't an option.

I am just playing devils advocate in this discussion, because it is always interesting every year. Remember, this is a subjectively judged sport. And a 36 in one region is not necessarily a 36 in another (lord knows we see this in NCAA). That would be one of my initial concerns about some...

This comes up every year. It think it just shows, there is no way of cutting the proverbial pie that makes everyone happy. I genuinely sympathize with those frustrated. But I know I forget and I am sure others do too, that DP Nationals is NOT for "crowning" the best L10 athletes in the nation...

I get it, but "deserve it more" is probably an incorrect phrasing. Regions want to send their best 7.

From what I understand, they dont pull girls from other regions to compete as all-stars. Remember, the all-stars competition is for individuals, versus the DP nationals is intended to be a competition between regions. The regions that cannot fill their slots are then allocated girls from other...

Does the gym and more importantly the coaches, have a track record of getting girls to college? How long have the coaches been there? I totally understand your struggles, but you are correct, and I know some might dunk on me as a "crazy gym parent" but you are correct in the timing of starting...