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    WAG High School Gymnastics

    My oldest daughter is currently doing HS gymnastics... I do believe the scoring values are based off of JO L9, e.g. a handspring vault has a SV of 8.6 (if I recall correctly). It's been interesting to watch the meets. You have kids coming in at all different abilities and some of the schools...
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    WAG Gyms in Los Angeles and Orange County, Ca

    I have cousins in Cali and my daughter trained with West Coast Elite while visiting one year. This was especially convenient since my cousin lives only 10 minutes or so from their gym. My daughter was there only 1 day so there was no charge, however for longer stays I believe there is. I...
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    Parents Different Practice Groups?

    In the past I had two daughters in gymnastics and have been to three gyms as a result. I've seen a few strategies put in action, with one being the A/B grouping within levels, e.g. when my oldest was a (old) level 5, the girls were split into A & B squads with the A girls getting more advanced...
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    Parents Slow start in gymnastics?

    Both my girls started in recreational classes at a nearby gym. My oldest daughter was asked early on to join team while my younger daughter was repeatedly bypassed--she would get progress reports indicating lack of progress constantly. At that time, I just figured she just didn't have the...
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    Parents Use of time outs as punishment

    Your gym's policy doesn't sound too different than my daughter's gym's policy. The head coach seems to subscribe to the philosophy of "I want you more afraid of me than the skill you're attempting." I, personally, would prefer a more nurturing approach and do believe that one can achieve good...
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    Parents Arab WAG gymnasts?

    Jordyn Wieber is of Lebanese descent (through her maternal grandmother).
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    Parents Are kids allowed to do school team and USAG?

    As others mentioned it varies from state to state so you need to check. My younger daughter's gym would never allow her to compete high school gymnastics and they won't tolerate other sports whose practice schedule comes into conflict with gymnastics. My older daughter left JO for Xcel (and...
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    Parents How many kids?

    I used to have two, but the oldest quit after L7. Now I only have one left.
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    Parents Painful Curled Toe Exercise

    As far as I know, no one at our gym does this--neither do we walk across the gym's spring floor with toes curled. My daughter had to do the latter at a gym she was visiting (West Coast) but that's the only time she's had to do that. The best explanation I have is that this helps stretch their feet.
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    Parents Number of training days and hours per week

    During the summer my daughter trained 25 hrs/wk. The fall schedule just came out and she'll be training 22.5 hrs/wk. during the school year. They haven't announced levels yet but likely she'll be preparing for (new) L8. I remember going out to LA to visit a relative and my daughter practiced...
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    Parents Chicago style

    We've gone every year since my daughter hit L5. I'm not sure if we'll be going this season though (only because I heard a rumor). It's definitely not warm in Chicago in February so expect bitter cold (although one year we had abnormally high temperatures). The meet is well run and each...
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    Parents How do you guys know what level your DD will compete in the Fall?

    Sometime in the fall the coaches at our gym provide each athlete a written evaluation describing their strengths and weaknesses. At the bottom of this evaluation it typically states the level they're expected to compete. Experience has proven that the level indicated on the evaluation sheet...
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    Parents Regrets

    I opened this thread because of a conversation I had with one of the parents I carpool with... Her daughter is a Level 10 gymnast that qualified to Nationals and placed on the podium (AA and otherwise). I was surprised when she told me that had she known what was in store for her daughter she...
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    Parents Level 5 training hrs

    At our gym they have multiple tracks... for Level 5 the regular track kids practice 12 hours per week. The fast track kids will do 16 hours. This kind of thing goes on for the upper levels as well, e.g. Level 7 is either 16 hours or 18. Level 9s & 10s are 22.5 hours (all of them). A (very)...
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    Parents How accessible are your coaches?

    My daughter's coaches are not all that accessible. Emails are often ignored and/or responses delayed. After practice the coaches typically vanish from the gym (leaving the impression that they're avoiding parents). Once a year, in early fall, each gymnast receives a summary of their...
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