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    Parents Coaches advice on time off please

    I would really like some other coaches opinions. Our gym really has no down time. There are no full week closings. I know a lot of gyms in our area do Christmas week, last week of August kind of thing. Staff and athletes are off. But not this one. We (Dad and I) got lectured last year, because...
  2. CoachMeg

    WAG Question for Coaches - Process for level move-ups?

    Hey everyone! As State meets are quickly approaching, our HC has called several team coaches meetings to talk about our summer schedule and practice groups. We have 4 team coaches (including me) and have girls from levels 3-9 on our team. As our gym is fairly new (but the best in the area), we...
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    WAG Any knowledgeable coaches want to weigh in on this?

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-angels-albert-pujols-retirement-talk-20150222-story.html The next 14 year old gymnastics Olympian?
  4. magmom

    Coaches / Judges Hospitality Room Food

    I guess this is a mostly a question for coaches and judges... Are you typically satisfied with the food provided for you at meets? When our gym hosts, we provide homemade (but standard American) fare. Is that typical? Would you like to see other options? Paleo/primal? Vegetarian? Vegan...
  5. gymgal

    WAG judes/coaches - Question on deductions for falls

    Is there any difference in scoring between a gymnast who fights to save a skill, but falls anyway and one who just takes the fall without fighting? Does the one who works to save herself from the fall get more deductions for "the extra wobbles, etc? And vice versa, does a judge tend to deduct...
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    Team coaches need Now or @ the end of your season

    Force Sports Academy Located In Pennsylvania's beautiful Lehigh Valley is in need of girls & boys team coach’s. We are in a very competitive area and Region and are looking for coaches that have a passion and love for high quality gymnastics. The perfect candidate would have the ability to...
  7. CoachMeg

    WAG Advice from (compulsory) coaches? Any of you experienced this?

    At my gym, we have 4 team coaches. 2 of us coach compulsory levels (me included), and the other 2 coach optionals. (Both us compulsory coaches are in our early 20s and the optional coaches are in their late 50s- so definitely some superiority, not that all of us aren't capable of coaching higher...
  8. VAgymdad

    WAG Tough Coaches at level 3

    All. A little background. My daughter is 6 1/2 in her first year competing level 3. Of the 20 level 3 girls, she is the youngest of the group. Only one other 6 year old, the rest are mostly 8 and up. She is the only one of the group who has yet to compete level 3 bars. According to her head...
  9. mylittlemiss

    Parents Parkettes Invitational 2015-Gymnast/Coaches/Judges banquet

    Hi all! My daughter will be competing at the Parkettes Invite this year and plans to attend the Saturday night "Spectacular Parkettes Banquet". Anyone been to this before? Is there a certain way to dress, or is it just casual? How late does it run? I am just curious so I can let her know what to...
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    WAG please all coaches help me! Giants in less than 6 months?

    I am a coach and currently I have a L5 group. All of the kids are very likely to be good L7 next season, we did a lot of upgrading recently. We got a new girl last month and she has been doing really well! She is a real angel and fits perfectly into our team. She is pretty ready for L7 also...
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    Parents Who coaches your kids at meets?

    We have a pretty large team and they are often split in to two groups within the same session. However, at this point we only have one coach and she often judges the sessions we compete in. The plan for the next meet is that her children will coach the boys. Both are fine coaches, however...
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    WAG Question for coaches

    My best friends daughter who'sy god daughter is 4 and currently dances we were chatting yesterday and she mentioned that she is always doing bridges and back bends now I know it's not something that should be done before age 5 in gymnastics is it the same for dance? I did tell her this was for...
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    Parents Reimbursement for coaches vacation

    We have an out of town meet coming up. Our session is Friday early afternoon. Our coach is traveling on Friday and we booked a hotel for him Friday night since we are not sure what time our session will end. I am currently having an issue with the coach wishing to extend his travel till...
  14. profmom

    WAG Floor question for coaches/those in the know

    We recently hosted a meet and rented equipment. The floor we rented was very hard and our team had an uncharacteristic number of falls. One of the parents working the meet asked the rental guys about it and they told him it's some kind of new harder floor that is to be the new standard. Has...
  15. CoachMeg

    WAG Christmas Gifts for Gymnasts - From Coaches

    Just wondering if other coaches give Christmas gifts to their gymnasts and any good ideas that you've used in the past. We had our annual Lock-In this past weekend and each of us 4 team coaches were given very generous Visa gift-cards. Last year I ordered the girls different colored aluminum...
  16. munchkin3

    WAG How many coaches go to meets?

    So I was making a point to our facility director about proper staffing and I wanted to know, on average how many coaches does your gym send to competitions. We have a medium sized team, anywhere from 8-12 kids per level from USAG 2- 5 and then maybe 15 optional girls..... Our gym regularly likes...
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    Parents Need Help with Coaches Fee

    So.. we have a pretty unique situation, where our gym only supports classes. Our top level coaches and parents have organized to also have a competitive team. Basically, the gym has NOTHING to do with TEAM. Our parent booster club handles most of the managerial issues. At the beginning of the...
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    Advice from parents or coaches please!

    I have two young daughters that are currently doing 12 hours of gymnastics. My youngest daughter has been selected to go the "compulsory" route and her hours will increase, my elder daughter will go the "club" route, I believe, and her hours will remain the same. I am concerned that...
  19. rbearclaw

    WAG Sore coaches

    There's a post over on the coaches forum that I follow but can't comment on because I'm not a coach. But I wanted to tell all you coaches out there, us parents and gymnasts thank you for all your hard work and hard days!! We appreciate the sore muscles and tired bodies you put up with every day...
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    WAG Need Advice--Optionals Coaches NOT from Texas

    I know this is probably an odd request, but if there are any optionals coaches who do NOT coach in TX who wouldn't mind giving me some advice, I would really appreciate it. DD is in a difficult position right now and I need advice as to what to do. Thanks in advance!

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