Recent content by Georgiapeach

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I have seen some of the older girls cry and struggle and just like you said, the harder they cry, the more they struggle which leads to harder crying! It IS heartbreaking. And when they finally get the skill or whatever they are working on, I wanna stand up and clap! I'm sure it's so stressful...

Ha! That sounds like me, the flippy thing, the jump thing, the upside down thing. Mine is only level 1 but an hour after her practice begins, the upper levels come in and I can't stop watching them. I hold my breath and they aren't even my children!!

Haha! And when she's actually in a mood to tell me about something in gym I don't wanna ruin by asking "what is that" every 5 minutes!

Oh you're awesome! Thanks so much! I feel like such a dork when I hear other moms and dads and kids talking gym talk and I'm trying to remember what terms I need to google!

I'm new to competitive gymnastics with my DD and at the gym yesterday a mom mentioned a girl on another team "scratching" on bars. I had no clue what this meant so she explained it but it got me thinking about other terms I've heard my DD and have no idea what they mean. Like "hollow body" and...

So some CGMs were talking at the gym yesterday and normally I am able to avoid conversations like the plague (yes I have to stay at practice because it's too far to go home and come back and shopping isn't an option because my $$ is in the gym). They happened to be talking about the scores from...

Thanks! So far we love it! Just trying to avoid the crazy gym moms!!

Ok gotcha. Dear God yes the music is the same and I hear it in my sleep!!!

Thanks everyone. When she started I never imagined either one of us enjoying it this much. It started as a 1 day a week, 50 minutes of flipping on the floor and swinging from a bar. It just all escalated so quickly and I think we were both a little surprised and trying to take it all in and...

I totally understand this. I think with DD she knows she is the oldest. There is another 11 year old on her team. She is the smallest, although the oldest. And she knows all these girls have at least 3 years in gym and she has one so I think for her she feels like she needs to "catch on" fast...

I will have to look into that. We are very visual learners as well!!

Oh my gosh you aren't kidding! The level 1 vault is the simplest thing on earth! The do a straight jump from the spring board, land on the mat, then on the mat they go into a handstand then flat back. That's it. And some girls score like an 8 something and some 9.6! They ALL look the same at...

Some have said let her see deductions, some say don't. Maybe I should keep doing what I'm doing and that's keeping gym talk to a minimum at home. Out of 4 meets she's gotten 2 36+ and 2 37+ AAs. She has great coaches for each event and she's happy. And yes, I've already been mislead by other...

I am so glad I found this site. Yall have given great advice and I think I'll video the meets, find her a list of deductions and leave it to her. At the beginning of the season the gym owner had a "new parent" meeting. She said the best gymnasts are the ones whose parents drop them off at the...