Recent content by juststartingout

I would say I'm somewhere in between. Last year I was drop and go, not by choice it was the gym's rules. This year I can watch and I do. Mostly I get some quiet time talking to other moms while hubby deals with the other 2 at home. It's my adult time since at work I work solo. If she is having...

My dd's group ranges in age from 8 to 16, with only 4 of them in the 8-9yo range. Our girls go out to eat together after every Friday night practice. The older girls in the group aren't talking about boys they are talking about gymnastics, which of course everyone has in common. Even though they...

Every day last year! My dd did level 4 last year. The gym was an hour away on a good day. I had to pick her up early from school twice a week, feed her in the car, homework in the car.... It was a hot mess. Then I spent 4 hours trying to entertain myself since we couldn't watch and it was too...

I would say it's a mental problem rather than physical. My dd had a perfect walkover forever then started doing this. The longer she takes to do the skill the more likely it is to happen, she just starts to overthink it and psych herself out. I think when they start to overthink it they either...

Our coaches sent an email to all team parents with photos of 5 different leotard choices. They were all different price points and different companies and then each family got one vote. So you looked over it with your kid to see which one they liked and then decided if you liked the price. The...

Every single day.... I started working nights to help pay the costs. I've decided to not have my daughter compete this year. She will train with the team but not compete. Then I have a younger daughter who dances and has just started at gymnastics and is picking up quickly. Right now I pay about...

2 year ago my daughter was at a USAIGC gym and in order to practice with the team you had to compete. Last year I moved her to a USAG gym where she competed level 4. They allowed us to compete just 3 meets at a reduced team price so that my daughter had longer to learn her routines and clean up...

Could you maybe link your previous post? I tried to look it up through your username but it wouldn't let me. I'm interested in hearing more about this. I'm considering taking my daughter to a chiropractor. Is this something they noticed on their own or did you have them specifically looking for it?

Our girls don't up train during the season within their groups. They start working the next level skills after states. This system is not easy for my daughter. Last year she struggled as a level 4 due to the kip. This year she will repeat most likely. They plan to keep her with her group and let...

That's great! Love hearing success stories after struggles. My daughter has been struggling, hoping she has a success story of her own soon.

My daughters group does an hour a day out of a 4 hr practice for level 4. It changes all the time so I can't really give an exact routine. The only thing that is always the same is that they start practice by running stairs. Bars is usually also a longer rotation since they also do bars...

Level 5- $255 per month for 15 hrs practice assessment fees around 850 due Aug 1st meet fees run from 70-125 a piece and we do 8 or 9 a year we need new warm ups this year, they gave us an estimate of 150-200 mandatory summer camp around 300 and everyone does privates 240 a month, I plan to do...

My daughters story is a short one too since she is 9. She started at almost 6yo at what I would consider a preschool gym. It had 1 floor beam, they would put mats under each end to raise it up for them. They had 2 single low bars (no high bar), 1 vault but they only had a 3rd of a regular runway...

Such a cute routine and she performs it beautifully. She is so fun to watch.

Uhhh vault. My dd has gone a full year training level 4 vault and still doesn't always get over the table. I hate vault. I have gotten privates for her but it's only helped slightly. I honestly feel like it will never happen for her. She is 9 and short but there are girls just as short as her...