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My favorite was DDs quote from when she was 10: "Gymnastics is my freedom."

OP following up: So here we are, 5 weeks post-injury, 4 1/2 weeks post-surgery. DD still has a splint on her finger. She cannot bend the finger normally. She starts PT on Monday, and hand surgeon said it will be another 3 weeks before she is allowed to put weight on that hand or use it. L5...

What impressed me most about witnessing practice was that I began to understand how slow and precise the progress is in this sport. My work schedule changed about a year ago and enabled me to see practice one day a week. The first day, I watched my daughter try a skill and fail, and fail, and...

Sigh. Small but mighty....just like our girls....

DD broke her pinky on her non-dominant hand. Required surgery 4 days later, inserted 2 pins, did not affect the growth plate. State competition is 5 weeks after her injury. Cast comes off about 12-13 days before she would compete. DD has missed the last THREE years of State for various...

I hear you! My husband and I each work full time, and commute 45 min's to 1 hour a day. We have a college girl who picks up from school. We have 2 girls in gymnastics -- a 3rd grader doing 12 hours a week (3 nights a week, 4:30 to 8:30 pm) and a 7th grader (same, plus Saturdays for 4 hours)...

Our bars coach always spots the girls from the same side (the girls' left side). Sometimes this means that the coach is standing between the gymnast and the judges, blocking their view. Is this okay?

For example, is it extra days a week completely separate from USAG? YES, TOPS KIDS SKIP ONE DAY OF USAG PRACTICE AT THEIR LEVEL, AND DO TOPS INSTEAD How many hours? 6 HOURS TOTAL PER WEEK, THEY DO USAG FOR 12 HOURS PLUS 6 MORE TOPS Do you test both skills and physical abilities? YES, IN 2015...

What a season this will be -- 2 sisters, same level, same practice group at the gym. Big sis is 4 years older than younger and is repeating this level of compulsories, which is very rare at our gym. In the end, it will make her more confident and a better gymnast. But this is really hurting...

Our gym has a ballet room attached and a resident ballet teacher. Starting with pre-team the girls are all together for 1 hour of ballet a week. She works on their form, leaps and turns especially geared toward their floor & beam routines. They can see in the mirrors exactly how their form is...

Just found out our 7-year old made Diamond National Team. She did 2 Tops tests this year and our gym doesn't share scores. I have never heard of any teams (we had only heard of camps that some older girls can go to) so came to this board to find out what Diamond Team is. I found this thread...

Used to be 20-30 min's each way depending upon traffic -- that was when we had one gymnast going 3x a week. We have moved (for different reason, not for gym) and luckily now our gym is 10-15 minutes from our home and 10 minutes from school. We have 2 gymnasts now in elementary school with...

An online search did not lead me to this answer. DD is inconsisent with her BWO on beam -- sometimes gets it, but more recently she is either landing one foot and falling off, or missing it completely. When she misses it completely, she tries again and always falls and then the rest of her...

Sorry for the delays in replying -- yes, that is the camp. We have 6 girls from our team signed up, just because the parents wanted the kids to have fun together for a week when our gym is closed. I hope that they have a good time and maybe pick up some pointers along the way. Maybe this is a...

Hello, My DD and some of her teamates are looking at the 4-day camp at UC Berkeley, run by Nike Sports. They will attend as day campers. My DD's first question was "Is it fun?" Has anyone attended this before? What do you think? In general, they are 10 years old and training to complete...