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My daughter was born with bilateral clubfoot, had had 2 surgeries, and has a deformity in both arches (curve the wrong way - called rocker bottom) likely from improper casting during treatment. Because of the clubfoot her calf muscles are differently formed. She also can't walk on relevee...

I have 2gymmies competing right now - one just finished her third season, the other her first. Gymnastics is a major part of our lives now. Somehow it has taken over most of our "free time" and adjusted our schedule, vacations, and thoughts! I've been thinking about it in our current process of...

Congrats! Beam is the nemesis of my L5 dd and the favorite for my L3 dd. I keep joking that my L5 needs superglue for beam! Just getting past that hump is great!

Our DDs will be switching gyms at the end of this season for a variety of reasons. However we haven't decided which gym to move to. Our 3 main choices are extremely different. As parents, our first choice would be the very organized, well-equipped gym about 40 min away which has plenty of...

I'm so glad you posted this! We are in the same position. However, my dds current gym owner/head coach does not take "abandonment" well. My dd has said that she would rather quit gymnastics completely than break her coach's heart and make her (coach) not like dd. This is behavior that she's seen...

We would definitely stay overnight at a hotel near the meet. My dds would not do well waking up so early. However, even at local (within 1 hour) meets with 8am starts I still do their hair the night before. There may be a few fly-aways the next morn, but the braids generally stay in well and...

Hi Everyone, My daughter just came back from a very successful week at the Karolyi gymnastics camp. While she was there she learned all of her level 6 skills and was working on some that are higher than that. She had competed level 5 last year, and her coaches were going to leave her there in...

Thank you all for posting your experiences. I really appreciate hearing how other teams work!

Thank you for the helpful information. I appreciate your insight. The middle if nowhere is what we are used to, so that's not a problem for my daughter. Her coach was a dancer, but never did gymnastics, so even something that is not so great for the gymnastics if you are coming from a top gym...

The coach has never gone before, so she has no information either! If I could just ask the coach I would not have resorted to this group with questions. Our daughter is only 8 and we weren't looking to send her to an away camp, the coach said she was going to Karolyi and asked if she would like...

My daughter is 8 years old & just finished her first season competing level 5. She will be attending the Karolyi camp this summer with her coach & a couple of girls from her gym & a few more from the state. I've tried calling & emailing the camp & haven't gotten any response, so I'm hoping that...

Ok, what is up training? For dd they don't work on new skills until about 2-3 months before the start of the next competition season, after the coaches decide on competition level. Once they decide someone will move up them they start on skills for that level. Seems a bit backwards, which is why...

Hi, My daughter is a level 5 gymnast at a small gym. There are 14 girls on the team (and they are currently recruiting more), levels 3-5. My daughter is one of 4 level 5s on the team. There are 2 coaches (although at times there is only 1 at a practice, and only 1 at competitions generally)...

Has anyone been to Karolyi camp? My dd is 8 years old, level 5, and will be attending the second week with her coach and a few other girls from the state. I've had a tough time getting answers to my questions from the camp, so I'm hoping that someone who has attended would be willing to answer...