Recent content by OHGymMom

Welcome to the Buckeye state from another Ohioan.

Several of our level 7 and 8 girls compete cartwheel round-off connection and score well (2 were state beam champs) and one team girl does a front handspring front walkover connection (again state champ). My DD did handstand backhand spring because she couldn't get her back walkover consistent...

Honestly I haven't paid much in coaching fees because DDs HS coach is also her club coach and she coaches 3 HS teams total including one team that her daughters are on so she never charges me cos hing fees for HS. Usually at least 2 club coaches are with the high school team coaching and...

Ohio here too. Didn't start a MS team but started a HS team a few years ago and I would imagine the process is similar. Start with your school's AD. Explain to him/her what you want to do and how it will benefit the school and its students. Our school AD took the request to the school board and...

At DD's old gym the level 4 head coach used to have a group of 4 girls from team that she had over to her house frequently for sleepovers. There were roughly 10 or 12 girls in level 4 at the time and it did cause a lot of hard feelings from the parents and other team girls. DD was not part of...

I finished it yesterday and it was an enjoyable summer read. I just handed it off to my 17 year old gymmie to read. I might have a few qualms about a pre-teen or young teen reading it since there is a lot of drinking/getting drunk and sexual (though not explicit) references. I found the...

One of DD's former teammates moved from a gym in the midwest to one in the deep south about a year and a half ago. She is, I believe, now living with her 2nd host family. She was competing 8 when she moved and just finished her level 9 season. I know at one time her parents were hoping she...

My DD, also an international adoptee, was an early grower/bloomer. She went from being the shortest in her grade in 3rd grade to one of the tallest in 4th grade. She's now 16 and has only grown about 1/2 an inch since 5th grade (she can still wear her Leo from her state meet in 5th grade)...

You're not prying and I have no problem answering. She had no knee problems before this happened. Really she probably just landed awkwardly and it tore. She's been doing gym for about 10 years. Started competing at age 9. She's always had very concerned and caring coaches that don't push the...

Thanks ladies for your kind and positive words. Taurus she hurt it originally doing a simple round off on the floor. She's probably done thousands of them in her years of gym. This time she just landed wrong and her knee popped and gave out. Then x rays and physically therapy (MRI wouldn't be...

DD saw the orthopedic surgeon today and has both a complete tear of her ACL and a partial tear of the meniscus (we knew about the meniscus tear but the ACL tear came as a surprise). Surgery is scheduled in two weeks. She's handling it pretty well considering her season (level 8 and high...

Team final line up is posted. Maggie N. is competing on all four events. Simone 3 out of 4 (no bars). Gabby vault and bars. Aly beam and floor and Maddy K. just bars. Brenna, no surprise unfortunately, is not in team finals. Looks like the best line up possible after quals.

My DD had a teammate a few years ago who got her kip on her 2nd try and high bar kip on the first try and never lost them. She also got her BHS and BT on beam, full, and Tsuk within a week or so of first trying them. She just seemed to be a naturally talented gymnast. She also quit after her...

My DD had a teammate who dislocated both elbows and shattered her wrist last year when she bounced off the bars. She had pins, casts to her elbows, and was out about 4 to 5 months. She came back to be level 7 all around, beam, vault, and, yes, bars state champ this year. Coaches brought her...

BTDT with the gym falling apart. Two years ago HC and Gym owner had a huge blow up after practice. That evening HC and every assistant coach walked out the door except one 16 year old assistant. It was an ugly situation and within 24 hours at least 2/3 of team girls had found a new gym including...