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Hi all, My daughter had her very 1st competition recently. She competes at level 5. The Judge told her that she was over the time limit for her beam routine. Does anyone know how much this deduction is? Is it a fixed deduction or is it incremental (i.e. the longer she is over the time, the...

Thanks to all the caring coaches' and parents' reply, I can conclude that there is no deductions on just wearing grips to compete L4 meets.

These are the questions for judges: In a sanctioned meet, can a Level 4 gymnast wear grips to compete her uneven bar routine? Will that cause some deductions on her score? The Level 4 girls in our gym all wear grips to practice their bars. Yesterday, when they competed in a sanctioned meet, I...

This thread is quite old but as I read it, I realize that I really do have valid concern for what our gym is saying. We are new and the gym is telling us the cost will be $500 for leotards, warm-up suite, and bag! $500, what in the world and probably still made in China!

Remember, the girls in this gym have never competed ever, except for the one girl that just joined us from another gym. The program is brand new. The coach somehow met the owner and they decided to take a rag-tag bunch of girls from the rec program and start a team. The girls are of various...

I have a similar thing happening. Check my post out in the "Just need to vent?" forum. My issue is that the coach is spending most of his time on ONE GIRL and little time on all the other girls, including mine. People have suggested that I contact the owner of the gym about it, which I will...

Thanks for the responses. It helps me evaluate this situation better when hearing from those with competitive gymnastics experience. I'm a complete newbie. Do we have other options? Of course we do and we may pursue those eventually. We are just starting out in this sport. But this...

Hi. I'm new to competitive gymnastics and my daughter has never competed but has been training to do so now for 8 months. The recreational gym where she has attended since 4 years old hired a former Olympic coach last year. He coached in Romania of the 70's and 80's era, helped coach Nadia...

My girls are struggling as well but they continue to work hard, as should you. I did find this video at youtube, which I thought was very good. It may help you mentally and breaks things down a bit. Training Glide Kips - YouTube