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    Parents Daughter talking about quitting for all the wrong reasons

    How can I convince my daughter to not quit the sport that she loves because she is picked on by a couple of her teammates? Her father and I want to go to another facility. When I asked the coach about it, I was told not to go to one particular gym because they focus only on the talented kids...
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    WAG Does age make a difference in scores?

    A bunch of parents were talking last night around the gym. One mom commented that judging is much harsher with older age groups than with younger ones. Her daughter is 13 and competing level 5. She said that judging is much harder because they expect more with the senior age groups than the...
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    Weighing options in changing gyms

    As I have posted before, one of our awesome coaches is leaving to start his own gym. My little one had a so-so season competing level 5 last year under his coaching. (She was young & had only been in gymnastics for less than 2 years.) Current gym says she is ready to move to level 6, but coach...
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    How long should we wait?

    We had a FABULOUS coach that our younger team really respected. For his sanity, he stepped down as our USAG coach & is coaching our recreational team. (They've become awesome!) Our gym hired a younger coach, with little experience, and even less training. Nice guy- horrible coach. Our team is...
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    Coach leaving gym- should we follow?

    My daughter doesn't know it yet, but her favorite coach is announcing he is leaving our gym. She will be heartbroken. He gave notice, and waited until after the competition season was over. There is talk that he is moving to another gym. Do we follow? Should we follow? My daughter is young & his...
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