My daughter needs some snacks for during training. She has special dietary requirements that mean she cannot have wheat, dairy, honey, dates and a range of other things. I am not keen on giving her anything with added sugar. That just sets her up for sugar crashes, and is what I am trying to...
My daughter brought home a book from the school library yesterday. It's called "The Flyaway Girls" by Julia Lawrinson. ISBN: 9780143308652. It's newly published and she's enjoying it very much.
Reading the extract on the linked website...
What on earth is a peach jam, done on uneven bars?
The things my daughter comes home telling us she's been learning, sometimes I just wonder if the coaches make up ridiculous names specifically to bamboozle us.
Any videos that people can point me to? I looked in MostepanovaFan's guide to...
Something I've been wondering about: where is the line between being friendly with a coach, and being too friendly?
Here's the scenario.
Yesterday we were leaving a training venue. Head coach walks past the back of our car as I was packing things into it, and says bye to my daughter (called...
This morning I've received an email purporting to be from Chalkbucket, asking me to confirm that I would like to receive a parent newsletter.
"Please confirm that you would like to receive the ChalkBucket Parent Newsletter. This newsletter is specifically designed for parents of gymnasts...
What is a new skill? When a new skill gets added to the code, how is it decided that it is a new skill?
I realise there are skills that we can expect people will start to attempt (e.g. triple twisting things) that just haven't actually been done or done in competition yet. They are obviously...
Recently I sent an email to our club's head coach to thank him for hiring my daughter's coach some time back. I detailed why I felt the appointment had been so good: how much my daughter was learning from him, and enjoyed working with him. I also said that I had observed how dedicated this coach...
My daughter (9 yrs) and I were discussing her beam work this morning. She's been working on a pike press to handstand returning to manna, for months and months. She said she can do all the pike press to handstand bit just fine, and her manna is getting closer to horizontal. With her arm, she...
I'm still finding my way around the new format, but one thing I have noticed is that where people are from is no longer shown anymore. I used to have an Australian flag with my name and non-existent avatar. Now, I don't think flags show anymore.
For those of us not from America (where the...
My daughter recently suffered an illness that meant that she was on a much reduced intake of food for about 5 days. All in all it was a pretty awful illness, and kept her away from gym for about two weeks. She was the sickest I have ever seen her. She's very skinny normally (all muscle, no fat)...
As you might be able to tell from my screen name, I make most of my daughter's leotards. I use an excellent Jalie multisize pattern, which I would recommend to anyone (no affiliations etc!). I usually adapt the pattern to have different designs on the leotards. I really enjoy working with the...
I've been umming and aahhing about posting this. It's rather delicate, but its something I wonder about. I do apologise if it is right on the edge of what is appropriate, but for me it is a real area of concern! I'm sure if it is too delicate that a moderator will remove it. And I offer my...
My gymnast is always hungry. We always used to suggest fruit whenever she was hungry. However, due to food intolerances and allergies, on the advice of our doctor, we are now limiting her to one piece of fruit every two hours.
There's heaps of things she can't eat, such as all dairy (including...
My daughter has chronic stomach aches. After the first one which lasted several months, she was eventually diagnosed with a dairy allergy. After the dairy had finally cleared out of her system, things improved. That was about two years ago.
Last year it happened again, and we investigated other...