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Soreness or pain is a signal that you may be hitting a training barrier. Evaluate your route, running surface, shoes and training methods. A small adjustment can make a big difference. Muscles and joints need time to recover and low impact actives such as aqua jogging can build endurance and...

Tingling and pain down a leg indicates a nerve issue. It's called a radiculopathy. It can be caused by a disc injury or muscle spasms. If caused by muscle spasms, it usually resolves in 1-2 weeks, but herniated or bulging discs can cause prolonged symptoms. Based on your story, sprain/strain at...

Heel pain is unfortunately very common in gymnastics, especially in the 9-12 age group. As a parent and a physio of a gymnast who had heel pain, I feel your frustration. In my opinion the key to controlling heel pain is the overall management of the gymnast. As mentioned before, stretching is...

Excellent point. The thread was exactly what I was looking for. Lots of passion as well! Our issue is that we lost elite coaches that agreed to come as long as pits and pit equipment were going to be installed. Owner did not follow through. Now reshuffle existing compulsory coaches who already...

I'm trying to find out if a gym needs special equipment to train high level 9-10 gymnasts. Is a pit with loose foam required for advanced bar and beam work? Or can a gym get away with not having that equipment. I'm concerned about safety and how a lack of proper equipment can impact progression...

I'm trying to find out if a gym needs special equipment to train high level 9-10 gymnasts. Is a pit with loose foam required for advanced bar and beam work? Or can a gym get away with not having that equipment. I'm concerned about safety and how a lack of proper equipment can impact progression...

I wanted to get opinions on how to balance the importance of scoring well and progressing thru the levels. My dd is a 12 yo level 7 with hopes to compete in college. Assuming she can achieve the skills quickly,how fast can she be moved up?Is there an approach to fast tracking gymnasts so they...

We are in the process of looking for a quality optional program that has experience developing collegiate gymnasts. Our DD is a level 7 that has had good success in the past and has been told by former elite coaches that she has potential. The hardest part now has been separating the fakers from...

Thanks. Great info

I'm not specifically hung up on allowable skills,but more on the coach and her limitations. The coach is very experienced and has had success in compulsory for years. Team had well known coaches for a short time and the contrast is clear. This coach is taking on too much: compulsory and...

Level 7. Not the usual bar coach. 5 girls at the meet and they did the entire routine 5 times and my daughter looked tired on those giants

On a slightly different question. Any thoughts on how many bar routines should be done during the warm up at the meet? It seemed that they did one after another to the point where the last two bar routines looked tired. The first few looked great but nothing left for competition. How many do you...

Thanks gymgurl! You make good points and I am currently trying to get to the bottom of things. Both times this happened a layman like me was able to find the answer in 5 min so it's a huge concern. In both cases the gymnast was doing skills above the level she was in. To date I have not even...

First post for me so please bear with me. We are in need of a coach's opinion regarding the ability of our current coach. The coach in question has done very well in our area in compulsory,but has not been involved in optionals that we know of and is now the optional coach due to quality coaches...