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DD broke her pinky on her non-dominant hand. Required surgery 4 days later, inserted 2 pins, did not affect the growth plate. State competition is 5 weeks after her injury. Cast comes off about 12-13 days before she would compete. DD has missed the last THREE years of State for various...

Our bars coach always spots the girls from the same side (the girls' left side). Sometimes this means that the coach is standing between the gymnast and the judges, blocking their view. Is this okay?

What a season this will be -- 2 sisters, same level, same practice group at the gym. Big sis is 4 years older than younger and is repeating this level of compulsories, which is very rare at our gym. In the end, it will make her more confident and a better gymnast. But this is really hurting...

An online search did not lead me to this answer. DD is inconsisent with her BWO on beam -- sometimes gets it, but more recently she is either landing one foot and falling off, or missing it completely. When she misses it completely, she tries again and always falls and then the rest of her...

Hello, My DD and some of her teamates are looking at the 4-day camp at UC Berkeley, run by Nike Sports. They will attend as day campers. My DD's first question was "Is it fun?" Has anyone attended this before? What do you think? In general, they are 10 years old and training to complete...

Hello, Sad situation at our gym has led me to ask if there is an injury protocol from USAG or if other gyms have one. It was late Friday night and one little girl took a freak accidental fall on a simple skill where she hit her face on the beam. She had a bloody nose and was dizzy, but ice...

Hi, Here's our situation: DD1 is toward the older end of her L4 group. Has been slow to progress. Did okay in L3 last year and won a first place on an event at L3 state. Barely made it into L4 this year, but improved tremendously this season. Had our last meet and she missed State by 0.2 (we...

My level 4 has been using grips for over 6 months now. Lately she is strapping them tighter. She has indentations on her hands and wrists even several hours after class, and has dark marks on the lower part of her palm/hand under her thumb and a little bit down her wrist. She says they are not...

Hello, This is my first post so apologies if this has been covered. Our gym just posted the summer hours, which are 12 mandatory hours for girls training L4, with 2 bonus hours. The hours are spread over 4 weekdays, and every night goes until 8:30 pm. Our public school has a different schedule...