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Long story short, my daughter left her gym over a year ago. She was a level 7 and was burning out. I think she was about to quit but we left after an altercation with a coach. (That coach is no longer there). At first, she was fine with leaving and we adjusted to the non-gym life very well...

DD had a meet this weekend and had a good, clean beam routine. When she went to handstand to dismount, she didn't make it up all the way and came back down on the beam. She then re-did the handstand but into the turned position and dismounted. My question is, did she lose all points for that...

Thanks for all the advice! Thanks, everyone, for all the great advice. It's not getting any better. The kids all seem to be okay but the parents of two of the level 7's DD is now teammates with are just filled with venom towards us. It is so uncomfortable and one of these parents I...

A few weeks ago, four kids at level 6 were moved up from level 6 to level 7 after state and will now compete at level 7 for the remainder of the season. They were the higher scoring kids from level 6 and were clearly ready to move up. The problem is these kids are younger than the current...

Need some opinions out there. My DD is 9 years old and a L6 scoring strong 9's on floor, vault and beam and mid to high 8's on bars with one 9.1. We have a few meets after state and coaches are considering moving her to L7 for those. Typically she would wait until the fall to move up a level...

SO,if they don't hit the beam with either foot and obviously fall, should they get back up and re-do the BW? What if they aren't sure if their foot hit and re-did the BW? What would the deduction(s) be?

My daughter had problems with rips. They can be so painful. I usually keep them wrapped and moist with triple antibiotic ointment at night and just a bandaid during the day. Try to prevent future rips by keeping your calluses well moisturized with the best quality moisturizer you can get and...