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Yay! Ds is so happy that his petition to compete in the regional meet was accepted! Now we just have to have confirmed clearance from his doctor on Monday, and he'll be training his booty off :)

So ds has been having trouble with his knee for a while now, and we found out about a week ago from an x-ray that he has Patellar avulsion. We've been heating/icing and giving him ibuprofen for the pain and still he's limping around the house. At practice he's avoiding floor, vault, and hard...

Ds has been working so hard this season to catch up after having been sick for almost 3 months before Christmas. So far he's competed in 2 meets, where he was proud to compete 4 events, then in 5 events. His goal was to be able to compete all 6 events by the end of the season, but last night...

Our team canceled one of our meets that we were scheduled for, so now we are looking for one to replace it. This one is the one our coach is suggesting for the parents to consider. I'm just wondering if anyone has had experience with it?

My ds has an issue that is now starting to really bother him. For level 5 and now all of level 6 he has had trouble with tumbling on his own gym floor, but not on every other gym floor he has competed on. He says that his is soft but not bouncy at all. In practice he can barely do front and...

We are in Phoenix right now for the boys meet. Anyone else here or has anyone else done this one? When we registered for it, we thought it would be a really big one, but it turns out that it's going to be very small with only 2 sessions. I don't really mind though; it's so nice to get away in...

Well, it turns out that what ds thought was pain caused by his ankles was actually caused by falling arches. The orthopedist recommended he wear arch supports in his shoes and to keep his shoes on during gymnastics for the next 3 weeks. He's not supposed to do tumbling or vault until his feet...

My ds10 has complained of the inside of his ankle hurting for about a week now. His coach says he just needs to tape it and continue training since there is no swelling or bruising, and he never really did anything like twist it or roll it, it just started hurting. So all last week he trained...

At my ds gym there is a new coach who has the boys doing future stars stretching and I'm not sure what else. Ds says he refers to "future stars" often but I am not very familiar with it. Does anyone have any information on it besides what I can read on the USAG website. The coach has called a...

I am wondering if anyone knows why boys would be moved up from level 5 to level 8 based solely on age, rather than skill? This is what is happening in my ds gym to a few boys who are 12-14. They were fairly average scorers in level 5 competitions, but have now been moved up to level 8. Is...

Hi, I have been a member for a few months but I have just been looking around the site and reading and learning from other members. I realized today that I should probably introduce myself! I have a ds who is just finished his level 5 season and is beginning level 6, and a dd who is beginning...

Hi, I am a new poster to this forum so I would like to introduce myself. My DS is 9yo and is training level 5/6. He was hoping to compete 6 this season but since he had a 10 week setback after a broken elbow, it looks likely he will do 5. He is just thrilled to be back, and I am more...