venting

So a little background. Gym split left DD at gym with no teammates L6 (her level at the time) and above. She chose to stay with current HC. I think out of fear of not measuring up at some of the other gyms around. Comp scores for her are usually mid range for some of the higher scoring gyms. In...

My kid has been having a rough time at the gym for the past several months. I keep thinking she's pushed through it and gotten her confidence back, but then I am quickly proven wrong. She feels like she's the worst gymnast on the team and that her coach doesn't believe in her and is treating her...

My 7yo son has been doing gymnastics less than a year. He's competing level 4, LOVES gymnastics and has really found his place. His first competition, he came in 2nd AA, with 1st place in two events. The next three competitions, he's come in 1st place AA, and has been steadily increasing the...

So this year we have several travel meets and we are so excited to go. We are also trying to make all the needed plans including flights, and hotels. All of these meets are large meets with over 1000 participants and have been run for several years already.....We need to fly to all of them...

Let me preface this by saying that I like and trust our HC-he is a great coach, strict and encouraging in all the right measures, obviously truly cares about the kids, and we are very happy with our gym, so this is truly a totally petty vent that I just need to get out so I can move on. HC works...

So DD moved to the optional training group, new coaches, new kids, new responsibilities etc. They divided them up into groups, from L6 to 10..... Pretty standard, although the 6s and 7s are completely mixed.......She scored 3rd out of 10 teammates at the L5 score out. DD was placed in a group...

Well I've reached the end of a difficult season. I've been battling a shoulder injury all year & for the past three weeks, dizziness & lack of balance. Just two weeks ago, it was so bad that I couldn't do a kip, ROBHS, or stand on a beam. Somehow vault was still fine though. Throughout that...

It is very annoying when there is "live" scoring and no scores are up! When they are 2 events into a meet there should be something! :mad:o_O

Gymmie is 11 and L6, she is frustrated with her coaches. I dont' blame her at all. Our HC is great, but non-confrontational, and there is only one of her and 78 girls + 16 developmentals. Or "other coaches" have some good traits they bring to the team, but it is almost constant drama. I have...

Dd did a great job at the State meet but I need to vent. Beam is really her event. She sticks the CW 90% of the time and never messes up at competition. I was soooo sad to see her wobble big time, but she saved it ( she didn't fall). With the first place going with a 9.125, the coach was certain...

So, my parents have been divorced a couple of years now. They're not very friendly with each other. In fact, I'm not even sure that I'm supposed to tell my mom where my dad lives. Anyway, they live close enough to each other, that it makes it very awkward if I'm planning on visiting one or the...

We had a sudden gym change mid-season last year. We found 2 gyms, one we loved and one we liked. We chose the 2nd because of the drive. Even that one is a 45 minute drive (I live in the middle of nowhere). Anyways, rules are, if you move mid-season you don't get to finish competing the season. I...

I just received an email from one of the mums. She wrote: "Hi, Suzy is going to quit gymnastics at the end of the may. We will try other activities. This was her own choice. We are happy about coaching so that's not the reason of quitting. We will see if she wants to return one day". At the end...

Our state meet is in two weeks and we don't have a schedule yet! It could be on any of three days and we have to book rooms. Sorry just venting here.

WELL, I have an 8 year old gymnast in my group. She has had hard time the last 4 months. She has anxiety and fear issues and doesn't believe in herself. Her strength level is lower than the others because she is a bit big for a gymnast etc. Well just last week I emailed with her mother about her...

Had our first tough meet this weekend. First one for most of the girls (and parents!) where you wonder what in the world the judges wanted to see - and knowing that it was apparently NOT what we were doing! I was ready to eventually be at a meet with "tough" scoring, but it just seemed really...

I used to love Christmas. That was before someone introduced me to responsibility and christmas parties. It seems to be obligatory for every school, club, institution (...) to throw a christmas party. Why??? What is wrong with a spring party? An end of winter party? A start of school party...

Need to vent... Just had one of these trainings when you feel like you did more group gestion than actual coaching... How can I make them understand that the ranking order is not important when you do the vault running complex? I had to talk to a certain gymnast for 10 minutes to get her to...

This is purely from a "spectator/Mommy" point of view, and is neither here nor there. But I'm so tired of the girls in DDs class who play around, don't listen, and balk on skills for attention. It wastes the teacher's time and the other kids' time. Yes, it's a pre-team class with young girls...

My dd who will be 7 in a couple of months has been doing rec gymnastics for nearly 2 years, she has been doing well and has had praise from several coaches over the past few months saying how well she is doing and she is good at gym, one of the coaches said she was doing very well and when the...