We just got one for our daughter from www.thebeamstore.com . The price was right and they are reputible so you don't have to worry about the saftey of the beam itself. We are off for almost 2 weeks because of school, they give the kids the first week of school off. So it will be...
I live about an hour from the Naperville Gymnastics Academy that just landed 1 girl on the Sr. National team and 1 on the Jr. National team.
Since I don't know many people on here, I wanted to say congrats if any of their family members are around.
I am so proud to see not one but 2 girls...
Your daughter is doing amazing, congrats! My DD is going to be 8 next week and this is her 3rd month doing gymnastics ever. I am really likeing the Level 3 more and more. I know it's going to be a great stepping stone as she gets old and knowing she is learning the right way to do things is...
I would worry about saftey at your size with a home bar. I know they sell those extension kits or something to keep them safer, maybe you could try that.
Thank you soo much madi, that makes me feel better and I think you are right. It's getting her to understand what's at stake and that she needs to get everything perfect so that she can compete like she wants to. NOt compete just for the sake of it!
THanks for sharing that! I dont know what I would say if they wanted her to compete level 3 again, although her best interest is their best interest. I just worry about her age and being to old to really excel to a high level, which is what she hopes to do.
Okay thank you..so it's won't be strange that I tell her about the issues? Being at the new gym I often worry that if I bring something up they will think my daughter is a little baby, when she really isn't. She's just new to it all.
My daughter is having a really hard time with her rips and rope burn. We recently moved to a new gym where they aren't allowed to use their feet to go up the rope, the other gym did rope maybe once a week.
She was hysterical last week with the pain from the rope burn, other than the obvious...