We had our intra-squad meet this weekend along with the team of another small club. Jamy was the only level ten. She scratched on the vault. which is, at this stage in the year, a Yurchenko lay out full. I've seen her do it in the gym, but her coach did not want to risk her injuring her ankle by...
I appreciate everyone's input and advice. We are getting an MRI on Monday and will see a sports medicine orthopedist the following day. Jamy's health is more important to me than anything else.
Jamy is a pretty strong willed individual. I know it would be counter-productive for me to push her...
I never thought that I would have to entertain the possibility, but my daughter told me that she wanted to quit gymnastics. This was a few weeks ago and since then her coach has convinced her to finish this season, which would be her first level 10 season at the age of 14. But in spite of this...
anti-biotic resistent bacteria and gym protocal
You should never have an open wound in the gym. The risk of getting an infection increases for you. But it also increases the risk for your team mates. Anti-biotic resistent bacteria is becomming more and more common. You need to wash the wound...
Gym economics
I've heard that the competitive side of most gyms alone does not break even. Our own competitive side comes close to breaking even, but it is the recreational side which really pays the bills. We have 70 to 80 girls on the competitive side. But we have over a thousand girls on...
Re-energized, but tired
Jamy came back Sunday night. She was definitely more enthusiasitic about gymnastics, but very, very tired. Jamy told me they had a halloween party Saturday night. As thegirls walked through the woods back to their cabins, some ofthe coaches lay in wait and surprised and...
My dd, Jamy, is at the Karolyi camp for the Westerns/Easterns 9s and 10s. She is having fun and trying to perfect her Geinger, among other things. I don't think she' ll use it until States or Regionals. She has lost some of her enthusiasm in gymnastics. I am praying that this will re-ignite the...
Honesty is a two way street.
My daughter's coach and I have been honest with one another and I've kept my daughter at the same gym for the last 6 years. Honesty is a two way street. I've told the coach what I think and she has told me what she thinks. We haven't always agreed. More often than...
Business plan lacks good will
It is bad business for a gym to have the reputation of being mean spirited. They will end up losing business due to people leaving or new recruits going to another gym. In this case, I think the issue is whether the word gets out to other parents in the gym and to...
Shawn
After my daughter began to warm up for her session that evening, I saw that Shawn was signing autographs and taking pictures. I asked her if she would be available later in the evening after my daughter's competition. She replied that she was leaving in a half hour but would be back that...
Sat
Last year at Westerns one of my daughter's teammates got to meet and take a picture with Shawn Johnson. Although we were from California, the teammate had scheduled to take the SAT the following day in Desmoines, Iowa where the competition was held. Just before the exam took place, the...
Extra Hours
Spending extra hours in the lab or library may help our girls be more successful academically in high school or college. On the other hand, can we determine or quantify how successful our girls would have been without gymnastics? Would they still have had that same determination...