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DD's first "real" competitive season is a wrap. I say real because last year she did rec team as a 2, and this year she competed Xcel bronze. It was a big jump last summer from about 2-2.5 hours per week to 9. There were many times I wondered if she would he able to handle it, and indeed there...

My DD is 9 and a new xcel Bronze. She is having a tough time in general with her emotions, and it's bleeding over into the gym, to the point that she is close to being removed from team. She doesn't want to quit, but for some reason her self esteem is in the toilet right now. Just looking for...

My daughter hasn't been training bronze a month, and she is on a break. Her team practices 3 hours 3 times per week. I was worried the transition would be tough on her. She is getting 3 weeks off between the gym's summer shut down and just missing practice. Her coach said she is welcome back...

DD has been competing on a rec team in level 2. Her gym can only take them through level 3, so we would have to make this decision in a year anyway. A lot of our kids feed into the team at a sister gym, and my daughter tried out and was offered a spot on their bronze team. It's a big jump from...

Rhetorical question - I hope that's clear. :) DD is 8.5 and has been in gymnastics for a year now. We switched gyms after about 4 months because rec wasn't really engaging her, and there was no possibility of moving to preteam at her gym (looking back, they seem pretty competitive). She did...

I've been around the CB for a few months, but I still haven't figured out the Social Groups. I just moved across the country, so if there are state/town specific groups, that would be awesome. Otherwise, my 8 year old is a pre-teamer hoping to join Xcel bronze in a few months. How do I find and...

We are moving across country in a month, and I realized I have not given notice to our gym. I'm so nervous! We are leaving for a very valid reason, but I still feel guilty. Silly me. It's a great gym with great coaches, and I would recommend it to anyone based on my daughter's short gymnastics...

Can anyone comment on gyms in the Raleigh area? I think we are going to be settling in Wake Forest this summer, but I don't know much about the area. We don't have housing lined up yet, but I've started googling gyms. :) Shhhh...I'm trying to maintain a constant in one area of DD's life. :) Any...

I'm halfway through reading Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, and it's making me want to redirect my DD into another sport. Please tell me it's sensational and exaggerated! After watching the Gabby movie this morning, DD made the comment "when I'm an elite trying out for the Olympics..." I cringed...

Can someone point me to a resource or explain a few things to me? How does a gymnast qualify to the national teams? Who goes to Worlds? How does a gymnast qualify as Elite? Are Olympic team members pulled from the National team? Are they always Elite? Thanks everyone!

Happy New Year everyone... I'm curious about the move from rec to team. My DD is 7 and started rec gymnastics at the end of August. She started out 1 day per week, and we have since added 2 additional days for a total of 3 hours per week. She has moved up a level since she started (they are...