We went rock climbing and she loves it so we are definately doing that and I think I am going to push at least trying diving she doesnt want to just because she thinks she wont be good at it and I want to discourage that sort of thinking.... you gotta try things before you decide you wont be...
I have brought up swimming and gotten mixed feelings from her on it. She said she likes to swim for fun but doesnt know if she would want to as a sport. I still may push it as a summer sport instead of a year round one just because I think it would be good for her. Not sure if there is a lot of...
I actually just thought of this as well and there is a climbing place within my reasonable driving radius and when i mentioned it to her she actually smiled a little. This one has promise!!
I am begining to think that it may be time for my kiddo to retire from gym. Her heart is still there but her body is having trouble keeping up. Shes just in pain alot and realistically her problems are not easily solved so its a kind of can you deal with the pain or not situation. Being an...
1. Don't buy the little bar for your house. They wont use it for as long as you think and they wont let you sell it so it becomes a large pain in the....
2. Don't buy the trampoline. My kid didn't use it as much as i thought she would and i was a nervous wreck every time she was on it because...
I think it varies more by level than year compulsory to optionals is a big jump we have lost a lot in that area also between 6 and 8 you start to have kids that cant get or are afraid of the bigger skills like giants beam tumbling and flipping vaults. Once they have gotten to 8 the drop off is...
What about something with a bit of Latin flair to it? I think you can do lots of pose heavy moves to it and maybe have some fun, and its not too little kid you dont have to go full salsa but I think if you look in that category on the sites you can find some stuff that could work. I also think...
If they were in the middle of the comp season I am sure the entry fees had already been paid so you are just out the money. Entry fees get paid months in advance and are difficult to get back (you must cancel before the cut off date which is also usually months in advance) So they probably...
That may be true that "non sport" families question the $$ spent on sports, but you could ask them how much they are spending on music lessons, tutors, college prep, private school, and what have you. I feel like most parents have some sort of money pit aspect for their kids that they are...
I have always felt this way too. My kid's school friends are other athletes and they tend to have much healthier attitudes about doing well in school, staying out of trouble, and staying away from dumb stuff like vaping etc. For that alone I am fine keeping her in gym. If she is forced to quit...
I think it would be so fun to create some funny Gym parent shirts. There are some Gym mom stuff out there but I love a little bit of snark so I would buy a snarky shirt if we could come up withe some good phrases.
I jus tgot both my kids Greenlight and they LOVE it they like the independence of having the debit card. We just started using the chore stuff, I prefer having chores listed where I can see them (on the fridge) so I dont think I will use that a ton but its pretty versatile. The kids liked they...
Toddlers and Tiaras was my guilty pleasure for a long time because it made me feel like a really good parent...as in I may not get it all right but at least I'm not doing that to my kid.
I agree this forum is pretty tame but I feel like every gym has a few... sometimes hidden sometimes not so...
It depends on your kid and the gym. I've seen all the different ways done successfully. Level 5 is hard. Its scored hard and honestly from what I have seen just not terribly fun. However, many kids at our gym do really well slugging through 5 then going to 6/7 depending on their skills. For most...
This tends to be the problem with a lot of the connections where you have to swing the leg through to the next skill (cartwheel RO, aerial RO, BHS step through to RO etc) That step through part has to be constant motion. My kiddo did CW RO for a series for over a year and early on it was very...
My kid as always hated competing. Competing is what she has to do to get to work on the next fun thing that she wants to work on. Some kids like the ability to show off and some like flex of having cool skills. I would try and determine if this not liking competing is new or if she is finally...
I do see the occasional toe hect in level 8 as opposed to the pirouette. Other things may meet the requirement but I havent personally seen them at meets so they are probably pretty uncommon.
I think the skill jump from 8 to 9 across all events is pretty big so I would say the hardest event will be your weakest event. Typically in optionals what I see is your weakest event is probably where you are doing the lower end of required skills so that jump is going to be bigger than say...
Scores/placements in lower levels do not always mean the same scores/placements in higher levels. My kid was like 7 at level 3 and 8yo at level 4 and scored in the 34/35 range not really placing super high execept on her best event. Many kids at her gym were rackging up 37+ scores and placing...