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Glad she was well and had a great meet.

I don't know what our gym's policy is because ds has not been sick on a meet day yet. But I will say that last year another division at out gym competed on a Sunday afternoon after other gymnasts had been competing on the same equipment all weekend and 5 of 7 kids were not in the gym for...

Ack. Double posted, sorry.

Our gym closes from Wednesday afternoon through Sunday for Thanksgiving break but I expect we will hear of make up times for kids who can do those. Make ups will probably be the week before and after Thanksgiving. The kids only have two weeks off during a calendar year (one in June and one in...

The rewards are all intrinsic. We do eat out on the way to or from a competition sometimes but that is for energy, not really for celebration. DS has never asked me if he can get x, y, or z because of a score or a new skill or if he has, I have laughed it off and not remembered :). I might buy...

You could ask your son's coach if he had any concerns. I know others at the gym my son attends has asked the coach if he has opinions on what camps are good and which ones he does not recommend.

We will also be at two of those meets mentioned in MA I believe. Our meet schedule isn't finalized yet. No long distance travel plans for us though ☺️this year, that gets saved for the higher level kids who make it to Nationals.

He will let you know if he is not eating enough, or if he wants more or less of something, especially if he already knows what he likes and doesn't like. Kale is good! My son, almost 11 years, eats a meal at 4 pm before his 5-8 practice and then eats all the way home (20 minutes of eating a...

Our gym has had some of the boys practice with a level higher than they competed at and it has worked for them. My son was one of them last summer and we had two other boys do this this summer. In the fall they continued to practice with the higher level but when it came time to compete, they...

This is what we do too. Eat a good meal before but not a heavy one, eat all the way home, and then have ice cream or milk/milkshake to fill him up. We are home around 8:45 during the school year. Good car food for my son includes bananas, nuts, gummy fruits (vitamin c), sandwiches, bagels with...

Is there a similar list for boys JO? Just curious, thanks.

We don't have a booster program either but our gym gives us opportunities to raise money toward meet fees by letting us work meets they hold (set up, break down, snack shack...). They run a few different fundraisers that you can do or not do including selling butter braids (Google it), Yankee...

When my son had a broken bone in his foot at the gym last fall, he had a boot for 6 weeks. His coaches were more strict in what they wanted him NOT to do than his Dr. They said no weight on it ever, and hop more than use crutches for example. After getting the boot off (he was at the gym 12...

My ds begged me to sign him up for gymnastics when he was 4 years old so he could learn a backflip "like they do in my Lego Star Wars game." It took a year and a half to get me to do that and now he is 10.5 years old and doing way more than that. He is passionate about the sport and has goals he...

Oh, that makes sense, sorry! I love the ideas people are giving, by the way.

Rather than older vs younger, perhaps mixing up the groups would give more chances for the kids to interact and cheer each other on.

At our gym, for the boys team at least, we have a lot of dads doing the pick up at the end of practice. I feel like they are very supportive and know each others kids names and a bit of other stuff about each other. I am not sure if the coaches would want men or women helping out like others...

No suggestions about open gyms but when we went on a recent road trip, we found that staying at hotels with pools was the place where our gymnast burned off a LOT of energy every single evening, even on the many days we had walked over 6 miles (we were in Washington DC). He was in the pool for...

Thanks for sharing this. What amazing routines and so good to hear that he is supportive of other athletes too.