I keep hoping that some younger gymnasts will be invited to my daughters team so she will have friends her own age, competition, learn sportsmanship, etc. It is hard to learn those lessons when the girls are so much older.
Do you find that your kids accelerate faster once school is out or about the same? I kind of feel like this post season/pre summer time is weird. Everyone is getting ready to switch levels, doing some uptraining, etc. our gym doesn’t change schedules for the summer so same night practices, but I...
If my kid could repeat 3 or do a year of xcel silver and train the same hours as level 4 And obviously uptraining I would be pushing for that instead of her stressing trying to get her kip in time. Her new gym doesn’t have level 3 though and only does xcel like 4 hours for silver I think and she...
Our coach encourages vacation with no gymnastics. That said if the vacation were a month or something then it might be a different story, but a week or even two can be good for them.
We have the jr kip bar held down by sand bags with a 2 inch mat under it but on carpet. The bar is not the same though as it doesn’t bend and provide the gymnast and rebound so I think it’s harder. Mostly she just does pull ups and toe touches on it ;)
That’s great. I am just saying better is asking here and getting perspective so we aren’t those parents at the gym. We need a safe space to do that because we are new to this.
My kid figured out she can do a press handstand on bars. Is this related to the cast to handstand or completely different muscles and skills?
Really just bored and curious. Not trying to help her do anything.
That was hilarious! Keep in mind though that this is a parent thread for parents to vent to parents and get advice from other gymnastics professionals. We are very aware of our coaches efforts and are just wanting to vent a bit ;) I wouldn’t mind my kid spending a season in xcel silver until her...
I worry about this regularly for my kid. Mom is 5’8” donor was 6’2”. She measures about 75 percentile at doctors office for height so not a giant but not short by any means. I wonder how much of the sport is a self fulfilling prophecy. I know physics favors the lower center of gravity but by how...
Elite and competitive jo are two different tracks often. Some gyms have tops training that add extra conditioning to their regular practice but then some girls just do the regular practice time. The gyms philosophy to weed out sounds like a red flag to me too. They should be screening girls who...
This sounds so helpful to know and nice reasonable expectations. I am still waiting to see what they will do as this is my first time at this gym. I have heard there is a week off at beginning of summer and level changes happen around the same time. Regionals for xcel is next week so I imagine...
I had been practicing the lean and jerk for months. It didn’t seem to help. I haven’t seen a bar practice in weeks and have no idea how things are going!