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I'm volunteering at a community center in my city that aims to provide low-income families with good child care. The majority of these children are children of immigrants who do not speak English very well. My job is to come in twice a week and teach a one hour gymnastics class to these kids...

It's time to pick new leotards for our high school team this year. One of the team favorites is a 3 quarter length sleeve leo, with one sleeve mostly made of sheer mesh. Does anyone have experience with leotards that have mesh on them? Our concern is that it will rip too easily, and with the...

I get new floor music this year, and my coach is letting me pick 3 songs that I really like. From those 3, she will choose which piece I use. I found 2 pretty good songs, but a third one that I fell in love with. It's from the movie Amelie, and is very slow and graceful. ( Amelie | Jumptwist...

I had my first meet of the season yesterday, and thought I'd share the results. It was a really small, local meet that my gym goes to every year. This is my second year at level 9, and a lot of meets last season did not go well at ALL. Vault- 8.65! (2nd place) I did a piked yurchenko, and...

I coach a group of pre-teamers (levels 2-3, ages 6-8) twice a week. Usually these girls stay out of trouble, are a fun group, and are generally drama-free. It's a joy to coach them. However, last week a girl (I'll call her "Suzy") broke her hand. She's still coming to the practices, with her...

I've seen so many threads in the past asking what to have in a gym bag, what to do to be prepared for a meet, etc. This thread will hopefully cover most of it. Preparing for a meet can be really rushed and stressful, so I thought I'd make a nice checklist of everything that needs to get done...

It's that time of year again...The second CB unique contest! (gymnasts only). Here's the link to last years contest: http://www.chalkbucket.com/forums/gymnast-forum/30769-1st-chalk-buckets-unique-contest.html and here's last year's voting thread...

For all you Make it or Break it Fans, good news! They renewed the show for a third season. ABC Family - Make It Or Break It - Make It or Break It Blogs Detail

I coach pre-teamers twice a week, and I've just started twisting jumps with them on floor. All of their jumps are absolutely beautiful. (Arguably better than half the team girls.) The HC gave me the OK to start twisting with them. Straight jumps and tuck jumps went really well, but I'm having...

Just happened to stumble upon this video of a leg amputee back in the gym for the first time. All I can say is WOW. He is truly incredible, he lost his leg to cancer in 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQTpLVvAdm8

For those who watch make it or break it: Did anyone else notice how WIDE the beam was? It makes sense, so the stunt doubles and actresses can do everything, but they never showed it until recently. It was especially noticeable in the finale... It looked to be at LEAST a foot wide! I just...

...for running! My competitive club gymnastics season for the year ends next week, and highschool spring track starts! Today a friend and me went running for the first time in about a year, and went 5 miles. Phew, that was tiring. I had my last club gymnastics meet this past weekend, it was...

Recently, I was watching a video of my beam from a meet. When I did my BHS, something looked off to me. After slowing the clip down, I realized why. It's hardly noticeable, but it almost looks like I'm pushing off and not going completely over the top with my legs. They go slightly around the...

My aunt wants to get my little cousin started in gymnastics. But, she doesn't know what to look for in a preschool program, and neither do I. How long would an ideal "mommy and me" class last? And what would be a sign that it's a good program? The only thing I can remember from preschool years...

Last night at highschool practice, I was helping a girl on my team with a cartwheel on beam, because she wanted to get a beam routine. (There are some very low level gymnasts on the highschool team). I was doing a cartwheel, trying to figure something out in the mechanics of it, when I...

I had my last highschool gymnastics meet of the season today. (Not counting sectionals, states) and we have been undefeated all season. We had a home meet today. Good feelings all around, really pumped, because we were against the other undefeated team in the league. Well, the team shows up...

A little background info...: There's a girl on my high school gymnastics team, and she's a senior this year, and the captain of the team. I've only known her for the 2 years I've been on the team, but I feel like I've known her forever! She's absolutely hilarious, and motivational, and a great...

Had my third level 9 meet last weekend, and I hit 3/4 events! Started with beam, where I just wanted to stay on. I got through the whole routine, and just had to do a full turn and my dismount. Fell on the full turn. Ooops! Nice dismount though. SCORE: 8.05 I'm fine with that!! Then floor...

There have been a lot of down posts recently, so I thought I would make a fun thread. What is your favorite thing to do/favorite thing about gymnastics? It doesn't have to be a skill, it can be anything. I would have to say playing on the rings. Seems so hard if I actually had to do it as an...

A couple questions... First, there was a skill that my coach was talking about a couple years ago on beam, where you lay on your stomach and spin 180 or 360 degrees on your stomach. First question is it, is this honestly a skill in USAG? Second question would be, if it is a skill, does it count...