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    Injured With States a Couple OF Weeks Away!

    My dd is injured with a states a couple of weeks away. She hasn't practiced all week and I'm not sure how things will go next week. The positive is that she has had a really good season so if she isn't in shape to compete states, her level 3 season was fun. Please send some healing fairies her way!
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    What?!!! The vault fairies have come! Brag Alert!

    My dd is a 5 year old level 3 who is super small. The vault is basically over her head. She has struggled with this event. Well, this weekend she nailed it. She scored over a 9 and got first place. I am just so happy for her. I know vault may be a nemesis for her because of her size but she...
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    Optimal Timing For Skill Introduction

    I have a young gymnast. She seems to be able to pick up things quickly, suprising her coaches in the process. My concern is her being introduced to skills and drills too early. I know the coaches know what is safe for her at her age physically but as a mom I am thinking of the mental...
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    Update On Little Bully Situation

    I talked to my dd's coach and the coach talked to my dd. Well, it just so happens that all the coaches know. According to the coach, this is her regular behavior. The coach has talked to the parents several times but the parents don't take the coaches seriously and apparently believe their...
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    Little Bully

    My 5 year old daughter just had her 3rd level 3 meet and she has done a fantastic job at all of them. There is a 6 year old she competes against on her own team that is bullying her in class and during meets. She does things like sticking her tounge out and saying awful things to my dd before...
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    Call Me Crazy But I Pay Someone Qualified To Coach!

    Parents of our younger team kids insist on coaching their kids from the sidelines. It makes me crazy and I am not even a coach. They say the most harmful things to their kids. They also say when 'Susie' (ha ha lol) gets on level 4 I am going to make her (fill in the blank). Don't we pay for...
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    Hope For the Crazy Parent Situation

    I got to sit in on a level 6 meet and I was sooo happy with the parents from our gym. They rooted all the girls on like they were family. Gotta love it! I had to even ask which girl belonged to which parent because you couldn't tell by the cheering going on. I was feeling the love!
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    Second Level 3 Meet Report

    My dd had her second level 3 meet. She was sick for the whole week before. She did really good in spite of this. She got second all around. She had a fall on bars (her strongest event usually) but still placed 3rd on them. We were iffy about wether she would even go because she didn't have the...
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    Second Level 3 Meet This Weekend

    My daughter has her second level 3 meet this weekend. She is nervous. I am excited but nervous too. I really want her to have fun. She got first all around last time so I hope she is ok with however she does at her second meet. I don't want her to feel pressured.
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    Now My Husband is Worried

    My husband who has always been super supportive of our 5 year old's gymnastics, doesn't complain, and just write's the checks now has some concerns about what my dd is doing in the gym. Without getting into specifics, what should a 5 year old not be doing?
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    How Does Gym Type Effect Gymnasts

    I have been thinking about this question for a few weeks. I don't even know exactly how to word it but I will give it a go. If a gymnasts goes to a gym that focuses strongly on elites and the gymnast has no elite aspirations or doesn't have the talent for it, how does this effect the gymnast as...
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    Videotaping Other Gymnast During Competitions

    So how does everyone feel about this? Some of the other parents videotaped all of my daughter's routines at competion yesterday. They didn't ask if it was ok. I would have never done this without running it by the parent first. One of these dads is one that was prohibited from watching practice...
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    How Do You Handle The Mean Spirited Parents

    My daughter had her first meet this weekend and got first all around. I didn't know that she would because I only kept track of her scores, not anyone else's gymnast. Two moms became increasingly nasty as the meet progressed. When they announced the winners and the all around these 2 moms were...
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    First Meet Report- Level 3

    I really really want to share video of my 5 yer old daughter's first meet but I really need a place to come and ask questions and vent without parents from my gym using it for gym bleacher talk. With that being said... I know that a lot of gyms don't compete level 3 but since my daughter is 5...
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    First Level 3 Meet

    My daughter has her first meet ever coming up. She is nervous! I am excited because I think it will be fun. Please wish her good luck! I am hoping that she has fun and doesn't get frustrated if/when she forgets her routines or has a fall.
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    Am I Lying To Her

    My 5 year old dd is working hard in the gym. She really tries to get better and better at the skills she is working on. She notices when someone is doing something she wants to be doing and works like a dog to get the skill. Sometimes she asks me if she will get better at it with work and I...
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    Why Do Parents Comment On Gymmies That Are Not There Own?

    So...why do other people feel like they need to comment about someone else's child? Why can't a 5 year old go to class, have fun and have a good or a bad day and it just be that? I had one dad say to me this week that my dd will be an olympian to another mom walking up to me and telling me out...
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    Ok, I Can Do This (But I Don't Want Too)

    Well my 5 year old dd went to get a physical today. I was just expecting it to be a regular physical. She has had trouble growing but now is on the chart and I thought was doing well. Her pediatrician started asking questions and then did a physical exam. I hear of course that she is small but...
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    Where Did She Get Her Information-Interesting Conversation With a 5 Year Old

    My dd doesn't like to run at practice. The have to run a mile and she expresses her dislike of the running before every practice. I just tell her that level 4 has to run too so if you want to go onto level 4 you have to just do it. She is ok with this. Recently she asked me what comes after...
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    So Much Hair, Help

    My daughter has so much hair, thick blonde and down to her bottom. Yes, we keep cutting it and it just keeps growing. It's like Barbie hair she tells me. She always has these little hairs at the front of her hairline that keep growing in.:eek: She stops in the middle of her bar routine to brush...

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