Recent content by AWGym

I think I know what gym you're from too...(not who your DD is, just the gym..I think) as I'm from the same state (YDD is a Level 3). And maybe I'm out of line for asking....but after Level 3 State this weekend, I was SHOCKED that your DD's gym didn't rank in the top 10 for overall combined team...

Why are they devaluing these elements? I mean what purpose will it serve? Just a gym mom trying to understand this crazy sport....thought I had elite scoring *sort of* figured out but now I'm lost again. o_O

No, I totally understand that. I know they don't get to pick what event they judge and that they are just assigned for the weekend. I'm just saying, that there were 2/4 events that the other team was being judged by their coaches. And then they won 1st place team, so you just have to...

My girls love smoothies before early meets. Easy and can be taken on-the-go. My YDD is very picky and I struggled for awhile to get her to eat ANYTHING before early morning sessions. She doesn't like eggs...and I didn't want to fill her up with pancakes and sugary syrup...so she eats a PB&J...

Again, I know this sport is very subjective and it is what it is.......it just sucks when your kids bust their butts training 5 days a week only to lose by 0.1 to a girl being judged by her own coach. I'm not saying she didn't deserve it....just wish there was a rule against it so that we didn't...

I think this is a really interesting topic of conversation. At the meets we go to, probably half of the judges are affiliated with a gym that is competing in the meet. Specifically one of our "rival" gyms...we always go head-to-head and we're only about 30 min apart. 3 of their team coaches are...

I think you mentioned you were from IL before (sorry if I'm mistaken)....but if so, I know exactly what meet you're talking about as we went to it also..... and we had the same problem....UGH!! Very chaotic....seating to me was already an issue, but the session times made it even worse.

Yes and no. She will do them if she does a few heavily spotted timers to her back, and then does the same exact thing except the coach flips her through the layout (coach pretty much does the whole thing for her). If the coach even mentions changing his spotting technique so that she can do the...

I have asked what she is afraid of in the past, and she always claims that she "doesn't know". Which seems silly to me. How can you not know what you're afraid of? I think it's mostly hitting the bar with her toes, she has expressed this fear briefly to the coach. Although she has NEVER hit her...

She is 10, and has had a small growth spurt. I didn't even think of this affecting bars! I know it had slightly affected her flexibility. She used to have her middle split flat and her bad leg split about 2 inches from the ground.....now she only has her good leg split flat and is working to get...

ODD is having a rough time with bars lately. At the beginning of the summer, HC told me that they were planning on ODD scoring out of L5 and going straight to 7. They said that she was working harder than ever in the gym and she had the capability to go there. We were all ecstatic. ODD was...

Okay, thanks all!!! Super helpful. Now that I think about it, the girl who fell on her vertical handstand didn't talk to the coach, she just jumped back up on the beam immediately. So just to clarify, if they don't complete the skill OR don't make a foot on the beam (handstand, cartwheel, bwo...

Yes, both kids just did a side handstand and fell on the wrong side - didn't do the twist. But just curious why repeat that skill and not the vertical handstand where the girl also fell the wrong way (arched over, and had to twist off to avoid splatting on her back on the beam). She didn't touch...

We just had our first meet of the season....it was an extremely small meet and more of a practice meet than anything. Only our compulsories attended. The next meet of the season isn't until mid November so this is more of a learning experience for new compulsory parents and gymnasts. The meet...

Thanks all for the replies!!! I went and watched part of practice last night (something I never do), and I do have to say that their HC is pretty emotionless. Robotic-like, and definitely reminds me of the military. That said, their are 4 other coaches in the gym (ODD has been around before this...