Recent content by Gymmomwv

At our gym you'd think there is a constant shortage! Never enough for all the girls, ppl using chalk from the floor, gross!

At my dd's gym, level 5s practice 10 hrs a week with a two hour optional open gym time. After reading others posts, I see that is probably not enough to stay competitive with other gyms who do more hours.

Is anybody else (maybe prematurely) unashamedly relieved that the competitive season is almost over? It seems stress levels are high right now with parents, and coaches are just trying to keep it all together for the time being. State meet is in 2 weeks, and I'm already practicing my big sigh...

She did one year of rec then L4, now L5. I meant this is her second yr competing. Third total.

Well I've received a few thoughts from dd's coaches already. The first was that they def want to move her up. I was thinking, what?! Are you serious? ... The thought was that next year's level will stress dance and that is her strength.

I wonder what everyone thinks of moving up to L6 (new L5) when mobility score is just being met at current L5? Scores this year have been 29 up to 31.975.

My dd (L5) is also struggling this year with scores. She seems happy though, and has made mobility score. I'm just not sure, as mom, if she should move up next year, just to struggle again (and possibly more) or to repeat the level to finally experience the sort of wins that she sees her...

Do you, as parent have any say in that?

We like canon as well. But it's all about the lens. There is another parent at the gym who has the long fancy pants lens attached to the same camera we have, her shots are AWESOME, professional grade. We plan to save up and put down more $$ on a good lens than we did on the camera unit to...

Has anybody's gym starting talking about next year already, either to the girls, or parents? My dd L5 is a second year gymnast and I've already received a few suggestions from her coaches about where she might be next year in regard to the new levels. Is this too early to get that sort of...

Yes, completely! I think good advice is to prepare yourself after the meet and before you speak to dd. have some encouraging words prepared so that we don't fall into critiquing each move made. One of dd's coaches reminds us parents that it is their job to critique and tell the girls each...