Recent content by gymsparkles14

Dear Chalk Bucket users, I LOVE GYMNASTICS! and I'm one of those very naturally flexible gymnasts and even the most flexible in my whole gym. However, I see this as a disadvantage sometimes because the trade-off is that I'm not naturally as strong as a lot of other girls in my level:/ This makes...

Same here! :thumbsup:

In response to iJaide! I really like that gymnastics jar idea! Very creative! I might just try it! :) Just have to find an empty jar first...

Wow good job! Motivation can really take people far! I always thought there had to be way more repetitions and days of conditioning to really see results! So glad I was proven wrong! I'm definitely doing this now! Bars has always been my toughest event so hopefully I'll be able achieve some bar...

I keep hearing about 13-14 year old who just started gymnastics and progress level 5-6 in a year. This seems amazing to me! I suppose they do this because they don't want do be in a class with 7-12 year olds. Being a late 13 year old starter and 14 years old currently in level 3. I wonder, is...

I know I am very late in this replying to this thread and doubt anyone might reply but gymnasticslvr21 how did you move up to level 5/6 in only 7 months?! That's amazing! Was there some special program you did with your coach? You seem very talented!

I struggled on this too. The most important thing is to not give up!! Here are some tips that helped me the most! 1. Push your shoulders over your hands when you kick ( 2. kick with your dominant foot and push of with your less dominant foot 3. work on your leg flexibility(splits), it gives you...

Thanks everyone for the advice! I really appreciate it! Sorry about the three threads in a row! Im new here and at first it didn't show up so I kept posting it. Im not really sure how to delete them though...

I keep seeing posts of gymnasts who say at first they went to a bad gym and didn't learn much. Then they switched and learned so much more. There's this new gym that opened up and its much closer than the one I go to now. My mom thinks I should switch since its a much shorter drive. Also the new...