Recent content by KaylaTheGymnast

My mom just doesn't like gymnastics. She doesn't understand what it's like to love a sport and want to do it. She has made that clear to me more than once. She doesn't want to buy leotards, watch practice, help with home meets, do any fundraising, or even try to talk to other parents there. I...

OK so in the last month i have gotten pretty comfortable with doing handstands on the high beam, but last night i fell. Like i was fine when i was kicking up into it but when i came down i kinda straddled the beam but fell off one side really fast onto my back. I didn't get hurt or anything but...

you are so right! I started doing strengthening stuff like that a while ago and everything just got so much easier. Another thing I do is doing jumps and walkovers and stuff like that on my backyard trampoline. With a trampoline it makes me feel so much more comfortable becasue if i fell or had...

OK so I started gymnastics 1 year ago, having no experience at all. I couldnt even do a cartwheel at my first class. Now I'm going to be competing level 3. Is this moving slow????

i can do them the right way but they always end up super slow! i stay tight, try to snap my legs down, have a deep sit and fast jump back into it i just don't understand why they always end up so slow! any tips or comments at all i would really appreciate! thanks :)

Ok so I haven't ever done a mill circle..Just wondering if yours was difficult the first time or if you think mine will be? I'm 14, about 5'1 and average weight and I'm very strong and flexible. I have seen some of the other girls at my gym struggle and have a really hard time with it, and some...

Ok so I haven't ever done a mill circle..Just wondering if yours was difficult the first time or if you think mine will be? I'm 14, about 5'1 and average weight and I'm very strong and flexible. I have seen some of the other girls at my gym struggle and have a really hard time with it, and some...

Ok so my gym had team tryouts last week and i was put in level 3. I just wanted to get some other opinions on whether it should have been 2 or 3. I'm really good on floor, vault, and beam, but I'm terrible on bars. Here's a rough list of my skills. Vault- front flip, dive roll, handstand fall...