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Not sure I have any advice but wanted to share... We just moved. At our previous gym our DD loved gym bc she loved her friends and coaches but honestly didn't love gym (except for conditioning) and maybe wasn't particularly talented. We weren't sure if she'd do a new gym or not but...

At a gym with elites... $400/mo for half the year to include meet fees and coach travel. Previous gym was required $600/yr "fundraising" plus meet fees ($50-$150/meet times 5-8 meets). Also, our tuition is about 40% more now.

Strip club? [emoji12]

Ask for active stations for your son while he "waits" for his turn...25 tuck jumps, straddle stretches, wall jumps, etc. It will keep him moving (as said above) and keep him from getting in trouble with new coach...plus gives new coach some ideas of how to keep little boys engaged without you...

FYI...usually less of a wrist "strength" problem and more of an issue with shoulder flexibility. Less shoulder flexibility = more stress on the wrist at an inappropriate angle = wrist growth plates get irritated and you have gymnast wrist.

In general, gymnast wrist is a 6-12 week process, longer if it took a long time to diagnose. It's likely that she needs more time off her wrists than what she's had.

If you're allowed to do arms and core can you swing bars? That could probably fill at least another hour.

Have you tried scheduled snacks all day? If he likes to graze...try to make sure every snack is at least two food groups (i.e. A banana and toast or yogurt and granola). Then schedule it all day long...breakfast, then get ready for school, grab a small snack to eat on the way to school. School...

We like to switch it up a bit and have a fun "work out." We usually find a trampoline gym or something similar. The kids still get some gym things but they think it's a blast and more like vacation.

Not xcel related, but parental support related... John Rothlisberger has a meet named after him in MN every year. Every year he gives the same speech and thanks the parents, because he "knows the day they were born they gazed into the eyes of their baby boy and thought "yes! I finally have my...

I am all for tough skin and life lessons...but I still recommend you observe. When my DS was about 8 he complained of a "mean" assistant coach. I presumed that the "mean" coach was simply playing favorites (he had a son on the team). I suggested my son talk to the coach but he was "too...

If you don't already, maybe offer to stay and watch. I have two who are sensitive in their own ways. When they are struggling with an authority figure or teammate they always seem to feel better if I'm there to keep an eye on things. Most of the time I don't end up needing to say anything to...

Boxer briefs...and preferably not the ones that are about a size 4 yet still somehow in his dresser [emoji23]

Imho a great coaching relationship matters above almost anything else. Even without long-term results, the main issue sounds like your daughter's relationship with her HC. I have found that regardless of our/other outside input, having a coach that doesn't click with our athlete means that our...

8 level 10s, 10 level 9s, 3-4 total training for elite qualifiers (hopes or elite dep on age). Also about 15-17 level 8s.