Recent content by Pollylou

Not overly common where I am although girls might go away to represent the school through the various re pathways.

Its so tricky, we really try to be encouraging and supportive and continue to tell her how proud we are of her, we encourage her to seek feedback and to keep trying. Its the best we can do but a little bit heart breaking when theres nothing much else you can do.

Goodness, how intense. We don't really have parents in our gym, the most we see of each other is at pick up and at comps

I try to encourage her to relax and enjoy the experience. She gets very anxious and I'm always mindful not to put more pressure on her.

Love the idea of using the sharpie to put year and meet on the back

Our girls are moved up based not only on skill level but also on attitude, most girls once invited into levels are given the opportunity to move through the levels even if they don't intend on competing. I know there are other gyms in our area that don't do this however our gym is very...

I don't get any feedback for my daughter but I would welcome if if the coaches were in a position to provide it to us. My daughter loves gymnastics and is asking me for feedback all the time. It would be great to be able to give her useful suggestions.

I cannot get my daughter to agree to wear a strap. She has a lot of potential and I have always wondered if wearing glasses would make a difference for her. I think we are going to consider going down the contacts route next time we go back to the optometrist. She doesn't want to wear them all...

We have the option to hire our leo's for comps at a very reasonable cost or purchase again for a very reasonable cost.

My daughter is level 3 (Aus) and trains 6 hours per week plus 1 hour for team gym.