Recent content by StayTru2U

Wow! OK. You just made my point. Gone are the days of kids just being satisfied with winning. Why the need to give out all these medals, trophies, ribbons, etc.? This hasn't been the precedent in our area, and, hopefully, it never will be. But, wow, I had no idea all sports seem to be changing...

No, I find this to be another generalization or assumption. This is not true in our area. Most of the sports programs do not give something at the end of the season. Also, many other sports are becoming year long sports. Our friends' son participates in a league for baseball all year long. Fall...

Yes, OK then. As mentioned, 5 hours (sometimes slightly longer) has been a familiar theme this year with 80 to 90 girls per comp. I am wondering too if the girls rotate out and technically are not "on the floor", if that time counts. Per other comments, this is within the rules of USAG. Long...

Per your post raenndrops, do you know what are the time limits because I don't believe any of our meets have been less than 4 hours this year? Who actually enforces this rule? The coaches complain and just respond to parents' complaints that they need to rethink signing up again for that same...

During the girls' last meet, they had to rotate out twice which means they sit out and do not compete (nor warm up) on an apparatus for an entire rotation. Again, they did this twice. There were a lot of girls. This is fairly typical for their meets. Thus, with so many girls, awards take...

You are assuming all of the little ones find the awards ceremony "fun". After a 5 hour+ meet, all my young DDs want to do is go home. They are tired, hungry, and its way past their bedtimes. The last thing they want to do is sit through an hour sometimes hour and a half awards ceremony. There...

Why do we feel the need to provide awards after every competition in the first place? I am looking through the posts and am wondering if anyone else questioned this practice. Was I the only parent surprised after my DD’s first competition that there even was an awards ceremony? Perhaps, my...

Yes, thank you for your post. The competition season ends for us in about 8 weeks (excluding States if any of the girls qualify). I think my game plan will be to: (1) attend more practices, (2) confront the coach when needed, (3) talk to other parents about potential social outings with the...

Thank you all for your insight. Indeed, the conversation in the meeting was perplexing; I think most parents were surprised by the feedback. Note, too, Level 4 is not the beginning level in our gym. Eleven out of twelve of the girls competed last year as Level 3s (the 12th young lady transferred...

Hi All, I am new to the site and seeking advice. I just got out of a Level 4 team meeting with parents and coaches (and gym owners) regarding our DDs. Almost the entire team of 12 girls (ranging in age from 8 to 13 years, with most being on the younger side of the range) are struggling this...