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We use Woolite for colors on gentle cycle, leos inside out, hang dry. My DD has about 25 so she got one of those plastic 2 drawer carts and the clean ones go in the top drawer and the dirty in the bottom. When the bottom drawer gets full I wash them. That way they never accidentally get thrown...

I would be interested in knowing if this is what Rebecca Bross has? She obviously has done just fine and is amazing to watch, but there is definately something about her feet, especially on bars.

My DD likes to watch the gymnasts bios on YouTube (like the "raising an Olympian" ones) and a lot of them talk about having doubts and fears, and how they handled it. Thankfully we haven't hit this issue yet...mine still thinks she can do anything, lol, but I know for all athletes at some level...

PBmom, I'm glad you posted this and the responses from a coaching standpoint are helpful. I don't usually stay for all of practice but I do often see a bit of stretches at beginning and end. I had mentioned on another post my DD's difficulty with pike. It's really hard to see the girls get...

Thanks Nicki! My DD absolutely loves massage. I often rub her feet before bed. We will try this.

Update for iwannacoach....thanks!! It's really helping. She still doesn't like the flexibility work, but she knows it's going to have to happen if she wants to progress, and she does.

I totally get it. At 15 months my DD couldn't say gymnastics so she would get up every morning and say "Jump jump!!!". We tried different things....soccer, cheer, etc, but she always wanted to go back to gym. Now she's 9 and going 12 hours a week (and BEGS to go the extra 2 on Saturday). She...

Wow...thank you!! I am such a visual learner I wish there was a YouTube video showing what you describe. I will check. And thanks Nicki for the massage idea!

My DD seems to have a particular aversion to pike stretches. She has her splits, both ways, and can get flat to the floor on a straddle stretch, but the pike is not pretty. Obviously practicing several times a day (that's what her coach told her to do) will help. Just wondered if there were...

Thanks for the responses and reassurance! I'm admittedly a little overprotective....which is why she is 3 years older than the other girls on her team ;). This is totally her thing and I want her to take the lead. I don't want to squelch her enthusiasm now that I believe she is old enough to...

My 9 yo DD moved from 4 to 12 hours at the gym 3 weeks ago. Well apparently she caught the gym bug because she is stretching, doing situps, chin-ups on her brother's doorway bar, etc. all the time. She has said she is sore a few times when I've asked but "it'll get better". Is this okay? I'm...

I have kids ranging from 20-8 in many different sports, and I have had coaches tell me in numerous settings they would rather have a so-so athlete that works their tail off than a gifted athlete that is there because some coach or parent thought they were a child prodigy and pushed them into it...

We have tried every product under the sun. My DD has fine, but thick hair. The best thing we've found is the Biolage conditioner in the shower and then Sexy Hair Soy Tri-Wheat Leave In conditioner sprayed on before we comb. She still fusses about it...I think she's just extremely tender...

My DD will be going from 2 hours twice a week to 3 hours 4days a week for the summer. At the end of the summer the coach will determine if she should move up to L4 team and continue the 12 hours, or over to the AAU side which would drop back to 4 hours. She was told she will have to work very...

Just wondering, and I only skimmed the thread, is she your oldest or only? I was much the same with my oldest (now 19), and now 3 kids later (youngest 7) I am much less stressed about these things. Yes, I absolutely require my children to be respectful. What I have learned is they all come...

My DD (8yo L3) is non-stop gymnastics. She talks continually about moving up levels and going to the Olympics. I'm a big believer in supporting my kids dreams, and encourage them to dream big, but I also have a firm grip on reality. I hear the other moms talk about how their girls sometimes...

My DD does them over and over on the tape line in our living room. Marie83, I was glad to hear that helps. She's still L3 so not working on them on the beam yet, but good to hear it may help her when she does :)

We have a piece of blue painter's tape across the middle of the living room. I anticipate a "you might be a redneck" joke....works great for DD though.

Our L4 team is mostly 8 and below. My DD just joined preteam (L3) in August and she is the oldest there. I believe the AAU team has some older girls at L4.

She's been working on it for a couple months and has been SOOO close for weeks. I think it took her by surprise when she got it the first time, but after that she could do it over and over :).