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Maybe a few years ago I was a new gym parent and I was excited and the time seemed to fly by. But I swear 5 years ago meets took far less time. Like 4-5 hours and we were done. Today was our first of the year and the session started at 1pm and awards ended at 7:35. That was for 72 6-10's...

My son has had this set of High Bar grips for 2 years. His hands haven't really grown, but I am thinking before the summer camp season he should start to break in a new pair "just in case". How long have grips lived for your son??

So for the third year in a row my kid has competed level 5. Last year he missed the regional by .5. It is highly likely that he will miss it this year by 1 spot (they are taking the top 9 in all age divisions) again this year. The whole year they were told divisions B is not going to...

Dear Meet Director: It might be a great venue, it might be a great city. I know you want to include your small boys team in your gyms event. However, if you don't get enough entries to support having a full slate of judges, please do all of us a favor and cancel the event. We will be sorry...

The war between my son and his pants is in full swing. You see my kid is not a small kid and not a big kid. He is 10, 52 inches tall and 60 lbs, his legs are on the short side. His GK medium pants (that are going in to their 3rd season) are getting to be too short, and the larges look like...

My son is having wrist issues and has skids for mushroom and nude tiger paws for floor. He is insistent that the black skids are not acceptable for competition, they must be the nude color. Is there any truth to this?

We survived our first meet of the year, and it went well for us. 2nd AA by .2 is a good start, especially after leaving swings out on high bar. But the cherry on top of a good meet was the coach finding me to rave about my kids... wait for it.... focus and leadership with his younger...

Boys will be boys, I guess. My DS jumped out of a tree right on to a drywall nail at the park, it went through his shoe and into his foot about 1/4 of a inch. It hurts. There really isn't any reason he can't walk on it but I am toying with crutches for tomorrow at school because the pressure...

It seems that I am asking a lot of questions here this week. Possibly, we are ready for our head coach to return after a summer with the replacements :) So last night, one of the "fill in" coaches, who is a really good coach technically but is not a great communicator, spend the last 25...

So a few weeks ago we got a schedule for the school year that had the level 6s working 12 hours in 4 week nights 530 to 830. Evidently I was the only one that moved things around to make it work because my kid want to be a 6, and I'm willing to make that happen. As a result, the schedule has...

We just got our fall schedule. My son is 9 in the 4th grade and a level 6. He is a middle of the road gymnast. Three school days from 5:30 until 8:30 and Friday from 4-7. The gym is between school and home and the boys are done at school at 3:30. There isn't enough time to get home and then...

DS is 9 and a level 6. Last night he left the gym complaining about his wrists. His words were "I think I need Tiger Paws." I asked when it hurt and he said floor. They are working hard on floor basics, LOTS of BHS and handstands. He is also doing 100's of circles and an lot more PBar work...

My son is typically the last in his training group to get skills. This week he was the first in the group to swing giants with out the coaches help. Sometimes you have to look for the little things!!

We had our state meet this week and I am really proud of my guy. It was not his best meet and I knew something wasn't quite right. When he came out in tears before awards with a "my head hurts SOOOO bad". Not the best time for the first migraine of the pollen season. To add insult to injury...

State meet is next weekend and after 4 years of Gymnastics, DS is the proud owner of a monster hole in his hand. The blister has torn way mostly, but the skin is still hanging on. It about the size of a quarter. My question is, to cut the dangling skin off or leave it alone? I have duoderm...

Like most training groups, there is a knucklehead that trains with my son. You know the kid with a huge amount of natural talent, that has the attention span of a toddler the self control of a zebra, and things that if you can put a peice of paper between 2 people it is plenty of personal...

DS has been at the same gym for 4 years. He is 8 and at this point in his life the coaching style is not a good fit for him. I am making the parental decision to move him to another gym. The new gym is considerably closer to our home and both gym owners are friends. I don't believe there...

My son is at the best facility in the area. There are about 35 boys on the boys team with 4 level 10's 4 level 9's likely 6-8 level 8's. So I know the coach can get them there. However, my son is 8 and is training in a group of 25 kids level 5-10. Often there are 2 coaches but sometimes...

DS is 8 and competed level 5 last year. He was in the top third pretty consistently, often won floor and did well on Pommel. He is good to go on those events for level 6 and has a decent vault too. Today, coach said to me "he is going to have to do another year at level 5, his hands are just...

I have a clothing issue. In the first picture ds is in size 7 skinny pants. In the second he is in size 6 regular. Any place you have had good luck finding pants for your sons with gymnast shaped bodies?