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    Parents Frustration with Xcel

    My daughter is in her first season competing Xcel Silver (skipped bronze, was asked to join the JO team but we opted to begin with Xcel because she has other interests). We have found the program to be good for her overall, her gym treats Xcel with just as much care & respect as their JO teams...
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    WAG Gym switch

    at the risk of sounding redundant... going to post a question about switching gyms ;) I don’t know any other gym parents in real life and my daughter is new to competitive gymnastics so I’m hoping to get some feedback here from those more experienced. My daughter (she’s 9) is in her first meet...
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    Parents Help- blisters...

    Hi there, this is my daughter’s first meet season (she’s competing Excel silver) and she’s developed some pretty serious blisters on her hands this week. She has a meet on Sunday- she’s never used grips (but wants to), so I ordered some last week thinking they would be here by today so she could...
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    Parents Bridges

    My girls are 4 1/2 and were recently moved up to the class for 5 & 6 year olds. They can both do bridges easily and (to my untrained eye) pretty well. They do several bridges as part of their class & one of my girls is now working on elevating one of her legs for 5-10 seconds to learn to kick...
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    Parents Grumpy coach- is this normal?

    I've seen a particular coach at our gym a few times (while my girls are in class or open gym) having private lessons with different girls (who all look to be around 6 or so). This coach is young, in her early twenties. Every time I've seen her with a kid, she looks miserable. She never smiles...
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    Parents New here, mom to two new gymnasts :)

    Hello! I am happy to have found this forum, it's full of so much great info.! My twin girls (4 1/2) started gymnastics in October. We tried a dance class before that, and they were bored & not wanting to go :/ So, gymnastics it was! They are loving it, and just recently their coach recommended...
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