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Dh is usually running ds to soccer games or clinics or camps on the weekend so Dh and ds only come when they don't have soccer, usually it is just me ydd and odd who is 18 now and always busy with school or work, but she used to be a gymnast so loves to come to meets when she can

My dd trains 3 days a week 5:00 to 8:30 twice a week and 12:00 to 4:00 on the weekend They have a 10 minute break at 7 on the weekday practices and on the weekend I'm pretty sure they break at 2:30 for 10 minutes The gym has a fridge and a microwave for the girls to use if they need to...

At my dds gym the hours are: Preteam: 6h/w Levels 1-5: 11h/w Levels 6-8: 16h/w But everyone does the same amount of hours in the summer which is two three hour practices week of straight conditioning and one 3 hour practice of just skill training (this is something new their trying this year...

Last night my oldest dd (17) had her last practice, she is officially done with training gymnastics. It's crazy to think she's done, mostly because she was my first born, and my first to ever step foot in a gym. There were a lot of tears last night, it was sort of heart breaking seeing her say...

Our last competition of the season is coming up, it also happens to be the meet have host. This is the first year at this club and so it will be a new experience with volunteering at the meet. At our old gym only parents were allowed to volunteer, kids were only allowed to be their as...

My ydd who is 8 does 12 hours a week, 4 hours spread over 3 practices, the first hour of her class is conditioning and then on events also they do event specific conditioning. My odd does 16 hours a week over 4 days, she has pretty much the same workout plan as the first hour is conditioning...

My dds have been loving the new song "see you again" by wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, "titanium" is also a really good song to use, we also like "girl on fire" but that is Avery over used song

We also go by the no school = no gym policy, I think if they can't be a school learning while sick, how can they get through a 4 hour practice, that consist of conditioning and regular skill training. Generally if they are feeling good and have gone to school but still have a lingering cough...

At our gym, as long as it's not a concussion you should come to modified practices. What you do depends on your injury. We had one girl that broke her foot tumbling, she was still expected to come at least 2 times a week ( out of the 4 day training week). she did a lot of conditioning and some...

Oldest dd started at 18 months with mommy and me, moved to competitive at 6, and is now on her last year of gymnastics, so about 15 years. She just finished competing level 7, she'll be 18 in November and off to university. Time has really flied I remember her first class ever, it really...

I was asking myself the same thing when we moved to the gym were at now, they asked us to buy comp leo, warmup suit, training leo (practice leo) and shorts that match the practice Leo. At my dds gym I was told they use them for the end of the year demo and also different shows that may do to...

I feel like we've been really lucky with coaches at our new gym. when I come in to pick up my two dd's, their coach ( he coaches both my girls) will run over and tell me she got a new skill or how well she's doing on X event(this how you know it's a small gym). Their have been times where he...

My youngest dd is definitely chucker, she but if she going to chuck she's going to do it until it's perfect (according to the coach this is a very hard combination to teach) often times she'll hick a skill and then spend the rest of the rotation perfecting it to get it perfect when she was only...

Our 6+ all train together, all though outside the gym it's more divided by age and then by level. When we do travel meets and we at the hotel, or even out to team dinner I find the level 7's and 8's all hangout together (minus my oldest dd because she's not really close with any of those girls...

I do know that Ellie Black from Canada wears shoes on beam and vault. My oldest dd went to watch her friend compete a Canadian nationals last year, she got to meet Ellie and actually asked her about that. Apparently she actually wears trampoline shoes instead of beam shoes , but they do the same...

All three of dds coaches have there phones on them during practice, i'm not sure how often they check them as I don't usually stay at practice but when I am there watching I never see them use them. One her coaches uses his iPad, and an app called coaches eye, and will film the girls and go...

Leos and shorts during practice for our girls, shorts aren't mandatory or anything. One of the male coaches ( he's older probably in his mid 60's) said he would feel more comfortable spotting the girls if they wore shorts, and it's been that way since he started coaching at the gym (a very long...

So sorry to hear, sending positive thoughts his way, and also to his family and friends.

Just a little background of our journey back to competition. At the end of last season our old gym wanted to move dd from level 3 to level 5 ( scoring out of 4 and the going 5) so she could eventually score out of 5 and go optional, but she fell doing a jump to high bar and broke her elbow...

As I was browsing the Internet this morning I came across this website that had 25 life lessons gymnastics teaches. As soon as I saw I thought about posting the link here. So I hope you all enjoy the read I know I did. It definitely made me see these in my girls...