My 10yr old daughter is naturally extremely flexible, always has been. Coaches usually give her different positions during stretching to actually stretch her.
But... she is really struggling with keeping her muscles engaged. I'm starting to think that these two things may be connected. She...
Just looking through old posts and came across a post like this for last year. I thought it would be fun as we go into 2025 to discuss your child's (or your own if you are the gymnast) goals for the upcoming year and if they (or you) met or exceeded this years goals.
My daughter hopes to make...
My 9.5yr old level 5 peeled off (with one hand) the high bar in her competition yesterday on the tap swing right before her dismount. She was able to save and land a good fly away. Since then I have googled peeling off and read some scary things.
I’d like to hear some experienced thoughts on...
Hi Coaches!
I hope it is ok for me to post in here. I have a quick question and would love to hear thoughts from coaches.
I recently found out that my daughter's anxiety is being triggered by a coach because he reminds her of an old coach from a gym that we left (leaving that old gym was...
My daughter is currently level 5 so I am trying to plan ahead a bit. I'm curious how much you paid for music and choreography(beam and floor) for your level 6/7 routines and how many levels did you keep that music and choreography?
We recently went through a very hard gym change with LOTS of hurt feelings on every side. It was an incredibly stressful time. Last night was my daughter's third practice at the new gym and after only around 15 minutes of working on it my daughter got her back handspring on the high beam so...
“This is her journey” is something I’ve said all my almost 9yr olds short gymnastics “career”. I’ve really tried to let her lead any decisions about gymnastics but at those young ages there are times when we as parents have to step up and make decisions. Last night I learned that I need to trust...
My almost 9yr old (starting DP level 5 in January) is very pigeon toed. I had never even noticed it before I started researching her deductions on beam. But now I see that even between events at meets she stands with both feet totally turned inward. I also think she is getting a lot of...
I'm just curious for more information after reading through the "Confused Myself" thread. I'm not really interested in doing junior elite with my 8yr old (level 4) but I do wonder if she may want to do senior elite someday. Is it possible for a child to go elite in a town with no elite gyms? I...
Lately I have been beginning to entertain thoughts of a possible gym change for my daughter. When I asked her how she would feel her approach was really “Eh… but would I still get to do gymnastics?”
Then we have a meet next year that our family just can’t afford. It looks like her whole small...
The post on "Travel Meets" got me wondering how far most people travel for regular meets. My daughter is level 4 and in the Spring season our gym competed in 4 meets. Those meets were 396 miles away, 138 miles away, 467 miles away and 358 miles away.
Apparently they kept it close in due to...
My 8yr old year old gymnast slipped on the high bar last night and fell flat on her stomach. It just knocked the air out of her and she is fine. I’m wondering if you all have any advice on helping work through the fears that will come with something like this.
I'm just curious to hear your experiences with the difference between watching the complusory levels vs optionals. I'm really looking forward to getting to hear a little more variety in music but I think it will be harder for me to tell if a routine was good. I'm terrible at judging how her...
Hi everyone -
My daughter and I love her gym and coaches dearly. We are in a small town and at a very small gym. Our gym is young and has not produced any high level athletes yet. My daughter and her friend are the first to come up through this gym from the start.
I have been active on these...
My daughter will be going to visit her dad for about two weeks this summer. I plan to ask her coach about this but was curious to hear your thoughts.
My daughter struggles with anxiety and gymnastics is her comfort. These visits are always tough on her so I wonder if having the opportunity to...
My daughter has a tendancy to become somewhat single minded about something that she enjoys and she seems to go through phases where it is worse than other times. Right now it seems gymnastics is all she thinks about. I love that she has something that she is so passionate about but worry that...
My 8yr old (training level 5) came out of practice last night limping. When we asked about it she said she was just being silly in her slides. Later at home we noticed the limp again and asked about it, again she denied it and even walked across the room without limping to prove she was fine...
My 8yr old daughter had her last meet of her first competitive season on Friday. We only do 4 meets, she came in last in her age group at this meet and once again, she was the lowest AA score on her team (she was the lowest at the three other meets as well). She is handling this fine. She is...
We are only 2 competitions into our first season competing so I am still very new. My daughter just turned 8 and is competing as a level 4. Our gym doesn't compete until level 4 and I don't think they are used to having such young gymnasts. We are scheduled to compete at the Gasparilla Classic...