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Totally agree! The coaches at my daughter’s gym even offered me a meeting if we wanted one. This was even after answering my questions via email and thoroughly explaining how they made a decision that they felt would set my child up for being happy and successful. I know the anxiety of not...

Here’s a blog post that I found really helpful. I always ask the coach. It is tough to see your kid not moved up. Mine didn’t move up last year, so I took her to another gym and they moved her up. This year the gym moved her from JO to Xcel and that was tough also. I just try to stay positive...

Some of these gym owners are ridiculous. The coach at my daughter’s first gym didn’t seem to care when my kid left but is super rude to other kids (that I’ve heard of) and has threatened that they better not even look at other gyms. I think it’s funny because we pay them to coach our kid. We...

Such a relief! Thanks for sharing that!!! :) I just also feel she’s “behind” because she has been in gymnastics year round consistently since age 5.

Yeah, I think the tumbling class is an awesome idea! Her XG coach is also the director of the tumbling program, so I think it would help! I’ve mentioned it to her, and I’m gonna let her decide.

Yes, it totally felt like she was basically getting the “you’re not good enough” type of thing which killed me. But these coaches know their stuff and they care about her, so I’m now kinda excited to see what she’ll do. I know they care most about her success and happiness, so trying to look at...

We are in the process of adjusting meds. That’s been a nightmare in and of itself. She has a short acting pill she takes in the afternoon for gymnastics and it’s a super super low dose. 10mg and she takes 20mg in the day. This is after we adjusted from 5mg which did nothing. We had to go through...

I know, I know. It’s just hard to not feel super guilty and wonder what all she went through/how much better it could have been for her. She didn’t tell me much, but I heard about how she was treated from the parents of other girls who left the gym in tears because they were sad for mine. I am...

I think she is! Thanks, I’ll try not to! It just makes me super sad over how she was probably emotionally beat down for five years when this gym has made her love the sport again. I just didn’t know any different.

It seems like the gym takes Xcel seriously. The main coach is a guy who coached competitive cheer for years and years. He also is the director of their tumbling program. My kid’s biggest struggle is floor, so I think he will be good for her. They have 3 other coaches as well for XG. It’s...

I guess I just mean behind in terms of where she wants to be. She has stated multiple times that she wants to get up to level 10 and at age 10, and just having completed 3, that’s going to be difficult to pull off.

Wow a 5.0, that’s amazing!!!!! Kiddos with ADHD are usually SUPER smart. Maybe my kid won’t get a gymnastics scholarship, but academic is a possibility. My girl did play therapy for a bit and loved it, that’s when we decided to medicate after the therapist’s recommendation. She was doing...

It is so hard! Mine does really well most of the time in school, except for times when she thinks she is smart enough to get out of following the rules. She has straight As and is in fourth grade, reading/comprehending at a high school level. Idk what it is about at home and at gym! That reading...

Anyone else have a child with ADHD in gymnastics? I’m getting super frustrated. My daughter is 10 and just now competed level 3. She started gymnastics at age 3, did a year, then went back when she was 5. She has been in gymnastics ever since. My frustration is due to the fact that she’s...