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New here! This is our 2nd year on team, but we have been at this gym since my daughter was a toddler in classes. I've defended this gym many times to others who have been negative and usually have a positive attitude. Something happened in the last week thought that makes me look at the gym...

Hi all! I'm very new to gymnastics and seeking advice for how to discuss my daughter's goals with her coaches. Or, if that is even something I should do? Here is the situation: DD (8) was on a dev team at a good gym but really didn't enjoy it (it was all conditioning). After 4 months of having...

How does your gym do expenses/payments for coaches at meets? I've coached at places where I didn't get paid for coaching at any meets. Another place I coached at I would get paid every other session because there were 2 coaches to pay. Never got reimbursed for hotels, meals, etc. Just wondering...

Wondering what is typical for a compulsory coach's experience/age? There has been a good bit of turnover at our gym and one of the new coaches (not assistant coach) for two apparatuses of the lower level compulsory teams is 16 years old. We don't know why she's coaching instead of competing...

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I am so excited about this. I start my new gymnastics coaching job tomorrow! I will be helping out the preteam every Saturday and Wednesday, and coaching intermediate 1 and 2 rec Sunday and Fridays! I have been wanting to coach for a while (my dream :D), and I applied for it and took the...

Hello! My DD is settling into her new gym. She is finally letting go of her flyaway again (long story). She hasn’t done her giant flyaway since February because her coach at the other gym said that it was getting too many deductions. Her coach at the new gym said it isn’t a huge deduction as it...

It seems like there is a lot of negative talk about coaches in gymnastics. This made me wonder what qualities do you think make a good gymnastics coach? If you wanted to get to the Olympics what would you look for in a coach?

So one of my proudest coaching moments came this summer, after I'd already retired from coaching. But first, a bit of backstory: Years back, one of my boys team members took a real interest in the physics of gymnastics. It started off with just a few questions about my descriptions of how the...

Has anyone went outside of their gym and hired a dance coach for their son? My son lacks grace, and when he does his floor routine bless his heart, it’s like a rock out there. Things like sissones and hitch kicks are difficult for him. So, was thinking of him taking some private dance lessons as...

I am just curious. Our gym is very strict about communication with coaches. All communication between parents and coaches it to be done via email via the gym’s email platform. Texting a coach directly is a big no no- unless it has to do with a private lesson- they have to be coordinated through...

Hi Everyone.. I'm a little lost on where and how to find Artistic coaches to join us in Bahrain (Middle East). All the job sites seem to be for the US or UK/Europe only - any suggestions on an international recruiting agent or a platform to find good coaches? We don't have many qualified...

Hey all! I've been assigned to do privates for 3 13 year old dancers that are trying to transition to cheerleading (main goal is to get backhandspring) and they are all over 5'6" while I am 4'10". Most of my experience is with preschoolers so I was just wondering if there were any tricks or...

I'm really interested in doing gymnastics and I've started doing it self-taught because finding a local coach that does online lessons has been hard, but I also don't really have enough space to do any running or a lot of the practices from youtube videos. Is there any advice you could give or...

My daughter has been at the same gym for 6 yrs now, competing for 3. For the past year and a half she’s been complaining about one of the coaches being mean. We’ve talked a lot about strict vs mean and she’s a very resilient kid and has tried to power through it. Recently the complaints have...

I pray no one here is affected. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wral.com/durham-gymnastics-coach-arrested-on-indecent-liberties-charges/19530491/%3fversion=amp

My Daughter was humiliated in front of her teammates and her coach is refusing to coach her? Moving her to a lower level to practice with level 6 when she is a Level 10. It's a incident of he said she said. My daughter was the bigger person and apologized with no acceptance from Coach...

Hi all, I just recently watched Athlete A and I'm inspired, yet nervous. I believe we have an abusive coach at our gym but after reading some of these threads it seems to me like nothing will happen. My faith is squandered after reading the recent news on Azarian and I'm wondering what to do...

Hello My daughter is competing level 4 this season and recently has started only doing her double back handspring with a coach on the floor near her. In level 4 what is the deduction if a coach comes onto the floor but doesn’t touch you? FWIW her double bhs is beautiful but she has a block...

My daughter had surgery a year ago and recovery has been amazing. Before her surgery she competed level 5 and started training to compete 7, however she was registered as level 6 for last season and due to the surgery, did not compete. She is registered for this season as a level 5 and when she...