competition

This year my ds's team is retiring their old step in and getting a new one. I was trying to figure out if there was a way to pass on the old ones to someone who might use them. We have two new with tags and several used ones in a range of sizes. I was considering selling them as a set on...

I'm sorry if that sounds like a dumb question ..... we are brand new to this competitive gym game :) basically we were given a small information pack about team life and it mentioned that no family holidays should be taken in the run up/through the competition times. This includes development...

Just trying to get an idea of when other gyms decide what level girls will compete at? Dd's gym is deciding at the end of this month for the spring (Jan - May) season. Feels a little early to me, but what do I know, lol? DD is worried that her bar routine is "ugly" (level 4) and kips are...

In the vague hope of trying to understand a little of the UK competition structure for my daughters level I have a question (or two ) My daughter has her first 4 piece competition tomorrow, she will be competing as a novice, it the the level they generally stay for a while or do they move up to...

Hi everyone, it's been a long time since I've posted, but I'm still coaching and loving it. My gym has decided to make the switch from JO to Xcel, and I think I've got all those changes down. We're looking at getting new competition leotards, and at my gym we do it a little differently to try...

My youngest daughter will be competing her first 4 piece competition on 9th August, she will be competing as a Novice, there will be a few different gyms competing from around the country. I have noticed the following levels? Advanced Elite Novice Intermediate Senior What do they mean...

My 8 year old has her first 4 piece competition coming up in 5 weeks, her group started working on it today,they done a little bit of the beam routine, there are 6 girls working towards the competition in my daughters group and the coach has given the same routine to the girls but did it in...

Hi all, My daughter had her first competition today ( age 6) though she was nervous arriving at the gym, once she got going she thoroughly enjoyed. I was quite surprised, even though she has been in squad for just under 2 months she didn't look out of place and seemed to hold her own. She was...

My daughter has just been offered a place in the 'out of age' competition pathway for when she turns 7. I'm not sure what this means, could anyone explain? Thanks

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...

So my DD very much wants to be a competitive gymnast. She lives and breathes gymnastics, practices, would be at gym every day if she could, loves anything gymnastics themed, etc. It has ended up taking her quite a while to make team (it will be about 3.5 years in the sport and 2.5 years on pre...

Tomorrow is my teammate's last competition since she is graduating, and she is DEVASTATED. She isn't ready to quit at all, and spent yesterday- her last practice before Provs- bawling. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can help her? I'm really at a loss and feel awful for her.

I have a kid who trains like a rock star, almost always hits during training and constantly getting new skills, but falls apart in competition. She sometimes blanks, usually just executes skills way below her ability. She usually does okay in warm-up, but once I'm not standing there giving her...

I'd be grateful for advice from experienced parents and coaches. Please bear with me, I know this is too long a post! I am already getting a bit anxious about my dd's gymnastics situation for the coming season; I know its a bit early but here goes. My dd had a tough level 4 season. I think a...

Hello! This is my first year as a competition parent. My daughter is 7. Of course our comp leos have white sleeves. Hers is very dingy - almost like there's makeup in the fabric, especially along the sleeves. I have washed it per the instructions using the hand wash setting on my machine...

How do I find out what gyms in my state compete Xcel and what levels? This is my gyms first year with Xcel and so far at all our meets are either us against ourselves or us and one other gym. For next season I'd like to find where to look for meets that may offer more teams competing Xcel. I'm...

For all of you who have children that have been competing for a while what is your best advice to the new families who just started? We just started competing Novice in January and I am new to this world.

Some of you may find this interesting: http://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/news/latest-news/4532-sdcfw

Well our grades preparation kicks off this weekend with the first of 2 pre-grades competitions before the big event in March. Anyone else's competitions for their little ones imminent?

Well our grades preparation kicks off this weekend with the first of 2 pre-grades competitions before the big event in March. Anyone else's competitions for their little ones imminent?