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Last month my daughter was on cloud 9 with her skills at gymnastics. Now she is going through this phase of "I'm not good enough, I can't, I am only good at bars, I don't have my back handspring, what if I never get it?" Ughhh! She is good obviously or we wouldn't fork out the money we do for...

How can I convince my daughter to not quit the sport that she loves because she is picked on by a couple of her teammates? Her father and I want to go to another facility. When I asked the coach about it, I was told not to go to one particular gym because they focus only on the talented kids...

I am having a hard time trying to find away to tell the coach we are leaving. This has been in the plans for over a year now to where my daughter wants to switch gyms due to the gym she is at now is not giving her what she needs at her level of potential. There is a lot of factors like the name...

Hi all, Have posted this in the 2008-2009 forum do hope it's ok to put here as well ...just hoping to get plenty of opinions ..... So my little 2009 has been doing rec for about 7 months and today the squad coaches came out and said they like the look of her (whatever that means) and would like...

My 10 year old daughter was put into a cast for Sever's disease for 3 weeks. Not a boot, an actual plaster cast. The orthopedic surgeon said she could continue doing any upper body skills at gym, but nothing that requires running, jumping, or landing hard on her feet. She can walk in it and...

My DD, for my birthday, gave me a small book of coupons (3 in all) that I can cash in and she will share with me all her accomplishments at the gym that day. I plan on using them sparingly.

Hi there! First time post, so bear with me! My daughter is P1 Argo (Canadian) at the very beginning of her competitive "career". She watched a teammate break her elbow badly a month ago after jumping from low to high and landing badly after she swung off the high bar. Since then, my DD has...

Hi all, Would love any thoughts or feedback, I'm just feeling really sad for my daughter right now. She absolutely adores gymnastics- goes 3-4 times per week to her level 2 classes (would go more often if we'd take her!), has progressed so fast since she just started Level 1 in January of this...

My daughter has been taking gymnastics since she was almost 4. She was invited to try out for pre-team at age 4 but we had vacation planned, and I was naive about its importance. Since then she has enjoyed rec gym and is moving to advanced this week at age 7. She is a quick learner and got...

I'm hoping its ok to put this here - I did put it in the closed group too. If not then just remove it. As many of you know my daughter is a girl scout. This past Friday she completed the last step in her Gold project. Now she just has to make sure there is a "pay it forward" element set up...

My 5 year old DD came home from Level 2 practice last night crying that another girl pushed her off of the beam and took her spot. She said one of the coaches made the girl apologize. Shouldn't the coach have informed me of this?

My almost 6 y.o. told me that gymnastics is too hard, and wants to quit. She just moved up a few weeks ago in her pre-team level (has one more level before team). She goes twice a week for one hour. I think part of it is that she is with a different coach who is stricter, but she does also do...

Just wondering if your daughter's hours increase in the summer and if so, by how much? So, what is your daughter's level and school year hours vs. summer? My daughter is a level 7, training for level 8 next season. During the school year they train 19.5 hours a week and during the summer...

We turned down a position for our daughter to do IDP in Melbourne. I still wonder if we made the right choice for her and us...she is now happily doing NDP2 at a great club. Has anyone else been in a similar position??

Hi, I just found this forum when doing a Google search on fears and coaches not spotting. I did find some threads addressing this, but they were somewhat old, and I'm not sure if they are the exact situation, so I wanted to give some background for my question. I titled myself "somewhat...

Our gym begins its competitive track with Amerikids level 1. Although it's a recreational level, girls must be competent at new L1 skills and be invited. We have 5-6 meets per year, and my 7 year old has competed this spring with the state meet in a couple weeks. Just this week, my 5 year old...

So my daughter has a nasty habit of 'sitting' on the bar before she 'falls forward' for her stride circle, making it practically impossible for her to get her stride circle. She knows that she shouldn't sit on the bar, but I think that fear has created a bad habit that she is now unable (at...

So my dd recently a level 4 gymnast has had a lot of trouble getting consistency on her back hip circle on bars consistently. She has a perfect routine one minute but then it can be a total mess the next where she loses all control on the bars and is risking injuring herself. Her coach is...

Hello guys! My daughter can do 15 hanging leg raises from a free hanging pull-up bar and 8 very good pull-ups. She can do a straddle hold on floor for about 30 seconds and L-sit for about 15-20. Is that strong enough for Level 6/7? The problem is, she just can not get up the rope in a pike...

As many of you know , I had posted about my 11 yr old level 9 struggling in her first meet ... Well yesterday she went up 2.5 points in her AA , almost got a 9 on vault !! All her scores went up at least 1 point except for floor which the coach is going to make some changes on , now she has a...