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I'm feeling very frustrated with my DD's gym right now. After considering switching, we decided to give it one more season (and take it from there). I had a long talk with the HC and I thought we had a plan in place for this coming season (we compete in the Spring). My DD was level 1 this...

I have a daughter who has processing/planning issues meaning the the more complex skills and their instructions are, my daughter struggles to remember them all and would likely remember one part of the instructions, and unable to remember the rest... this means she then struggles to remember...

When I saw the post about sleep issues I thought it might be about the one my dd has, so I thought I'd post to see if anyone else experiences this. Basically, she jerks around in her sleep, and I'm pretty sure she's doing gymnastics all night long. Sometimes it's very obvious that it's...

No matter what time my daughter goes to sleep she wakes up early. I know it isn't good for her but not sure what to do. Any ideas for good black out blinds or other things to help her sleep just a little later.

A few months ago I landed on my head doing a FHSFT while doing a routine. I have been checked out and I'm physically fine. Since then I have almost stopped doing the tumbling pass. With help from my coaches we have broke it down and worked on it in parts. I can usually do it with someone...

Hi all. I was searching for best wrist supports, found all of the good info by @LGnyc, but didn't want to start writing on an old thread. My dd is going through her 3rd wrist injury in a year and I am trying to get the best wrist support. Too many to choose from, and has to be only on the...

Article I'm Referencing: https://gymnasticsville.com/2018/01/29/olympian-sean-townsend-speaks-usa-gymnastics-corruption/ Sean Townsend is 100% Accurate - I can say that from my own experiences. Nepotism and intimidation rules the Men's Side of the Sport. Maybe I should contact this guy and tell...

My DD is 10 and in level 5. This season, she has struggled in her first 2 meets to make her squat on, even though she is very consistent in practice. At the beginning of the month, her coach met with her and I to discuss how she wasn’t sure what to do with her since she should be making the...

DD is an 11 year old level 8. Her group is closeknit and does alot together socially. They range in age 11-14. The group had alot of shifting in the fall of girls that weren't going to make 8. Some are doing High School, some went to Xcel, one moved gyms. DD misses them alot. The group gets...

How do you deal with a kid who insists upon destroying herself from the inside? Tinker Bell got off to a great start in L4. She came home from practice happy every day, was making great progress in terms of skills and form, and had a nice solid performance at the in-house meet. Then two things...

I have had my roundoff back handspring back tuck for about a year and a half now and have never been freaked out (about any gymnastics really). Last Thursday I bailed and fell on my back, but didn't hurt myself. After I fell, I did it again to make sure I wouldn't lose it. I didn't do it again...

My daughter is a 14 yo, level 9 gymnasts and is having a lot of pain in her hip and groin area. Her hip area was uncomfortable for a month or so and last week she went down into the splits and had a more intense pain. She has not been totally off of it, but hasn't been to gym in a week and the...

I haven't been real motivated to go to gym lately. My best friend practices with Xcel gold and will most likey be competing for silver. I feel like I'm too old and too advanced for the silver group, but if I were to practice with the gold, I feel like I wouldn't do as well. When I practice in...

My daughter almost 14 her Leos fit all except for her but , since she seems to be muscular in that area. ( well all over ) any good brands for this , she is in an AXS size

Has anyone found that any sort of online doc ali type service (I'm not sure what this is called) is helpful for meet jitters/consistency issues? DD is very much prone to doing horribly on one event per meet. She has been known to drop nearly 2 full points on any given event at a meet while...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and I was hoping I could get the opinions of some others on a problem. My daughter is part of a pre-team and we paid $400 for a leo and other team things, but the problem I have is the way they handled giving girls the leos and the fact that my daughter's is too small...

I am hoping once the games start we will have more positives than negatives! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/sports/olympics/rio-olympic-village-australia.html

I was talking to a friend about this the other day, and was remembering that when I was a L7 gymnast I had a lot of fear issues. Not about one skill, but multiple things on each event. My fear issues also weren't caused by a specific bad experience I had with anything, and I wasn't going through...

We have a requirement that girls be able to do at least 5 leg lifts unassisted before they can begin working spotted glide kips (they can do spotted drop kips & all the other kip drills), and I have 2 kiddos- both otherwise strong kids- who can not do a leg lift. One can maybe manage 1 or 2, the...

Does anyone else's husband have an issue with how much time the gym life takes? We have 3 on team. With their training schedule, which of course doesn't coincide yet, volunteer commitments, and now I have thrown my name in the hat for a board position, my husband is furious. It is not...