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Don't watch this if you like Nastia Liukin. I thought it was pretty funny. Synchs audio from the Mean Girls movie with gymnastics footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpUl03m53LI

I've seen lots of people say "dd" so I'm just wondering what that means.

I was reading the "report" from our gym's recent meet, and I have NO IDEA what the different groups are. DD is on Jr Pre-team, so we don't go to meets yet. I think NO means Novice Optional? But what about the others (IO, AO?). How are they different from "regular" levels? Why is this all so...

When they are saying the olympic test is in the 6-5-4 format, what the heck does that mean?:D:confused:

Let me preface this by saying I what I know about gymnastics, progression, level structure, etc could fit on the head of a pin. Dance I understand, this I do not. Can anyone explain what pre-team means exactly in terms of time committment, expectations, etc? BeeBee Loo's coach sticks his...

Not sure I need advice or just a place to vent, but I am SO upset with a girl at my daughter's gym. They do a team camp every summer--over a long weekend and the girls do a lip sync contest each year. Typically they get together with their friends or an entire level will do a song. It's...

My daughter had her first meet this weekend and got first all around. I didn't know that she would because I only kept track of her scores, not anyone else's gymnast. Two moms became increasingly nasty as the meet progressed. When they announced the winners and the all around these 2 moms were...

okay so i have a few things that i want to ask: firstly this coming saturday i have gymnastics on the exact same time as i have a dance rehearsal and annual photos :/ i am choosing to go to gymnastics as i love it more than dance but i know its a bad choice since we have 3 concerts coming up and...

how can you tell a gymnast is training hard? or what does it mean to train hard ?

I've been looking at all the clever and interesting names that members use as handles. Most are obvious and others seem to contain cryptic messages. The same goes for the location found in our profiles. We all can understand why people would be reluctant to publicize where they live. Instead...

I've seen it in basically every thread, the only thing I can come up with is: DD - determined daughter DS - determined son DG - determined gymnast Thanks! Is that what it means?

Hi everyone! Today I got my fall schedule and it says that I am in a 'pre-elite' group with a younger teamate of mine. I know I might sound dumb, but what does this mean :confused:(hence the title). I am canadian if that would make a diffrence, and I was level seven last year. Thank you in advance!

How does your gym and the coaches deal with girls that pick on there team mates? For a few months my DD has been coming home from gym very frustrated and sometimes in tears because a team mate is picking on her - giving her dirty looks, watching her every move and telling her she is doing skills...

I have heard people say that being a good compulsory gymnast does not neccesarily mean that you will be a good optional gymnast. Can someone please explain why that is? Thank you!

Last night at the final practice before the meet, the parents were all there. Some of these women are so mean. Just cruel. You would think that at their ages jealousy would be over. As I have explained to my 10 year old about her age group, mean words come from jealousy. The jeaslousy comes from...

Okay I'm a rec optional gymnast and I have 3 coaches. I've always liked them but I've started to think that one of them is sort of mean. One time, when we were lining up to do dance, I was talking to my teammates and she got kind of mad at me, I agree I shouldn't have been talking that time. But...

Now usually I am the mom who does not believe in getting involved in the girls catiness. My daughter who is 9 practices with girls who are between the ages of 8-11, they have a small group who they practice with, the girls fight one minute then are best friends the next so I usually find it best...

Okay , I may sound like a noob.. but everybody says like... something about their DD in there forums.. well most of the time . And I feel so stupid asking this but what does DD mean ?

as most people here know, i was born profoundly deaf in both ears. my mom is a sign language interpret an now is a specal/deaf ed coordinator so i grew up signing. i've had hearing aids a couple times but they don't do a whole lot. i can't lip read and i can't talk (well i've been in speech...

I'm only a level 2 and still learning.. I heard about MAG and WAG competitions going around in my gym. but i'm not sure what they mean. could someobe pelase explain.