struggling

Hi All! Well I guess my post is not going to magically appear so I am starting a new one to give you some updates. I have watched a few practices now and thought they all looked like any normal practice would and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. It does look like DD is struggling with...

I have one girl in my Xcel Bronze group who is really struggling. She's a great kid, loves gymnastics, and works really hard. She moved to this group in November from the younger pre-team group because her mom asked about her getting more hours, and with how hard she works I thought she would...

Last season (2014-2015) I competed as a level 4 (14 y/o). I'm old I know. I compete YMCA. I struggled with injuries this year - major ones included 2x fractured fingers with growth plate stuff, hyperetended knee, sprained ankle.... shin splints... It was bad. I grew a ton and we are looking into...

Okay so I competed level 3 last year. I know, I'm old to be a level 3 but I love it anyways. And my coach isn't taking ANY level 5s this year..(don't ask me why I honestly don't know) But I have every skill I need that's in level 4 except the front handspring on vault☺️ But I'm wondering if I...

8 year old DD had a good first season of competing this year, winning state on vault and having a high all around score of just under 36. She is struggling to get all of her Level 6 skills,especially on bars. She is a decent tumbler and an outstanding vaulter. She very much wants to remain...

My group of pre-team kids (ages 7-10) are really struggling with bhs and I'm just hoping for some fresh ideas to get them on the right track. Two of the girls have done bhs on their own for brief periods of time, but have gone back to needing a spot. In October on of their teammates had a fall...

So, I know that bars is (for many people) the hardest event, and often the one holding you back from going to the next level, whatever that may be. I recently switched gyms and was told at my old gym that my problem on bars was lack of strength, and I know that bars is an event where you really...

Hi I have a 14 year old girl who learned tuck back somersaults fairly late, at around the age of around 11. She took a long time to learn the skill and has never been completely confident with it, nor has she got great form. The skill is safe though and she has performed the skill regularly...

Hello! My dd just started preschool gymnastics 6 months ago. They moved her to level 2 preteam. She's 4 1/2. She keeps up with the older girls and can do most things. But for whatever reason she cannot figure out how to run and jump on the springboard for vault. Any tips? I've tried running...

My 11 year old is a new level 9 , coming back from an injury . Bars is always her weakest event and her coach is getting frustrated with her . She is very inconsistent with the pirouette on the high bar. She struggled with that skill in level 8 as well . Any tips on making it better would be...

My DD had two injuries in a row keeping her out of gymnastics for 6 months. She injured her left shoulder in June was on rest for several weeks then PT. She was back doing gymnastics for 1 week in September and injured her right shoulder, neck, rib. She couldn't lift her are above 90 degrees...

I'll start this off by giving a little background. I'm a gymnastics mom, coach and judge. My older DD did gym for 7 years before retiring. She thought I would quit when she did. As I am totally a gymnastics geek, and it was the only thing I did for me no way was that happening. My...

One of the groups I coach consists of 12 gymnasts born in 2005. 5 of them are from my old group and the rest are from other groups. Skill wise they are all pretty equal but there is one child from my old group who has much lower strength level than others. Last year it wasn't really an issue...

Hello again everyone! DD is 7 and made the "new" level 3 team. She is a powerful little kid, freakishly strong and has picked up things quickly (she just started gymnastics this time last year) so far so good.....and she has zero confidence in herself and it's beginning to wear on me. I know...

My daughter and two other gymnasts in her level at our gym are lefties in their routines (all are righties as far as their dominant hand is concerned). We've been doing some group privates to work on the new routines. This has helped the girls a lot since the coach is spending time on doing it...

Ok, so I know that the details are still being figured out, but I just can't get my brain around this new optional level 6 for next year. I looked at some of the material USAG has put out and it seems like the are looking for 5 A skills and 1 B skill for the new level 6. Based on my little...

I have an 8 year old gymnast who has beautiful lines, very polished and nice skills, always pointed toes and knees and powerful round-offs, jumps and leaps. She started on pre-team last September. She has also been a competitive figure ice skater. The thing is that I think she is more than...

My dd made the switch from Level 3 to Level 4 mid-season. She had trained pre-team for a year but needed some extra time to get some skills. Level 3 was great; first or second AA. Now that she is back to Level 4 she is struggling. (Our gym doesn't have a Level 3 team). I believe she has so much...

My DD (5 1/2 - pre team) had a 2 week break from gym for the holidays. Thursday was her first day back after the break & Gees.... it was a struggle. It seemed as if she couldn't do half of what she could before the break. But the worst part of it was that she seemed to be clueless unless her...

Most people assume that extremely flexible girls should have amazing jumps & leaps. My daughter, however, struggles with this & she is flexible in a freaky circus kind of way! I guess you could compare her to a very stretched out rubber band with no boing. Is there something the extreme flexible...