Wow. Thank you, these are really interesting replies. We have an assessment coming up very soon. Obviously the medication route isn’t appealing but my daughter is also struggling with tests at school. She takes hours to get through tests others finish in an hour and it causes her anxiety. How do...
I saw an useful discussion on here from 2012 but nothing since. I'd love to hear from anyone experienced with ADHD gymnasts. My daughter is 10 and not medicated. She's training 16-18 hours per week and she does struggle with zoning out. Although she's come a huge way in the past 1.5 years, she's...
thank you so much for taking the time to answer me. Yes my daughter has a sway back! it's taking a lot to correct it. Regarding the toe walking, i don't mean on tip-toes, I mean with toes totally bent under the feet and walking with full body weight like that. It looks brutal to be doing that...
Thank you so much Kate! I'll also send a private message. She's doing giants and upstarts on bars but not perfectly yet. The problem was she really only just started doing bars in the last months as they didn't have the right set-up in the old club. Can you tell me what skills she should be...
Hi all, i'm so lost and hope someone can help with some info. My daughter has just turned ten. She has been training at a recreational gym but has been invited into what I think is a higher level competitive squad in North London. She started gymnastics at around 4 years old but wasn't being...