Recent content by bookworm

Hard NO on privates...I had 2 multi year level 10s and we NEVER did privates. If they can't get the training with the hours they're in the gym, find a new gym.

I’m going to say it’s unlikely you will be able to be comfortable competing in gymnastics with your injury history… my daughter had a similar injury (ACL, MCL, meniscus) and had numerous surgeries and years of PT but in the end, the knee was shot. She became a successful diver.

Sorry, brain cramp.. Karina

One of her best gymnasts Hailey Munoz had an IG post that was very disturbing in regards to Libby …. And her daughter is on the team , so that must be really awkward. And of course there’s the requisite “i never had any issues with her so therefore any one else is lying “ posts …. Just a hot mess .

We hired a college kid to transport my girls on the days i worked as we were 2 hours each way … then they would go to the beach a lot of the days after their 5 hour practice and come home.

A more realistic approach would be club gymnastics in college… with your age , current level and skill set, D1 or 2 is not very likely.

You may be able to do club gymnastics at a college but with your skill set and age, D1 and D2 are not likely.

You could probably compete on a club team at a college …. Or, I don’t know where you are located, Rhode Island College has competed with gymnasts who were levels 6-7 and Xcel, so you might look at that school.

And sad and disgusting that it took Farden saying he will "be suing Kara Eaker and Kim Tessen for their false statements of facts" to get him canned and not the actual abuse! and then he doubled down in the WaPo article saying he wasn't going to change his "highly successful tactics" ...Yikes.

And I would highly recommend avoiding any team/school/program that Tom Farden is even remotely associated with...his abusive behavior is nothing new and been mumbled about for years ..as far back as 2010 when he was an assistant at Arkansas , part of his recruiting shtick was to "track your...

My biggest caveat in recruiting is to take whatever a college coach says with a hefty grain of salt ...trust your gut and make NO apologies for protecting your kid. And be thankful for the transfer portal that's more accessible than before so if you do walk into an unbeknownst to you and her...

This happened to my daughter as a level 4 at her first gym....but it wasn't a gym defining moment. We switched to a better gym and she was a multi year Level 10 who competed D1 on a full ride . We often chuckle about her 32.2 at Level 4 States seemed like the cat's meow back in the day....

I'm surprised there'd be practices on Sundays...we were at a few different gyms, one with Olympians, and we never had Sunday practices. Occasionally a meet on Sunday and you could plan on that by opting out. Is it every Sunday? and could your daughter maybe go on a different day to do the hours...

Are we being scammed on this post?

I think you need to back off and let your parents recover from the hundreds of dollars they won't recoup from your gymnastics expenses for meet fees, leos etc. Trying to "get them " to fork over 770 bucks for a puppy and skates right after leaving gymnastics (and I'm not saying you should have...