Recent content by Ajoy

DON'T LURK... Join The Discussion!

Members see FEWER ads

  1. Ajoy

    Parents Are gymnasts entitled

    I hope so too, their familes are mostly pretty nice.
  2. Ajoy

    Parents Are gymnasts entitled

    At a minimum a competitive gymnastics needs a ride to practice and far away meets and a lot of money. My gymnasts, who I consider a very nice girl, gets that plus the best medical care anytime she is hurt, homemade high protein smoothies for breakfast and a pregym snack, more leos than she...
  3. Ajoy

    Parents Are gymnasts entitled

    A few of my daughters teamates who she considers friends are in my opinion incredibly rude and entitled. My husband (who is somewhat anti-gymnastics) says their behavior is a natural extension of all the resources we parents devote to them. Travel, their insane training schedule, pt, chiro...
  4. Ajoy

    Parents Travel: Flights Cancelled & Rising Costs (Time To Worry?)

    I told my daugther we might not attend her fly away meet next winter. I could techinically afford it but she's only competing 7 right now so there is plenty of competition in our tri state area, only her and I would be able to go (versus the whole family) and I'm just not sure it's worth the...
  5. Ajoy

    Parents When Kids Should Start Swimming Lessons?

    Both my kids were on swim team by 6, they probably learned around 4 or 5. My daughter had to give it up once gym became too intense but it really helped with stregnth and coordination early and I think she could easily go back to it if she ever wants to.
  6. Ajoy

    Parents Advice for gifted toddler?

    It sounds like she's going to be an amazing gymnast. I knew at 3 my daughter was going to be good at gymnastics based on her monkey bar skills. That being said there is no need to rush it. If she loves to be active, keep her active, that's all she needs at this point. If she's bored in her...
  7. Ajoy

    Parents Moving up levels

    There is nothing wrong with asking when she will move up, it should be a good thing for them that your daughter is motivated. These gyms have power over us parents because 1. We want our children in gymnastics and 2. We don’t always have options on where to train. Sometimes gyms use that power...
  8. Ajoy

    Parents Questions about gymnast's path

    Thanks everyone for the response. My daughter’s gym is pretty laid back, does not currently have any level 10s and definitely doesn’t meet with parents about their gymnast’s ‘path’. For the most part this is what I like about it there, gymnastics is stressful enough and my child is seven. I...
  9. Ajoy

    Parents Questions about gymnast's path

    My daughter is a seven-year-old level 3. She has been doing exceptionally well in her first year of competition, is strong, and has acquired higher level skills with minimal uptraining. (competes kips, climbs the rope with legs piked, can do back tucks) The gym she is at is very much on the one...
  10. Ajoy

    Parents Level 2 or Level 3

    My 7 year old daughter is competing level 3 and I would have been happier to skip it, especially this year. Like others said, they spend a lot of time perfecting their routines and not much time learning new skill.

New Posts

Back