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Yes, that is also my sentiment. I don't think removing her from a sport she loves and has been doing for many years is the appropriate response. I just want to make sure that there is nothing overtly unhealthy happening at our current gym that is making her feel this way. I do suspect that it is...

Posture is an issue for her, for sure. She naturally stands with her hips very forward. When she is tumbling or vaulting, though, she seems to keep pretty good shapes. I'm thinking she's hearing this mostly on beam. I'm going to try to tease out more info when she is feeling calmer.

I'm hoping that's all it is. She can be extra sensitive these days!

I'm in need of some guidance. Despite having had a fairly successful season of Xcel Gold and recently scoring out of L4, my DD's confidence is at an all time low. She has had a lot of soreness, a lot of frustration with skills coming and going or not improving appreciably, and tonight she...

I think it is important to understand that many, many gyms will have male coaches on bars and vault for the simple fact that they are more physically capable of literally catching bodies flying through the air if necessary. I think it is also important to understand that for spotting and for...

My DD competed her first season of Xcel Bronze at age 5. She truly had no concept of the scores or of the podium. I worried about how to prepare her as well, but I figured that if I talked too much I might create anxiety where there hadn't been any before. Her coaches did a really good job of...

It is amazingly refreshing for me to take my daughter to the gym and let the coaches handle discipline for a while. Truly. I see her goofing off from time to time (she's 6, in her 2nd Xcel competition season), and while I would like to nip it in the bud, I do trust the coaches to handle it. I...

Haha, yes, her coach uses the example that dogs are chasing them. Full-blooded dogs, at that. She thought that was super scary until I explained that her aunt's chihuahua was "full-blooded." I'm not sure she could even outrun the chihuahua, though. Oh, well. I guess eventually she will figure...

My 6 year old L2 DD is having trouble with her vault, and from her coach's feedback it seems to have a lot to do with her run, but he didn't give me many suggestions on how to correct it. She doesn't seem to be running flat footed, but she takes super short little strides and has very little...

There are lots of great schools in Cobb County (Marietta, Kennesaw, Acworth), which is home to Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta. Former National team member Megan Skaggs is a GAA alumni, and it is where Whitney Bjerken currently trains. There is Northwind in the Alpharetta/Roswell area, where Elena...

Yes, that is also an excellent point, and it being our first season, not something I had considered. Our gym uses Xcel in place of compulsories with the exception of level 4. So, my DD competed Bronze this season, and I kind of gauged her (and the younger group) as maybe level 1 1/2? The older...

Thank you, QueenBee! There was a lot of good information in your response! I feel like this gym has a lot of great things going on. DD's bars coach is amazing, and I feel like his coaching style suits her well. He meets her where she is, explains corrections where she is able to understand, and...

Hi! I'm still fairly new to CB and gymnastics in general. My 5yo DD has just finished her first season competing Xcel Bronze. She had what I consider a successful season for a 5yo. Her AA score improved each meet, and she really shined on bars. I'm starting to see a trend with her coaching that...

Yes, I am certainly enjoying the cute! She definitely loves gymnastics, and I am glad that they have let the little ones experience competition early to motivate them. At first the harder conditioning after moving up from rec classes was a little discouraging for her, but now that she has...

Hi! I'm a first-time poster here. This is my daughter's first competitive season. She is 5 years old and competing Xcel Bronze. In watching my daughter, I feel that her form is her strength... Beautiful pointed toes, straight legs, legs glued. (The arms can still use some work. ) However, she...