Recent content by Gymgirlsmomma

If you really don't want glasses, keep trying with the contacts. It feels really weird at first, but you get used to putting them in. It took me a couple weeks of trying when I first got contacts as a kid.

Thank you all for reining in my crazy. I had already inquired about privates after making this post and the coach does recommend a few to wok on flexibility with floor skills, but didn't mention vault. They let me know the rest of the class ( including her) should be moving to various other...

Does anyone have advice or experience with a child who did not have a powerful jump/spring/punch and learned it later? Did it just click at some point? My daughter is 6 and has been on preteam for about 6 months and does not seem to be improving at near the rate she was prior to preteam on any...

Thank you for posting this question. It is something I have been thinking about as well with my daughter who is almost 6 and on preteam. My daughter also has trouble with flexibility. She can do a bridge, but can't get in the same position as the other girls with legs straight. She has one side...

I am a pretty new gym mom too, but here's my opinion. I think you should do what works for you as a parent. If you have plenty of free time and money, then let her do 2 days. If not, thats ok too. Only going one day a week at this age is not going to hold her back. If she is super talented, she...

Update: she made preteam at gym B which ups her to two days a week, so we are dropping gym A. She is excited about moving up. Any good ideas for something nice we can do for her coaches at the gym we are leaving to say thank you?

Yeah supposedly they only add new team members in May. It looks like they do meets in january to april? They did mention she may be able to join a rec competition team this season while waiting if we wanted, but I don't know if that would be any benefit to her.

Thanks! She likes both, but likes the coach better at gym A. I can't really go off that though since she will not have either coach once she makes team. In general the coaches at gym A are younger and more upbeat than the ones at gym B. I am fully aware of the time/ cost of competative...

My daughter started gymnastics a little over a year ago at gym A. She seemed to have some talent for it and really enjoyed it so we started trying out gym B about 6 months ago. Gym B is well known, has been around a long time, sends kids to college most years. It seems in order to join gym B...

Thank you all so much for your input. I think I will keep her at her current gym until for another 6 months or so, then try out the other gym if she is still excited about gymnastics and wanting to do more.

Hi at the risk of sounding like a crazy gym parent I have a question about my preschool gymnast. 4.5yo daughter has been in preschool gymnastics for about 6 months. She is currently in their oldest preschool class( 4.5-5.5yo). There are rec levels 1-3 at the gym also. Initially, I was just...