Recent content by gymgymgymnast08

Great job to your DD! Her double back dismount was really high and amazing vault! Great meet!

She has wonderful form! Falling on the beam is the same as falling off the beam. one of my teammates straddled the beam in a meet and started falling under the beam so she spent a good 15 seconds fighting to get back up without touching the mat. She did manage to do it but she was so tired...

AP classes are great! I took a lot of AP classes in high school and because of that I am able to double major and do research in Both of those majors and graduate after only 3 years of College. And I'm saving a fair amount of money.

Thank you everyone!

Hi optionals united! My dad is the king of finding random scholarships and he did not find any for gymnastics. (This was 3-4 years ago so there may be some now). There are a lot of random places that give scholarships though. They usually involve an essay but that essay could be worth...

OP, I'm not sure your general location but if you are close enough to Woodward, I would definitely suggest that. I only have experience with the Woodward in PA but I bet the other location(s?) Are similar. Woodward has lots of fun things to do that aren't gymnastics but also lot of open gym...

I was a hot mess in compulsaries but once I got to optionals I could play up my strengths a lot more. my teammate would do ballet for her dance on floor and I would do round off layout step outs and aerials for my dance on floor. No one ever told me that I would be a better optional gymnast but...

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I did know that about 80s movies so that's why I wanted to get suggestions instead of just going with movies that I thought would probably be fine.

Hi! So I'm in charge of movie nights for an organization at my college but the movies have to be kid friendly and still enjoyed by college kids. I don't really watch movies so I don't have a lot of ideas. Do any of you have any good movie ideas? So far I have: Up Princess Diaries (not enjoyed...

I had one in my shin and continued to run and tumble and work on front tucks on the beam (those killed!) for couple of months because my doctor didn't believe me that my shin hurt so then when I was in so much pain I went to a different doctor and I ended up being out for 6 months because I had...

Freeze water in Styrofoam cups and then use it to ice massage your shins. You can tear away the Styrofoam as the ice begins to melt.

Back in the day I used to chuck skills and I certainly wasn't a coaches dream. I did gymnastics to get more skills where my teammates did gymnastics to perfect the skills and to win. I didn't care if I was last place as long as I got to compete my x y and z. My teammate would take out skills...

Sorry I accidentally hit send and then was too late to edit my post. Anyway I knew my coach didn't believe I could successfully do that fourth event and I was mad that she didn't believe in me so I used that to my advantage and worked especially hard on that event. I was never a superstar...

I was pretty decent on three events and not so good at the forth event. It was obviously not a secret that I struggled on the forth event relative to the other three. On that event that I struggled with my assignment would always be easier than everyone else's. The coach would try to pretend...

I have nothing but good things to say about homeschooling. I went to school for most of my schooling but my favorite years were the ones I homeschooled. I got all my work done and I was able to work ahead in some subjects too. The only thing that stunk was that when I went back to school I had...