Recent content by jen1957

My daughter saw a video of the new Level 3 (old L4) routine today and said that the music sounded like fairy music and that she thinks there is too much ballet. She doesn't care much for it. I'm hoping that she'll like it better once she actually starts learning it.

If you've spoken to the coach, hopefully the problem will stop. DD's gym has several classes a week for all the levels of rec classes and a couple of different options for their preteam level, if the problems don't stop and it is possible, then you might consider moving your daughter to a...

My daughter went through several coaches when she was in rec classes, sometimes it was because a coach would leave or there was a schedule change and other times it was because my daughter moved up to another level and different coach. Does your gym have "open gym" where the kids can go and...

My DD is Level 4. She has 5 meets plus State, no more than 2 meets in one month.

Prayers that you get rain soon and the fires die out. We've had more than our share of rain here in Florida this week, I wish I could send some of it your way!

My DD is 9 and will start competing L4 this Fall. It takes my daughter a little longer than some of the other girls to get some of the skills, but I know that she goes at her own pace and will get things in her own time. Like others have said, as long as your daughter is happy, having fun and...

Great improvement! It amazes me how much difference a year can make. Flexibility is also my daughter's strength and it seems to come naturally to her, she has to work much harder on her actual strength!

Congrats to you! That is wonderful!

Sorry to hear this. Six weeks seems like a long time, but it will go by before she knows it!

My daughter started gymnastics in a preschool program at age 4 and for quite a while it looked to me like they were just playing most of the time, but she was having fun. Over a few years I could see that what looked like playing to me was actually building up to skills she learned later. Her...

Thoughts and prayers to Greyson and his family. I hope he has a full and quick recovery and doesn't have to have any surgery.

Sounds like she had a great season! Good luck to her on getting her kip!

Great job! Congrats to your daughter!!

Welcome! My daughter is 9 and is also a 1st year Level 4, she won't start competing until this fall. You'll find lots of good information here!

My daughter was 4 when she start gym and stayed in rec classes until after she turned 8. She's always been a happy, talkative and silly kid, that's just her personality. Sometime between 7 and 8 is when she started becoming more focused. In fact, her coach recently commended her on the...