Recent content by Texasmomof3

Hi everyone. I was just talking to my dd last night about how much her life has changed in the six months since she retired from gymnastics, and I thought would come say hi and give an update. Especially for kids who have done high level gym for a long time, the fears around "what next" can...

My dd switched gyms while on crutches. She started training at the new gym while injured and they just let us wait a couple of weeks to fully commit while the gym and dd got to know each other. They said it was actually the perfect time to switch gyms -- no pressure to showcase skills and...

Congrats to her. There is no such thing as "just USAIGC" or "just" anything. She is all-around state champ and deserves to bask in her day.

My daughter retired from her gym 6 weeks ago. It was about a 6 month process of deciding it was time to move on, as she grew to hate everything about gymnastics. She was training level 9 and in the 10th grade, at a gym that trained 28 hours per week, so gymnastics was really her whole life...

I am pretty sure there are no level 7 specialists spots for regionals in Region 3. At least there weren't two years ago when my daughter was a level 7.

Yes, you can qualify to state on individual events in Texas from level 6.

Or you can qualify to state on individual events with a 9.3 on the event, even if you don’t make 34 AA.

@skschlag I suppose it really depends how it all came about. If the gym says, "we need three parents to volunteer as chaperones" and I volunteer, I would not expect to have to pay anything more than my personal costs that I would have paid anyway, and maybe even some of those should be...

I would never ask anyone to pay anything unless it was agreed up front. If I invite a kid without mentioning money, I am the host and the one responsible for paying everything. They would simply be my guest. So I hope you already had the discussion up front and the parents agreed to the cost...

For the DFW area, that is a bit high, but not crazy, for 12 hours a week at level 4. We are also in DFW, and it has been several years since level 4. But I remember we paid $375 for levels 5 and 6 at 20 hours per week. I'm sure with inflation that has gone up a bit, though.

6 was 20 hours. 7-10 were 23. (addition of Saturdays)

I did just get the sweetest text from one of her coaches that I forwarded to her. Made us both cry, even though this is the right choice. It's not even my sport and I think this is the right choice, and yet I am still a big ball of emotions today.

I knew six months ago that she was at the end, but she wasn't ready to admit it yet. She is ready now. She is 16 and her body just can't take the pounding. She wants to try school clubs, crossfit, Academic Decathlon, attend a high school football game, maybe go to a dance or two, take...

If you mean back handspring, she cannot do those on beam due to a shoulder issue. She does have a front handspring on beam that she could do as a stand alone B skill in place of the second back tuck. She also sometimes has a side aerial on beam, but she thinks that has to wait until level 9.

My dd’s coach has upgraded her routine, and as a result, she now has two back tucks in her routine. Her series is a fwo-bt and she also has a regular back tuck in the routine. I told her I don’t think two back tucks are allowed in level 8. Am I mistaken?