TOPs testing starts for my DD in 2 weeks. She will likely do 3 state tests. Then we will have the dreaded wait to see if she will make it to National testing. If she does we will have the added bonus waiting time this year of waiting to see if she makes a team! Good thing I am already bald :)...
Anyone have kids that have been to a TOPs camp? DD will go to her first camp alone (most likely without her teammates) with her coaches. My wife is worried about DD being alone in the cabins with a bunch of girls she won't know. Any advice or info on what the girls do while they're not in the...
I don't know where everyone else is in their season but DD has her District championship meet this weekend and I am pumped! She won the L4 district meet last year hope she can do it again this year! Either way ready to cheer her on.
What are the rules as far as the height of the vault table for a front hand spring? My DD is really short and I having been wondering if their is a minimum height or a standard everyone must go by?
Anyone else out there anxious waiting for tops results? My DD says she hopes she makes the Diamond team, and hates that she has to wait a month to find out. I tell her she's a Diamond in my book regardless of the results.... All while trying not to seem like I am not just as anxious to find out...
Anyone been to a TOPs test yet? Just wondering what y'all's thoughts were about the test. I left not knowing what to think. DD did good but had some deductions, so I can't gauge where she might be, considering the scores that are available on usag website are from 2010 and everything has changed...
For all you parents that have gymnast working out all the time, do you all ever get them a massage or have a regular scheduled massage date? I read an article about how athletes runners, swimmers, and gymnast etc. under estimate the importance of massages. Just wondering if any of you get your...