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I was watching the last hour or so of my daughter's practice on Tuesday while they were on bars. Coach had 2 groups going on 2 sets of bars and was going back and forth between them. It took me all of 30 seconds to realize that my daughter was phoning it in while the coach was at the other set...

NCAA rules are so picky about eligibility for gymnasts. So before I ruin someone's potential future college gymnastics career.... I need to create flyers that can be used on our gym's website and social media for various events (upcoming meets, tryouts, etc.). If I use pictures of our team...

Here is a semantics question for you. Do you call the gymnastics team your daughter is on the "Women's team" or "Girls' team"? I realized that I call it the Girls' team due to the ages of the girls. They're all under the age of 16. But I got stuck when I started referring to the Boys/Men's...

This past weekend was the TN State Gymnastics meet in Knoxville. I just found out that a fellow gym family in town for the meet lost their 4 year old son on Sunday at the hotel where he drowned in the pool. I do not know if this family is a part of Chalkbucket (and I'm not personally...

What is a parent to do while gym practice goes on.... and on...and on? How about taking up knitting?! LOL!

DD LOVES to see other team's ending floor pose. So as a fun little thread, I thought I'd see how everyone else ends their floor routines. DD's L4 end pose.

I'm a geek. Which means that I like to know where deductions are being seen by the judges. Sometimes I can figure them out. Sometimes I can't. So I'd love for any judges or experiences coaches to give me their thoughts on the deductions and how they would score this routine. (Don't worry -...

There had been grumbling from some of the parents lately about how late practice runs. I'm wondering if we're that far out of line though. L4 and L5 practice - M: 5:00 - 8:30p T: 5:30 - 8:30p W: 5:00 - 8:30p F: 5:00 - 8:30p What hours are your practice?

Really. I don't. She's a lovely child. Almost 10 years old. Very bright. Destined to make me lose my hair and gain wrinkles or an ulcer. She's had a fear / mental block about jumping to the high bar for about 8 months. Came out of nowhere. One day she was squatting on and standing on the...

The revival of an old thread brought this concern to mind again. How do you handle church obligations and gymnastics? We attend Mass on Saturday evening and I teach 2 CCD classes (Sunday School) on Sunday mornings. Not insurmountable, as our Director of Religious Education knows there may be...

Have you been sitting around this summer telling yourself - "Self. I wish we had a forum on the internet just to talk to other parents involved in Region 8 Gymnastics. I also wish I had a cookie." Well today is your lucky day (you know, except for that whole talking to yourself thing.)...

A private social group for those of us involved in Region 8 gymnastics has been created. You are only required to have 30 posts to join. So come join us in Region 8!

It was mentioned in another thread (in a galaxy far, far away) about how there are no social groups based on area. So I ask.. Would people be interested in a Private Social Group for their particular Region? I'm Region 8, so I would be willing to start that one. But be warned - there would...

Shoot me now. DD is having gymnastics camp this week from 9am to 5pm. I normally get off work at 4:30, but camp is 2 towns over from my office. So I make sure with the boss that it's okay I leave 15 minutes early to get to the gym on time. Fine. No problem. I'm patting myself on the...

DD has her kip, but straight arms is hit or miss for her. She was talking about it yesterday and mentioned that her HC was telling her she needs to make sure her glide is more extended. However, this is where little girl stubbornness comes in. DD mentioned to me "But XX has short glides and...

The title says it all. This is my mobile version. Android.

Well now Chalkbucket is having issues in both Firefox and IE. (Not sure if the browser has something to do with it. This time I was merely trying to go back to the Forum list when I got this... The circle is mine. Obviously. For some reason it's trying to load Chalkbucket as a GIF. ...

This has been happening since last night. I get this error in the middle of typing up replies. I was able to get back to Chalkbucket after clearing my cookies and history, though once I was sent to Google's homepage when I typed www.chalkbucket.com in the URL. When I try to reload...

My daughter has developed fears of back tumbling. Oh yay. Watching her balk on her back walkover on beam I noticed that she can do the skill - easily. However, she is afraid to try it until her coach spots her. After coach spots her the first time, she will do it by herself with no problems...