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You cannot score above a 10.0. So if you say it's 10.0 SV + .1 and you score anything over a 9.9 you only get the amount to take the score to a 10 added. If you say it's 10.1 SV and you have anything less than a tenth in deductions you score a ten. If you qualify for the bonus and have one tenth...

This is the most ridiculous argument ever, 10 + .1 and 10.1 are the same thing. The final score can't be over 10.0 no matter how you say it.

If it were my kid and changing gyms wasn't a desired option, I'd have her do XCEL. If she's scoring 36s there's no need for another year of Level 4, and I can't imagine how boring a 3rd year of the same compulsory routines would be. I'd do the year of gold and re-evaluate after next season. If...

Yikes! You need to see a doctor, an injury can not be correctly diagnosed over video by someone who isn't even a doctor. If your parents are truly unwilling to get you proper treatment, find an adult who can take you to the emergency room where they can do X-rays to make sure there is no...

Required privates to make preteam would be a huge red flag to me; I'd talk to the gym about what the whole process is, and if this is really a requirement, I'd start looking at other gyms.

I liked to start on beam and get it over with.

I'd run as fast as I could from this gym; if they think this is safe; I can't even imagine what other terribly unsafe things are going on.

You're not being neurotic. I broke my arm when I was 5 doing cartwheels on a floor beam at home. I think you're right to encourage conditioning at home, but keep the skills in the gym.

Please don't beat yourself up; it sounds like you are doing the best you can. Remember even the people who look like they are doing it all probably have worries and problems in their lives; they are just good at hiding them from others. No one is perfect.

She's 8; your health and the quality of life for the rest of your family are suffering; no sport is worth that.

Congrats, Joscelyn! I think they did a good job picking the teams this time.

If you hate the gym so much you can't even make it through warmups and changing gyms is not an option, it's time to at least take a break. You could be the best gymnast ever, but if it's making you miserable it's not worth sacrificing your mental health.

The one coach I had that used the touching private areas is just normal spotting is serving a life sentence in jail, so nope not a normal thing.

Agreed; "TOPS" training and Xcel Bronze seems like a bizarre combination. I'd be guessing it's just an extra class to get more money out of naive parents.

Doesn't matter at all. IMO, the extra year of dance will be beneficial if she does start gymnastics next year.

Go back to the old gym; if your daughter isn't happy at the new gym it doesn't matter how good the coaching is.

Best advice: listen to the specialist even if they recommend quitting. Your daughter will thank you when she can walk without pain at 30.

I had the opposite happen; I had a horrible block on my BHS on beam (compulsory Level 7 in the 90s) and my coaches made me compete without it; it was really embarrassing to score a 5. 30 years later I still wish they had let me scratch the event. Sometimes a little extra time without the...

They did this for Level 5, the 1st compulsory level, way back when I was competing. It seemed to work well putting the focus more on individual improvement vs. winning.

Lol, pre-team with no pullover to training elite in a year, 5 privates a week, coach trash talks the rest of the team and parents; yep this is totally not made up.