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My DD has been triggering a vagus nerve response while doing some of her tumbling passes and vault. It is especially bad punching out of front layouts. She says it is really scary because she starts to feel like its hard to breathe then her heart starts beating hard and her throat gets tight...

DD is suffering from a very bruised foot from doing standing back tucks on beam. It is preventing her from getting in her reps/routines before Easterns. It is the the inside of the back foot when she lands. Is there anything she can do to help this or is this another one of those things that...

At our gym the coaches do the cleaning. Yesterday, I noticed that after I was finished wiping down our mats with the solution that is supposed to get rid of chalk, they still had a chalk film on them. How and/or what do you use to clean mats at your gym?

Is there, and if so, how much is the deduction for competing a level 4 floor routine from the wrong corner/side? DD is a righty and competed her floor routine from where the lefty's start today at the state meet. I've heard of the term directional deduction before, but I'm not quite sure if it...

There is a new dome facility that just opened in our area and our team was thinking about hosting a meet there. I've tried looking on the USAG website to find out if there are any rules/regulations when it comes to solid surface flooring at a meet venue and I can't find the information I'm...

My dd (7 y.o. level 4) has been wearing glasses to school now for about a year. Lately, she has said to me that it is hard for her to see the coaches when they are giving instructions (especially vault) because she doesn't wear her glasses to gymnastics. She never had to wear her glasses...

My dd will compete level 7 for the first time in about six weeks. Her giant on bars looks great - straight arms/legs, good body position and a nice tap. However, she does miss it once out of about seven times. Her coach tells her that she needs to get it more consistently. Yesterday at...