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There is an ongoing debate in the gymnastics circle I run around in about what role competitive drive plays in gymnastics. My daughter (11; just finished her first year of optionals) completely lacks any sort of competitive drive. She is just as happy-go-lucky to leave a meet that she hasn't...

I'm curious what the philosophy might be behind having an itty-bitty gymnast, competing level 8, attempt to vault her yerchenko at a 6 off the vault table. This doesn't seem to be the philosophy at our gym. She is really struggling and facing the possibility of not competing it this season...

We have a reoccurring problem with my daughter, and that is the exhaustion that creeps in by Friday nights. She is scheduled to be at the gym 20 hours a week. I don't think she has made it 20 hours yet. She is scheduled M-Sat, with Wednesdays off. During the week practice ends at 9:00. We...

I'm curious what the talent "gap" is between a child who is spotted to have enough talent to go the Elite route, or tracked to "just" go the college route. In my no-nothing, but trying to get educated, head, I would think the gap is very narrow. For example, how could a coach say of a 10 year...

Boredom has already set in for my daughter having to practice her level 7 bar routine over and over and over again, and her first meet is 2 months away. She can already do her level 8 bar routine but will be competing 7 this year. She told me last night she is bored and wants to move on to...

Since I've been participating on this site I've noticed the word "talent" used a lot in many different contexts... "Raw talent", "natural talent", "lots of talent" "elite talent" "no talent" etc... And generally, when it's used, it is assumed that everyone knows exactly what is meant by this...