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We have had just about every brand out there. But this year our Leo (Alpha F) came with crazy washing instructions. Basically don't wash it, it could run, lose gemstones, etc. Anyone else have Leo's that are hard to manage or bleed? What is the best way to wash them? Do you really have to wash...

My daughter is in the midst of a nasty growth spurt that is affecting her horribly. I've tried researching all of the effects of growth on the body, learning , etc. there is not a lot out there that is gymnastic specific. I'm noticing everything from dazed and confused, to tired and lethargic...

I was not sure of a proper title for this post, but this was the best I could come up with to describe our weekend. Since my daughter has entered crazy gym world, we have found that her friends from school that she used to play with all of the time are now seen less and less. We have had all...

Is your child right handed but does gymnastics left, or the opposite? My child is sort of right handed and does most gymnastics right handed, but can do a lot left handed too. I was the opposite. I noticed while watching the Gymnasts on T V recently that a lot of them tumble lefty. Strange huh...

Did anyone watch the former NCAA gymnast on American Ninja Warrior last night? She was AMAZING! I am so glad that she made it through and is representing our sport so well to the public. Maybe now people will realize how tough the athletes of this sport are! She is an inspiration to us all.

Is there a standard protocol for an injury that occurs during a meet or is it up to the individual coaches? I was at a meet a few weeks ago with my child when a girl from another team crashed hard on beam. She was rolling around under the beam screaming and holding her ankle. Her coaches layed...

Help! My daughter has very fine hair and is is sort of thin. She has to wear her hair back for gym daily. Last night I took her hair down and went to comb it and all the breakage that is happening around her face looks like a mullet! The back is long, shoulder length and the front was long, but...

Should the gymnast be looking at the springboard or vault table when running down the vault strip on a FHS vault? There have been mixed answers to this at our gym. Wondering what y'all think?

We recently moved my daughter to a new region. We absolutely LOVE 99.9 percent of it. However, we have noticed that this particular region doesn't seem to post meet scores very quickly. In our old region they had live scoring and always had the scores up by the following Monday or Tuesday. I am...