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So long story cut short. My 11 year old has been at the same gym since she was 8. She is in squad but not artistic. General 4 piece. She has always wanted to do artistic but her gym have always stated that she started too late for that pathway. They say had she started a year earlier she...
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So long story cut short. My 11 year old has been at the same gym since she was 8. She is in squad but not artistic. General 4 piece. She has always wanted to do artistic but her gym have always stated that she started too late for that pathway. They say had she started a year earlier she...
So daughter had her second session in the new gym she's trialling in today -- coach said she was like a different child (got overwhelmed and had melt down in first session) - smiley, listening and confident However she did say she feels daughter has picked up lots of bad habits in old gym and...
Hi all. Some of you may remember that I was in a dilemma over whether to change my daughter's gym and on the advice of you great people, I did! Thank you to all those who replied and offered advice as it really helped!
On to the question -- is it normal to find the transition from one gym to...
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So I'm stressed. My daughter has been in a development group for about 10 months at a big and very competitive gym. She has been going twice a week for a total of 3 hours. Now she's not the best in the group but she loves it. However more and more often she comes out unhappy. I spoke to...
Hi all -- will try and make this long story short!
Basically my daughter (6) was in a pre development group of around 10 girls for around 4 months going for 1 hour on a Saturday. 5 of them had their hours increased to include two hours mid week too. So she had been doing 3.5 hours a week for...
I've been given a list of things that I need to buy for my DD - for bars specifically but I'm looking online and feeling overwhelmed as I'm not sure exactly what these things are nor where is/isn't reputable.
Can you help with suggestions? Where do I shop for gymnastics gear? I'm in Hampshire...
My Dd ( 6 years old) and her team of around 8 girls have just finished a 3 week trial of longer sessions (3 hours) as part of the teams development squad. Until 3 weeks ago they had been doing just 1 hour a week as a pre development, invite only class. Some are still in this class as he didn't...
My Dd (6 years old) and her team of around 8 girls have just finished a 3 week trial of longer sessions (3 hours) as part of the teams development squad. Until 3 weeks ago they had been doing just 1 hour a week as a pre development, invite only class. Some are still in this class as he didn't...
I'm sorry if that sounds like a dumb question ..... we are brand new to this competitive gym game :) basically we were given a small information pack about team life and it mentioned that no family holidays should be taken in the run up/through the competition times. This includes development...
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My daughter has just had her hours upped as she has moved from a trial group into the development squad at her gym. The extra day is a Monday. Thing is, she has to be at gym for 4 o clock but doesn't get out of school until 3:30. So I have 30 mins to drive her to gym, get her changed...
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My daughter has just had her hours upped as she has moved from a trial group into the development squad at her gym. The extra day is a Monday. Thing is, she has to be at gym for 4 o clock but doesn't get out of school until 3:30. So I have 30 mins to drive her to gym, get her changed...
So my daughter has just been moved from a pre development trial group to the actual development squad with a jump in hours from 1 per week to 4.5
Today was their first longer lengthed practise. Coach came out at the end and said they all did really well and then told the children that he wanted...
My little lady has just had her hours upped from one per week to 4. She is going from a trial group into the development squad. She is so SO excited!
I guess this roller coaster is about to begin....
Hi all - this is a repeat from another forum as am unsure which is best for it ... Sorry if that's not allowed?
My little lady has been in our gyms development group for about 4 months now but they only practise one hour a week at the moment. This is due to go up to 3 hours later in the year...
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My little lady (6 years old) has been in our gyms development group for about 4 months now but they only practise for one hour a week at the moment. This is due to go up to 3 hours later in the year.
Today her coach mentioned that we need to build strength in her arms -- I can see why...
hi all ... I am hearing horror stories about just how expensive gymnastics is going to get but the breakdown was in dollars so was hoping you guys might give me some idea of what is going to be involved money wise?
Hi all. My daughter has been asked to do a months trial with the 2009 development group?
She wants to do it so we will but just wondered what exactly IS a development group? What should we expect in a trial? Is it part of the team?
Thanks
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Have posted this in the 2008-2009 forum do hope it's ok to put here as well ...just hoping to get plenty of opinions ..... So my little 2009 has been doing rec for about 7 months and today the squad coaches came out and said they like the look of her (whatever that means) and would like...