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My son (9, almost 10 y.o., training L7 in case it matters) and I (40 something and a weenie) have agreed to work with each other on core strength and flexibility - him because it's his gymnastics weak areas, and me because I'm old. :) I used to have some good DVDs (yeah, I already said I was...

Just trying to understand exactly what the terminology means here: "Only gymnastics event specific shirts or competitive tops will be allowed during training." I'm gathering none of my son's usual baggy tshirts, lol, but would a compression shirt be allowed? He only has one competition step-in...

I was trying to find some better info on the Future Stars program, and found this link https://usagym.org/pages/men/pages/fs_routines.html on the USAG site. It appears that it has not been updated since 2011, though. Does anyone know if there is a more recent update? (I would assume there...

This is obviously just for fun, as I'm assuming none of us has any authority here! I was thinking last night that at least once you hit about L6, they should divide competition into how many years you've done that level. So, instead of having a division like L6/D1/8-9, you'd have L6/1st year or...

ARGH! So after his pbar routine at the first meet, where he added stuff in and left stuff out, we went to the second meet. His pbar routine was beautiful...except for the fact that this time, he left a swing out altogether, instead of going handstand, swing, handstand - he did handstand, drop...

Anyone know where I can find these? (I did try searching, but couldn't find anything.) DS has been told that he needs a different haircut - which is fine, rules are rules - but we'd rather not make a mistake again. DH is just kind of annoyed because he just took DS to get the cut a week ago and...

(My question is specific to Level 6, Division I where it matters.) First level 6 meet was this past weekend, definitely some successes and weaknesses. But for the first time, the scorecard had start values marked on it. (At least, I'm assuming that's what SV meant.) I'm trying to figure out...

DS has his first meet of the season on Sunday, and yesterday (Monday) was diagnosed with flu. He is taking Tamiflu (he was in time for it) and he did get the vaccine this year - both of which, according to the doctor, should shorten the duration and severity of the illness. He is better today...

These are simple questions, but I can't seem to find the conclusive answers anywhere. My understanding is that you have to be (competition age) 10 to compete USAG L7. You have to be 11 to compete L8 JE. You have to be 12 to compete L8 JO. At age 12, you *have to* compete L8 or go to JD. Is...

OK, so DS has been training new skills on mushroom (L6). He showed me his routine the other day, with all the new skills in it. I can't tell the difference. I mean, I get sometimes his leg is up, sometimes they're together; sometimes he's belly down and others more belly up...but I really can't...

...he goes to baseball camp and knows nothing about baseball, but wins every single strength, conditioning, and agility contest. They finally called him off planks at 7:00 minutes since that blew the existing camp record away! I'd love to hear your stories!

I know it depends on the kid, level, hours, etc. (And I tried to search before annoying you all with another grips question from me!) I'm just trying to figure out how far in advance I need to plan to have a backup pair for DS. He just got grips about a month ago (for anyone who hasn't read my...

Over the last 6 months, DS (8.5) has actually lost a few ounces. He definitely doesn't eat enough, and he's both a picky eater and on ADHD meds. He won't eat things with any kind of combined texture. "Protein bites" don't get touched, even if he picks out the ingredients. And because he's a...

Asking for 2 L6 guys who need grips, but have very small hands. (They are relatively small kids, too, but with big skills so they do need the grips.) The 00 Reisport ones will probably work, but I thought I'd ask since the Just Right ones run even smaller. Sorry to bug y'all again with more...

My son has (miraculously) never been injured in the gym, but the last day of camp at OU got him. He was bummed he didn't get to show me his floor and vault stuff, because apparently those were the things he felt he improved on the most. It's nothing severe, he just rolled his ankle and then had...

I'm sorry to ask another grips question, but I decided this was better as its own thread. Grips are in, but the finger holes are way too small. (He can't even get the beginning of his fingertip through.) That makes sense, since I guess they need to fit the smallest person and can be enlarged...

So DS (8, just starting L6) has now been told he needs grips for high bar and pbars. His coach is a nice guy but is the interim coach as well as gym owner, so he's really busy and I feel like it's tough to catch him. What can y'all tell me - recommendations for brands, styles, etc.? I know...

Good luck at Nationals to everyone competing!

We've been searching sporadically for a used mushroom for about a year now, and haven't had any luck. We've tried the gym, tried Craigslist, etc. Hubby wants to bite the bullet and get one or make one. Here are the options I see, and I'm interested in your thoughts. 1 -We saw a relatively easy...

Thought you all might appreciate the doctoring I did on this photo from my son's meet yesterday. :p