I think they likely say a lot of this stuff to the kids at the meet itself or during the practices without relating it directly to the specific performance at one meet. I always feel like my kids seem to know what they need to be working on without a review of the meet at practice. Meanwhile...
Practice as usual, but upgrades stop for the most part. I think that perhaps for our schedule, the meets come too quickly one after the other early in the season to really make any solid changes. They really just practice skills they already knew might be troublesome based on practices, not...
Not to sound dumb, but what is the closest MARTA "stop" to get around? To Buckhead (i'll have to look that up) and to the world of coke and aquarium areas? On my searching, it is sending me on a 15 minute walk to a MARTA bus stop?!
Anyone have recommendations for a place near the meet for a group dinner? I.e. affordable, can accommodate a large group (8-15), and has some reasonably healthy food choices? Thanks!
That used to be our gym's policy as well (unless an athlete could not do one event due to injury) but thankfully, they have changed their tune on this one.
Yes, you can change gyms mid-season assuming you can find a gym willing to agree to this. We did this early in a season many years ago and...
Our gym doesn't even offer private lessons but if they ever chose to, I'm 100% sure it would not be to make the preteam. Our gym has a pre-pre-team type of program for the very little ones who are flexible, strong, and able to focus. It is usually a very small group run twice per week for maybe...
For level 7 we have seen gymnasts do a cartwheel-roundoff series to count for their series and their "flight" (?) skill. I'm not sure how that would go for level 8, but I assume that if you have a back tuck, it would also be fine.
As a side note, have you gotten PT? It seems like shoulder...
We've been to this meet a few years ago and will return this season. We didn't love it simply because it is not convenient to get to if you are far enough away to need to fly there. I think the best course of action is to fly to Philly with other families, coordinate Uber XLs in advance from the...
So funny - this ATL meet is actually one of the the two that made me ask this question! I like your reasoning here - and thanks for the info about the lightrail!
To answer my own poll, usually I'm willing to drive a max of 6-ish hours, and on rare occasion, up to 8 hours if there is no affordable flight with great time options available. Which then leads me to debate what my definition of "affordable" is as this seems to keep evolving! And I loathe car...
What is your driving distance/time limit?
What is your gray zone of driving distance that leaves you debating if the cost of flying/car rental is worth it?
What is your driving distance/time limit?
What is your gray zone of driving distance that leaves you debating if the cost of flying/car rental is worth it?
1. Prob best to see a medical professional to make sure nothing is wrong with your foot. This sounds sort of strange to only occur with round-offs on beam and not affect you with anything else, but still best to be safe.
2. No landing for anything should be on a fully flat foot. All landings...