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Again, thank you all so much for your input. There were so many complaints, the coach called a meeting between the parents, coach, and gym owner today. We will see what happens. The coach really is trying to be as flexible as possible, offering parents the option of cutting the late practices by...

There are alot of rec classes going on, but the team coach doesn't coach rec, so it's not that. My other daughter is on level 2 team, and they practice 4-6 twice a week (plus Saturday 9-11), but she's only coached by the main team coach one of those days. There is another team coach who "fills...

Thank you all for your input! I am encouraged to hear that most of you agree that 9pm is too late. I'm glad I'm not just being difficult! 4 of the 6 mom's of girls on the team also hate the new change. The only mom who's 100% on board with it is the mom of the young 5-year-old, believe it or...

My daughter’s Level 3 coach just informed us that they need to change the practice schedule (for reasons that deserve a whole seperate post), and they will now have practice from 6-9 on Mondays and Wednesdays. This is a small group of mostly 7-year-olds, with a young 5-year-old training with...

We are in Southern California, USAG JO.

ok so something just crossed my mind. Do your gyms ask for birth certificates for age verification? What about for entry into competitions? My older DD is 7 currently, and I just realized the gym only knows her birthday from my initial registration when she started rec 3 years ago when she was...

Thank you all SO much for your feedback, you gave me so much to think about! We ended up deciding to sit down with her and find out why she felt the need to copy. We came to the conclusion from that conversation that we need to focus more on her effort and preparedness and less on high...

Last week my daughter got caught copying another student’s answers on a spelling test. The teacher said she suspects it might not be the first time since she looked back and noticed her answers were the same as her neighbor’s answers in her last couple of math and spelling tests. She is a 1st...

My daughter just started training for the level 3 team this week, and I am pleasantly surprised that the gym has just implemented ballet as part of the training for team level 3 and up. My daughter’s small team of 6-9 year olds train 12 hours, and 2 of those hours (1 hour on each of 2 days) each...

Our gym requires 10 hours of volunteering throughout the year. We don't have a booster club. The volunteering opportunities are basically working meets and shows, and cleaning. We also have the choice of paying $10 per hour for volunteer time that we don't want to or can't do, so some parents...

Maybe I'm just looking for some support or advice, but yikes, I'm scared! My older (7) DD will likely move to L3 in January, and my younger (5) DD just recently made the mini-preteam. The coach told me she will probably move to the L2 team in January. I already have a reluctant husband, although...

Oh wow I see that this post came up again. I originally posted it months ago. I did end up speaking to the coach. I just told her that the name made my daughter uncomfortable. It took her a few weeks to remember not to call her the name, I think because she had gotten into the habit of doing it...

UPDATE: She did great! She went out there and didn't look nervous at all! No falls, no forgotten routines, and she did pretty well! I'm so proud of her, and she was worried for no reason! She did forget to salute after vault, but hopefully she'll remember next time! I posted a couple of weeks...

Wow, thank you all so much for the advice and positivity!!! All of this advice is so valuable! The meet fees at this one are $10 a person and $5 for kids. We feel weird asking all of the family members to pay that, so we will be spending over $100 in admission fees since I know my DD is excited...

My 6-year-old has her very first meet tomorrow! It feels like it's been forever working up to this, since she started rec Kinder class at 4. So crazy to compare, since my 5-year-old DD starts her second season of t-ball, and after 2 weeks of practice they will already be playing games! With how...

Ok thanks! I was wondering why the coach was spotting a couple girls who can't get around consistently, but then just letting my daughter fall forward without a spot. Your response helps that make sense.

Ok so you're saying that out of the three scanarios with problems with the mill circle, getting spotted is the worst, falling back is potentially as bad but not nevessarily, and out of the 3, falling forward after completion of the circle and having the coach help her back up is the least bad?

It took my 6-year-old L2 daughter quite a while to get around the bar on the mill circle, instead of falling back. Finally, about 6 weeks ago, she was finally getting around fairly consistently with no spot. Now, a week before her very first competition, she is going too far and falling forward...

I totally agree that 6-year-olds don't really have "flaws as gymnasts", which is another reason I don't really get why the coach chose the name. Im confident that this particular "flaw" or whatever it can be called is something that she will outgrow, so I'm hoping she can stop using the nickname...

My daughter is 6, on the level 2 team. A couple of months ago, I heard about the nickname that my daughter's coach gave to her. She didn't seem phased by it at first, and she didn't say much about it. Its a nickname that could be perceived as cute in an offbeat sort of way I guess, and the coach...