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Can you do 5 "B" skills and just 3 "A" skills instead of 4 A's and 4 B's? Also do you know the deduction if you don't have 4 A's and 4 B's? Thanks!

Thank for the explanation. Would a back walkover back tuck get the “up to level”?

We love it too! If possible take at least 5 days so you can do 1 day at each park without feeling like you have to rush and hit 2 parks in 1 day. Then it's nice to have 1 day in the middle to sleep late and chill at the hotel and swim. If possible stay at a Disney resort because the early/late...

Would love any advice you have to help my girl square her BHS on beam!! She's been working in consistently over 2 years and can land it... scored 8's or low 9's on beam last year Level 7. But she consistently turns her fingers on the beam the same direction which turns her shoulders and upper...

Have many families here done Flip Fest? Is it mostly rec or compulsory level kids? Would girls working levels 8-9 have fun? Any other input you’d give on Flipfest or other camps?

LOL. She had a wadded up piece of paper in her gym bag and made tally marks. I of course didn't see them all but it made her feel like she was making progress.

To play a little devil's advocate... I used to completely agree that this is their sport and I should offer nothing external to motivate. So the 1st 2-3 years at lower levels we did nothing. But when they reach higher levels, and it takes longer to get a skill, we often offer a little bribe. I...

What else can they do for level 8 for forward or side acro?

To OP: I agree with the moms who state family vacations are an important part of childhood and are very important to prioritize. My DD has taken off 2 weeks each summer (unconnected) for non-gymnastics camp and family vacation and 1 week each winter. She has gone from Level 1- 7 in 3 years. She...

When my DD knows she didn't have a good meet, even she doesn't want the participation medal.

My DD (9) is competing Level 7. Has taken at least 3 weeks off every summer- non gym sleepaway camp and family vacations. We think it's great. She's active but does no formal conditioning or practice at other gyms. I get the impression her coach would prefer less but she works hard when she gets...

Does anyone know what happens if a gymmie starts the season at Level 6 and scores well enough to qualify for state... then starts competing Level 7 but does not score well enough to qualify for state? Can she still compete at the Level 6 State meet?

My daughter had an issue with her squat on for months. Not a block as she did it but she hated it and would panic all of practice because she knew it was coming. She was young enough we couldn't do the whole separate gym from home life- she kept coming to me upset wanting to know what to do...

My daughter is also very strong but does not have good shoulder flexibility. She used to be able to hold a handstand for 30 seconds but her shoulders weren't "open" and she was arched- basically just holding it with brute strength. Once her coach insisted on the proper form she couldn't hold it...

I've heard some of the online schools are well established in re to NCAA eligibility? Anyone have experience with those?

Anyone have an idea what percentage of girls that compete in college home-schooled through high school? Is it a majority so that they have enough hours to train or do many do traditional high school?

Justice has come cute gymnastics clothes- warm-up pants, shirts with sequins that say Gymnast, my daughter likes. Last year we got a handpainted ornament off Etsy.

So... since it's been brought up repeatedly what can they compete on bars at Level 7 if they don't have their giants?

We recently had an in-house for the Optional girls to get official scores from a judge and know where they were so they could work on those things in the next 6 weeks. Technically since there were judges some of the girls could use it to "score out" of 6 and compete 7 this winter? But usually...

We have a spring-less trampoline. More expensive but maybe safer? Maybe not. 8 yo gymmie and 6 year old son and it gets used all the time. For jumping, dodgeball, tea parties, gymnastics, tag, watching stars... I am a bad mom and don't supervise or make only 1 kid jump at a time. There are rules...