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My biggest advice is to know your local and state requirements for concession stands. We were at a meet where the health department showed up and shut it down. Most of the food couldn’t be sold. They were down to pre-packages brownies, chips, water, and sodas. Their food handling wasn’t the...

So this new division would be aimed at former 9s and 10s? I should preference that I’m not a “it’s not fair” person and this truly did not bother me, but if aimed at level 9/10s switching to xcel, I wonder if it is in response to situations similar to this: My older dd competes Diamond...

My girls are at a Y program that maxes out at what many club level 3s practice. Nearly every middle school and high school gymnast there also does at least one school sport and track is by far the most popular. We have pole vaulters, long jumpers, high jumpers, hurdlers, long distance runner...

Done. Both doses for me, first for husband, and all three teenagers have asked to be allowed when their age group opens. I cried with relief on my way home from dose two. This year was proof that group projects never go well - some do all the work while others sit back, do whatever they want...

My gymnasts are no where near college or Olympic bound. We’re at a Y program that allows great flexibility around school, school sports, religious celebrations, music groups, etc. The older shows much more promise in another college sport, and gives credit gymnastics for that. She’s strong...

I hope gyms give XD a chance. My dd did Level 7 a couple of years and XP for a couple more. She is ready for level 8 on floor, nearly there for beam and vault, but bars will never happen at level 8 for various reasons (shoulder injuries, at a Y so low hours, school sports cutting into gym...

Hit send too soon and can’t figure out how to edit: Ys also have scholarships and sliding scale payments to allow all to be a part of programs.

I second or third or fourth the idea of looking for a Y program. Unfortunately they’re not everywhere. I have two girls in a Y program, both are now at the top of the hours offered (12 a week) and I don’t pay that amount for the two of them combined in a year. (We’re in the rural Midwest and...

Mental blocks are not defiance. Treating them as defiance will only cement them. Your dd is at the very beginning of the sport, mental blocks will happen in every level and will happen in skills she’s been doing for what feels like forever. My younger dd had been jumping to the high bars for...

There are some “optional” open gyms and conditioning throughout the summer - I’ve dropped one child off for volleyball while the wrestling, basketball, football, and cross country teams were all having “optional” conditioning too. Then there are camps and clinics that are “suggested” throughout...

My “That Girl”s have long outlasted others who were much more gymnastics inclined. They aren’t the first to get skills and they probably looked very out of place for the first several years, but they are very coachable. They listened, they tried, they failed - a lot, and they tried again. All...

Yes. My girls’ situation is different than most of yours as they do gymnastics through a YMCA. Practice hours are about half of club gyms and the coaches actively encourage the girls to do school sports and music groups. I never imagined they’d do gymnastics at all. It was by chance my older...

Our YMCA league has several boys. My oldest daughter has competed against at least one boy nearly every year, often two or more through the season. Our team had a boy who competed through HS graduation several years ago and one who did level 3 about 4 years ago. Both of them were killer on the...

We are at a Y, level 7 can go 10 hours a week, Level 6 can go 8 hours. No one honestly expects elite or college gym. The kids are there because they love gymnastics. I’m willing to say they’d all be out of the sport if the hours were higher because most of our high school and middle school...

Disclosure: my girls are at a Y. The coaches do everything they can to keep the program affordable. We are beginning our 5th year of the same leo. They’re not the fanciest or the most blingy around, but aren’t ugly or cheap looking. New is about $170, buying a used is about $80. Of course...

This. My freshman Xcel platinum will not do college gymnastics, but she does have the potential in another sport. Despite this, choosing a college will not revolve around that sport. First and foremost will be what her academic interests are. Even if she’s offered a full ride, she won’t be...

My girls are at a Y. The low hours and flexibility it gives them to do other activities is what they need. Just like with club programs, there is a WIDE variety of Y programs. Hours vary, coach styles vary, flexibility vary. Our Y coaches encourage the girls to play in the marching band, run...