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    Parents Unpopular Opinions

    1. Time off (like a week or two vacation) is OK. 2. Gyms need to allow sick days, period. Attendance policies that force gymnasts to come to practice sick before they are only allowed two missed practices in a year or whatever are ridiculous, especially for the younger ages who get sick A LOT...
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    Parents Training weeks in the summer

    YES!!! Personally, I like 20 hours a week for Level 9-10, just because that at that level, I truly think that is what allows gymnasts to be safe and successful. But yes, Compulsory Levels 3-4 needs to be capped at 12 hours a week. 16 hours seems reasonable for Level 8, yes. Only the truly...
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    WAG British Gymnastics Grades / Levels

    "In age" pushed younger gymnasts to do high (ridiculously high) training hours to stay on the competitive Elite pathway. That's not healthy. I like the idea of having a personal progression, not "you must be at Level ___ by age 12" to compete at a high level. Also, the goal of Compulsories is...
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    Anon Cartwheel Round-off in L8?

    Hi! The routine with the front full dismount is missing one 'A' Value Part (VP). The routine with the RO-tuck dismount has all VPs. Both routines meet all Special Requirements (SRs). Both, however, will incur a small, not-up-to-level composition deduction.
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    Parents Concussion recovery

    Hi! My cousin (15F) recently suffered a concussion at cheerleading practice as well. She is better at around 10 days. It is totally normal for concussion recovery to take from 7-14 days. Your daughter should be doing a gradual Return to Play and avoiding what causes symptoms to re-appear or...
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    WAG Injuries at European Championships

    Sorry to double post, how are the Ukrainians supposed to train? Where did they practice in the months leading up to competition?
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    WAG Injuries at European Championships

    Theatrical lighting was used at World Championships quite frequently, though... How was Georgieva even treated on the mat? Is she OK? Did she tear her ACL? Why did the coach for the other girl receive the Vault medal on the podium? I'm so confused. It's much more interesting placement-wise...
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    WAG Injuries at European Championships

    Awful lot of injuries this year at the Europeans...what do you all think of it? It doesn't take much to hurt yourself in gymnastics -- the slightest bit "off" landing or take-off can lead to sprains and tears and broken bones. I feel sorry for the poor athletes who got hurt in a major...
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    Off Topic Commonly Used Abbreviations / Acronyms (from everywhere... ChalkBucket / gymnastics / social media / etc)

    USAG = USA Gymnastics (governing body in US) BG = British Gymnastics (governing body in UK) NCAA = National Collegiate Athletic Association (regulates college gymnastics in US) NAIGC = National Associate of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (regulates college "club" gymnastics in US) FIG =...
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    WAG How many hrs for different levels?

    Gymnastics Canada has an amazing resource known as Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD). According to said resource, a 9-11 year old, National-level gymnast should be doing no more than 16 hours, and an 11-13 year old Elite gymnast should be doing no more than 24 hours. A level 3-5, lower-level...
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    Parents Life after Team?

    A nine-year old gymnast who is Level 5/6 and doing 20+ hours per week is excessive. This sounds like a gym/philosophy problem. I have several options: 1) Continue on team, train less hours and do not compete this season. 2) Find an advanced recreational or performance squad (these...
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    Parents Is this the right move?

    At four years old, I would wait until she's started school and is a bit older (about 5/6) to consider a competitive pathway. Right now, she still needs to focus on having an active, fun-filled life. That being said, Xcel Bronze is fairly low key in most places. I however, think that 6 hours is...
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    Parents Dropping out of Pre-Team?

    Yes, switch out the different sports in different seasons, this will be good for her at her young age to leave her lots of unstructured, outdoor play time. The younger child is probably going to need a lot of love and attention. What do you mean, "no bandwidth" for your husband? Luckily, you're...
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    Parents Training weeks in the summer

    Take vacation! She is only 9/10 years of age and barely Level 4/5 -- I am concerned about the sports school arrangement and what that means for other activities, social life, academics and mental health. Sorry to say it, but she is NOT a "high performer athlete" nor on an Elite/High Performance...
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    Parents Quit or stay?

    Disclaimer: Without knowing the details, I cannot claim to know whether or not her coach/supervisor is abusive or is gaslighting her. IF, and I say IF, she is in an ABUSIVE environment, you need to REPORT the abuse. This response does not constitute legal or medical advice. What did she tell...
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    WAG HOPES

    You can still compete in the Development Program (DP -- previously called JO) as a TOPs or HOPES athlete. Like he said above, you compete the Elite Compulsory (level 8/9-ish compulsory routines that focus on technical basics) as well as an Optional routine, the compulsories scored on the 10.00...
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    Parents Dropping out of Pre-Team?

    Canada has an amazing initiative called Sport for Life. All children should learn to "run, swim and gym" (I admit, I never learned to swim when I was a child) before committing to a sport. Swimming lessons -- ABSOLUTELY! I would also make sure that you're giving her foundational skills for...
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    Parents No gymnastics in the immediate future

    Pediatrics or sports medicine specialization in orthopedics (or even better, pediatric sports medicine). Not general. Meanwhile, see if you can get in her in dance or something else that's not inverting and arm-weight-bearing until you can get that second opinion!!!
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    Parents Are gymnasts entitled

    OMG, gahhh...entitled parents are all over the place. This bugs me so much as a former gymnast and now cheerleading coach where people will say things like that all the time to my cheerleaders. The "artistic and acrobatic" sports, often seem to attract SO MUCH public polarization, its either...
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    WAG HOPES

    Yep. HOPES is in addition to upper-level Optionals (Levels 9/10). It, like TOPs, is NOT required if you want to be Elite or train Elite athletes. I do not like the changes made to the 13-14 age group rules, but at least the minimum age has been raised to 11 (now just raise the Junior minimum age...

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