Some boys on our team brought strep throat back from regionals last spring and a lot of kids and parents at the gym caught it, including my family. Unfortunately, our family just can’t seem to shake it and we are now on our 4th infection in 6 months! Any suggestions or experiences?
My almost-8-year-old son recently got his giants on the high bar (regular bar, not strap). He doesn’t have grips yet because the head coach says that younger boys should not use grips because they will make their hands weak. None of the older boys at our gym learned giants without grips, so...
Our gym in the PNW is overflowing with little boys! They had a small boys program before the pandemic and there are currently only 8 boys in levels 5-10. This season there were an unprecedented 24 boys in level 3 and I just heard that they invited 56 new boys to join the level 3 team this...
Is there a relationship between twist direction and the direction kids go around the mushroom? My kid recently started gymnastics and learned mushroom from copying other kids. He goes towards his right hand from front support. I think he is a left twister but I’m dyslexic and get confused...
The Region 2 Regional Championship is going on now and I’m perplexed about how they are doing the age categories. Some levels are broken up into only 2 age groups: Jr and Sr. I’m not sure the exact age cut-off between the two groups but I know a 8-year-old and a 12-year-old who are both...
Any older former gymnasts remember these routines from the early 1990s? I’m just coming back to gymnastics with my kids after a 30-year hiatus and I’m trying to figure out how the current levels compare to the old levels. I think contemporary JO level 4 and 5 are like the 1989 level 5 & 6...