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The meet turned out pretty good. She wiped out on low bar at the endof practice for some reason, got the wind knocked out of her and hurt her ankle. Couldn't practice on Friday, but competed on Saturday. I was proud of her for getting through everything. Landed her vault in warmup but not...

My daughter is doing beautifully this year. She barely gets a 9.00 on beam and it frustrates her. I am not complaining. her AA scores are great this year, she is just not one of those 9.8 gymnasts. I realize deductions add up, but what is she getting deducted for in her beam routine? She...

My daughter has always seemed to have vaulting issues. She used to pike over the table, then she was in a tight hollow position for a while. One meet she gets a 9 then next meet 2 weeks later a 7.9. Her coach is fantastic. I was hoping someone could look at her video from states. Maybe someone...

My daughter uses the Pixie Velcro Grips, she is 9 years old and a level 7 this year. She just started using her grips over the summer. I had gotter her the Ten-0 grips but they were too long. She measures a 5.5" so the pixies worked better. She says they slip around her wrists and she is...

After you land a bhs back layout to 2 feet or fhs punch front to 2 feet I noticed that gymnasts then do a "lunge". Is this to absorb the rebound from the landing? My daughter just had her first L7 meet and I noticed she does not do this. She had a small hop after her fhs punch front tumbling...

I just had to post and tell you all about how proud I am of my dd. :) dd who is 9 had her first level 7 meet this past weekend, it was just a practice meet so it didn't count, but there were judges there to score and provide feedback. I am so proud of her. She has been working so hard. Between...

Hello everyone. I have been reading chalk bucket for a while and it has helped me with various gymnastic stuff. My dd is 9 and competing L7, she will turn 10 this year. I hope she does well since the age groups are large at this level. I just tell her to do her best. My dd has been doing...

Dance series with a min. of 2 elements, one a leap (one foot takeoff) requiring 180° cross or side split My daughter is doing a straddle leap and then goes to the floor, similar to the level 6, and then does some other dance moves. Does that fullfill the above requirement?