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Question for the coaches out there... Do you take any time to go over how the kids performed at their meets at monday's practice? The reason I ask is our coaches never even mention the weekend meet to the kids. Nothing good, nothing bad. It's just business as usual on Monday afternoon. Is...

Well, for the first time ever, my kiki was very sick going into a meet. She had been throwing up 24 hours leading up to her session. I had reservation about her competing, but she insisted. She was so weak that she had her lowest scores all season BUT for the first time EVER she hit both kips...

We chatted with Ayla Kell (Payson Keeler) on our radio show this morning. What a sweetheart! Does anyone else see her charachter becoming a coach? Or do you believe she will make an unbelievable comeback and win Olympic gold?? gymdad Dennis Payson Interview

Santa brought my KiKi her kip just a few weeks late! I watched her do her full bar routine 7 times in a row this morning! Just in time for Flipfest in Knoxville next weekend :) Gym Dad Radioguy Shawn Johnson interview on my radio show

NBC has their annual gymnastics/skating spectacular on Sunday afternoon 4pm EST. This year special music will be performed by Ashley Tisdale. Nastia and Shawn will both be featured on the 2 hr special. Just wanted to pass this along to everyone :) Dennis (gymdad) Shawn Johnson radio interview

Will anybody else be attending "Flipfest" in Knoxville in two weeks? This will be our first trip there, but I hear it's a cool event. Dennis Shawn Johnson Interview

You would be surprised how many kids do not know how to run properly. A major problem in this country is that kids are taught skills for the sport they are involved in, however they are never taught how to be a true athlete. Our coaches have been super supportive with our daughter being in...

We did end up enrolling our daughter in Parizi Speed School to help with her vault. Well last night was her evaluation to determine where she should be placed. During her evaluation she was asked to do as many pull ups as she could and my little 7 year old busted out 10 like it was nothing...

We did end up enrolling our daughter in Parizi Speed School to help with her vault. Well last night was her evaluation to determine where she should be placed. During her evaluation she was asked to do as many pull ups as she could and my little 7 year old busted out 10 like it was nothing...

Our radio interview with Alya Kell (Payson) has been pushed back to Jan 11th. My daughter wants to take off school to talk to her but a dad has to draw the line somewhere! Our family is looking forward to the new season. even my son got into it last year. It starts January 3rd on ABC FAmily...

Merry Christmas to everyone! Does anyone have a Christmas weekend meet?? Hopefully NOT! enjoy the holidays with your family :) Dennis gymdad.blogspot.com

Our gym is still using the old music THANK GOD! I had to run the floor music at our home meet this weekend and the girls who were using the new music were scoring much lower! Coincidence????????? Is there a certain time that everybody MUst switch over??

Here's a senerio for you. A coach on a cell phone steps onto the vault runway as a gymnast is about to start her vault. Her father stands up and starts screaming at the coach who's clearly embarrased. The guy won't let up and the gym goes dead quiet. Pretty awkward! Anybody ever witness anything...

My daughter attended last year and LOVED IT! She will be back again this year! Any word on the celebrity guest gymnast line-up yet?? Dennis gymdadradioguy

Ayla Kell (aka Payson) will be calling our radio show in 2 weeks to chat about the season premeire of Make It Or Break It. If you have any questions for her, let me know now! Our family really got into the show last year and my DD is looking forward to it. I did question some of the material...

Has anyone ever heard of this or used this? And if so, do you think it's a good program for a gymnast to improve her vault? Dennis gymdad.blogspot.com

That's our gym. I will be doing the floor music on Friday and Sat. gymdad.blogspot.com

Our gym is hosting the PA judges Cup next weekend. Should be a fun weekend :) Guess where our gpo would station a gym dad/radio personality?? Yep I will be the guy rockin' the floor music Fri and Sat. LOL. If you're gym is coming I hope you enjoy our accomodations. We're a fairly new gym and...

Christmas on The Chesapeke This was our first meet of the season so I think our girls held their own with many teams that have already had states or regionals. my L5 DD pulled in two 4th place finishes on beam and floor. She has a long way to go, but we're so proud! gymdad.blogspot.com

I've seen the term dd used an awful lot yet I still do not know what it stands for? Sorry. I'm the new guy in here and I'm fairly new to this whole seen. Thanks for your replies Dennis/gym dad gymdad.blogspot.com