Hi all - my DD Trixiebelle (13, L7 Gymnast) is working on her final 8th grade project for her SI class (Special Interest). Her project is to go through the steps to start a business. She has an idea (of course gymnastics related!) and now has to go through the "Customer Validation" portion of...
Dd is almost 12 training l8 and after finishing a good l7 year. 2 years ago was diagnosed with Spondylolysis took 8 weeks off and went on to compete again for 2 more years. About 2 months ago she came to me when she first felt some low back pain, She said it was different but erroring on...
She told me after practice today she is really having a tough time, scared of getting hurt again, hates her beam coach and overall frustrated with the sport. She hurt her foot 2 weeks ago at a meet on dismount, did a week of conditioning and missed a meet as a result. I was very surprised by...
Dear Fellow Chalkbucket Readers, I need your help with the letter I have composed below. FWIW - gymnast is in a L7-L8 training group. Can you help me wordsmith it? Thanks
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Dear HEAD COACH – I wanted to address a concern I hadregarding cell phone usage at the gym. During...
Title pretty much sums up how I am feeling. DD is L7 training L8 and just turned 12. She is in honors classes in MS and the homework is adding up. She is training 16 hours per week and seems exhausted. She has Elite dreams (i haven't crushed those yet) and eat, sleeps, breaths chalk. She is...
Poor DD - she can't seem to catch a break. Or rather catches too many of them. Around this time last year we were just learning about her spondy which led to a summer of no gymastics but lots of conditioning. She caught up to her team mates to compete a mix of L7 and USAIGC and was doing...
Wow. How to get over MY fear of DD doing gymnastics? She is l7 now and the skills seem to have so much more risk than last year. Today she had a fall from her giant, I wasn't there to see it, but from what she and my husband have t old me it could have been very ugly. Her coach saw her...
Here is the email I just sent her coach. I think it sums up what's going on pretty well. While I'm sad it isn't something minor - I am so very grateful it isn't something that requires immediate departure from the sport. So long as she is not in danger of causing permanent damage, I will...
Just picked up Trixie from practice and she tells me the back pain is back. It flared up at the end of practice when she was on bars... She was kipping to a cast and then a giant and then felt it. She stopped right away and when I came home, sure enough I pressed that spot and she winced...
Both. Yep...both. silver and level 7! Actually I agree with the logic behind it. Most team members are struggling with the BHS on beam and the giant on bars. Dd has the giant and BHS is intermittent. The plan is to finalize the routines for Floor and beam and those who can, will. But...
Title say is all! DD's coach still has not notified them of the levels they will compete this season! She is debating USAIGC "Silver" or Level 7... I understand part of the rationale is she wants to give the girls the most time possible to nail the skills before making a decision, but I must...
Last year we had a meet at a gym where there was a big screen TV and a video camera mounted on a tripod at each station. Apparently they would use it as a teaching tool and this caught my interest. Does your gym have this? Ours does not and when DD asked her head coach about it, it came down...
Yay for her. She is so very pleased with herself. After 10 weeks of no gymnastics, 3 weeks of gymnastics lite (no back flexion skills) and 2 weeks of full gym she has her back handspring on beam!
I knew she was close and I came early to pick up so I could watch a bit. I'm so glad I did...
Background - Trixie has spondylylosis - aka pars defect - aka - lumbar stress fracture. L5 bilateral.
Ok - so the title pretty much sums it up. Headed to the Dr.s office at 4 pm today for a follow up appointment and keeping our fingers crossed she is given the all-clear to begin gymnastics...
Trixiebelle had her consult with the Ped Ortho last week and he after a 20 minute physical exam, he looked over her x-rays and concluded her scoliosis is in his words "not an issue" Trixie goes back in 6 months to be re-evaluated for that. That is the good news!
Bad news is during the exam he...
Anyone here have experience with scoliosis? Trixiebelle was at her annual check up today and her dr noticed her shoulders were uneven. She said she thinks it most likely is a mild curve but ordered X-rays and we had them taken right away.
When I saw them I felt sick and teared up. We are...
Title says it all... Trixie had asked to move to L6 the summer but the HC told her to wait and see how the first few meets went. Apparently well enough! Trixie's bar coach approached me a few weeks ago to see how I'd feel about the move and I thought it would be good for her - more hours in...
Quick update on Trixebelle - she is having a great L5 yeat. Her first meet she scored
8.025 on Vault
8.925 Bars (3rd)
8.95 Beam (2nd)
8.6 on Floor
34.5 AA and that scored her a second place
Her second meet was even better!
8.425 Vault
9.0 Bars (2nd)
9.425 Beam (2nd)
8.8 Floor (3rd)...
Well - my title says it all! She had a great L4 year last year, finishing 3rd AA at states. DD, age 10, is approaching her first L5 meet in 3 weeks and is very nervous. For reasons I don't understand, her gym only began teaching the L5 routines about 4 weeks ago. I know they know most of...
Hi, I am the parent of a 10yo L5 gymnast. She has been in gymnastics for 6 years and is even more obsessd today than I thought possible! I have lurked for several months on the boards and find them very helpful.
Regards,
N.