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Haven't been around much for several weeks. Between work, gym and Em's school it's been crazy in our house. Poor Em has continued to have a lot of pain in her knee, and she and her coach finally decided there would be no more competing this year, and Em would ease up for a bit and see if her...

Em had a good meet today. Bars could have been better but she did make her handstand pirouette and giants after missing them totally in warm-up. She missed her connection on beam, but she has only been working a cartwheel-roundoff series for just over a week so I'm just happy she is staying on...

I think between my two girls I could probably write a book on training while injured! LOL Our gym does not have a formal policy about training while injured, but our personal experience has been that it is important that the girls stay in the gym on a regular basis so they continue to feel like...

This will be our third time here, but the last time was 2004 when Em was a Level5 - she's grown a bit since then. We've had good experiences both times we were here before. Looking forward to tomorrow, it should be fun. Em is the first of our "big girls - the L6-8s" to compete so we can spend...

Great job for her first L9 meet! It's always really tough coming back after missing a competitive season, not to mention moving up a level at the same time. Hope she has a great rest of her season.

Congratulations to Emma for a great meet! Her front walkover was lovely. Hope she has a great rest of the season.

Caileigh had this her first year at L6 and it sucked! She would tape the Dr Scholls heel gel inserts to her foot and then use the Tuli Heel cup over it - did this with both feet for over a year. Mid-way through her first year at L6 she dropped back to L5 and finished the season there which...

We are from 4 Star in Williamsport Md. Em is our only L8 to compete so will be by herself - she will either be in a red leo with white curls (my avatar) or a burgundy tank with 4 Star on it - since she is by herself her coach is letting her choose. What gym is your DD with? We will probably...

Wanted to send Good Luck wishes to anyone competing at the Sand Dollar/Whitlow meet at Disney this weekend and ask for some for our 4 Star girls. Sand Dollar has been mentioned in a couple of other threads, but I wanted to start a thread just for this meet. It's a huge meet and lots of people...

Em is in the Josten Center at 11:00AM Saturday. Our L6s are the session after her and our L7s are the last session of the day at the Milk House.

I agree. Level 6 really seems to be one of those "make it or break it" levels. There are so many new skills that the girls must master for Level 6 - going backwards on beam, back tuck on floor, letting go of the high bar - this seems to be a really big issue for some of the girls, full turn on...

Best of luck to your granddaughter this weekend, I'm sure she will have a great meet! When does your granddaughter compete? We will be traveling to Orlando for the meet this weekend and our Level 6 and optional girls are competing on Saturday.

Glad to hear that Olivia is doing well and enjoying the diving. I can't imagine what the transition must be like for you. DH and I have discussed it occasionally as we know that time will be upon us in a couple of years, and it's kind of overwhelming! Gymnastics really does involve your whole...

Glad to hear your DD had a good meet this weekend! Have you talked to an orthopedist/podiatrist about your daughters heel pain? It sounds like Sever's disease which is a fairly common overuse/growth injury that you see in gymnasts. Caileigh had it in both heels the first year she competed...

Thanks! She is a pretty amazing kid :D DH and I count ourselves fortunate to have 3 pretty amazing kids. DS who is 21 has Aspergers Syndrome (on the autism spectrum) and is now in his sophmore year of college and doing well. Older DD is the first gymnast from our gym to go NCAA - she is at...

Last we heard the season will not change. The dates for the different level state meet have really changed this year, with the biggest change being for Level 4s who's state meet has moved from May to March, but if the dates for the competitive season itself do not change maybe next year things...

Thanks, we are so proud of her! It's been a much slower recovery than Em would have liked, but as we keep reminding her, she is not a year post-op at this point. Her surgery was April 13, 2010 so what she has done so far is amazing. And yes we are really fortunate to have a coach who loves...

Just got back from Em's second meet of the season, and I'm happy to say she had a great meet. She was able to compete beam this meet along with bars and vault, we are hoping her leg will be strong enough to do floor by the middle of February - she still does not have enough "punch" to make her...

Good Job Olivia! Glad her meet went well and she was OK with scratching floor. My girls have always had the philosophy "If all you do is touch, be sure you do it with style!" and it sounds like that is what Olivia did. That really does sound like some super tough scoring on bars, especially...

Way to go Kadee! Deanna she is just too cute! I'm glad she did well and hope she is looking forward to her next meet.