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I want to say something to the gym owner and/or head coach about this, but I’ve kept it to myself because I don’t want to appear petty and crazy. Our gym does not usually compete level 6. This year was a little different and my daughter and another girl were deemed not ready to jump from 5 to...

Help talk me off the ledge of being a crazy gym mom. I’m frustrated with how our gym has handled move ups and team groups this year. My daughter just finished a year of pre-team and moved up to team/level 3 in January. However, skill wise I feel like she, along with 2-3 other girls would fit...

Coming up this week for DD is the coach’s decision to move up certain kids. This is completely unexpected for me because they emphasize a full year in each level, it hasn’t been a year for DD in this level, DD was a slow starter, and she’s been out this year a bit due to injuries. She reports...

Hi All - recovering CGM here. I've been doing pretty good this year just getting my kid to practice, being a shoulder to cry on during hard days and a cheerleader during good ones, but State is coming up in a few days and it's been stressful :-/. Today my daughter let me know that she will...

Hi, I’m LT’s mom and I’m a reforming CGM. The credit is due to CB. I found this site a week ago and have read systematically from the oldest posts and working my way through the years. I’ve read about 1000 of the 7000 or so topics in the parent forum. LT is 6 on the developmental team. She was...

How do you deal with crazy gym moms?

Ok, so I'm at work and gonna have to post and run here...but I have to get this off my chest and then come back to a serious CB a$$ whooping to get me in check before I leave for the day to pick up my kiddo! So my ODD just turned 7 and is training level 4. She's never been the star, but she is...

I've posted dd's situation a few times, but quick recap. She just started pre-team in January (6 hours/week plus she does an acro dance class). She was in level 4 rec prior. Our gym created this special pre-team class for a small group. Normally, they only have mini pre-team with little girls...

ok so I have posted here before and received some good encouragement lol but right now I feel like a Crazy Gym Mom. My dd is a lvl 4 this year, she had a rough lvl 3 season really enjoyed competing last year never really paid attention to the scores she only made her bhs in two of the meets...

Sorry, new to ChalkBucket, what is CGM???

Why oh why, when buying new Leo's, must my kid adore the most ugliest ones to choose from!? So many nice designs, yet she loves the ones that make me want to stab my eyes out with a fork. When choosing what to wear to gym from the ginormous selection in her closet, she chooses the multi...

I am so frustrated with DD, and have so far managed to keep my mouth shut, but the only reason I could tonight is because she went home with a team mate for a sleepover, and I didn't have a chance to talk to her. I went to gym to get YDD. ODD was still in practice, and I watched her floor...

My daughter is lv4 this year, first year. The gym has a new rule that if gymmie gets 35aa they are able to practice with the optionals and learn up skills. Two or 3 girls qualify, they are also second year level 4s. However, there is 1 girl that was a level 2 last year, skipped 3 this year and...

As some of you may know from other posts DD is an L5 and she doesn't have her flyaway yet, she is still getting spotted. Actually nobody on her team does and our in house meet is coming up. Our first outside meet is still 4 weeks away. Last night at pick up I heard some other mom's on our team...

After some advice for when I stop biting my tongue ;) I had the pleasure of listening to a CGM at DDs last training session, complaining her daughter hadn't had any attention in the past 10mins, that it was @#$&ing her off and she stormed out the gym. I couldn't help but laugh. Why you may...

Just wanted to share a story.. I had my DDs meeting to discuss optionals and to ask all my questions etc. DD scored out of L5 with a 33 and is training L6/7. All of the sudden, a WAVE of blankness came over me and I had no questions. Then, just started talking and told the coach that I felt...

I don't know if there are any parents from my gym that have accounts on here so I'll try to keep this as anonymous and broad as possible (crossing fingers). So...this situation started a few months ago. I coach pre-team and compulsory levels with another coach (we split events) and one day back...

DD is struggling this year. She is 9 and L4 and that darn kip is hit or miss. She had it. Got grips. Lost it. Got it back. Had a growth spurt and its a hiding again. Cartwheel is either beautiful or a mess. Vault was her best event at L3 and now it's not. All of this has lead to a lot more...

The short version: I was told in November that my pre-pre-team daughter was ready to advance to the next class, but gym wasn't doing any moves until after a planned holiday program due to difficulty levels of routines to be performed. It's been three weeks since the holiday show and I've heard...

Great article! Keeps things in perspective! http://wendybrucemartin.com/2014/01/28/well-played-coach-well-played/