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I have a very determined child that just cannot get off of the floor. She's competing excel bronze. All of the other girls are doing leap to split or straddle jump. I have her doing leap bc it is required and leg swing hop. She is unable to get off one floor for both. Same with vault. We...

I will be going to a few out of state meets this year and I need to take another team member with me. Has anyone been through this? What do I need to travel by airplane with her, and what documents does she need to bring? She is 12 and does not have ID.

I have one girl in my Xcel Bronze group who is really struggling. She's a great kid, loves gymnastics, and works really hard. She moved to this group in November from the younger pre-team group because her mom asked about her getting more hours, and with how hard she works I thought she would...

Do you know all the kids your child trains/competes with? How big is your group/gym?

My 8-year-old has always been praised by her coaches and teachers for paying attention, following directions, and working hard. However, I have had the following conversation with her a number of times over the past several weeks: Mommy: How was practice? Did you have fun? Tinker Bell: I had...

DD has awful eyes, current prescription is +6 and getting worse. My dodgy genetics fault. :D she's been asking for contacts for awhile for gym, but I wasn't sure if she was too young, until talking to another mum who's dd has had them since she was 8. DD is 10. She's been going to gym had...

DD has awful eyes, current prescription is +6 and getting worse. My dodgy genetics fault. :D she's been asking for contacts for awhile for gym, but I wasn't sure if she was too young, until talking to another mum who's dd has had them since she was 8. DD is 10. She's been going to gym had...

If so, what is it? I'm just curious as to the norm! I've seen from 5% to 50% locally. Thanks!

Hi, this is my first time posting, but I've been a long time reader of chalk bucket and have found so much valuable information that has really helped my coaching. I'm 19 and I coach most days at the gym. I'm in charge of our juniors but I also help out a lot with our seniors. My little sister...

Spinning off of another thread that I started -I'm curious to hear if your child competed when they were maybe slightly less than ready or waited until they were very confident and if you have opinions on which is the better way to do it. My DD is one of a couple of girls who the coach said...

Here is an inspirational short video for when your child is hurt:

Not talking low scores, bad attendance, poor attitude, lack of work ethic, disobedience, poor sportsmanship, or a young age. Fears are minor, passing, and on expected skills, but not all of them (i.e., not flyaways ever). What is there that the parents could be completely missing and that...

Hi coaches, I am desperate. In my 4-5 year old class (45 min), I have a child who is very overweight,very clumsy, constantly injures herself, and hangs on to my leg pretty much the whole class. All she says is " I can't." All the other children have progressed amazingly, have fun, laugh and...

Hi coaches, I am desperate. In my 4-5 year old class (45 min), I have a child who is very overweight,very clumsy, constantly injures herself, and hangs on to my leg pretty much the whole class. All she says is " I can't." All the other children have progressed amazingly, have fun, laugh and...

DD's meet this weekend went 2 hours later into the night than her bedtime. After the first 2 events, she melted. What can I do to prevent this in the future? How do I prepare her (coffee?.... LOL) Thanks!

ODD (7) began gymnastics at 5.5 -after months of begging to start. I signed her up not really expecting her to like it or be any good at it and she took off immediately and LOVED it immediately. She had previously tried a few other activities which she did not like for long. A year and a half...

Who thinks every inch of space in the house and every piece of furniture is a piece of gym equipment :-o From the moment he wakes to the moment he goes to bed he's either jumping, leaping, rolling, diving or anything else that goes around the house :-o :-)

Our family has to make a decision about an upcoming big important meet and wanted to hear experiences and thoughts from other parents. Our coach has asked that our child go without us and our child would be the only one going from our gym. I love our coach and trust them, that is not the...

Experienced moms, coaches, owners... would your gym hold an individual gymnast back in order to keep her with a group of girls at a certain level and therefore have a "team"? We have a strange situation where there are no L6/7's at our gym right now. One girl has to score out of 8 and she...