hair

Can a gym club expect a gymnast with long hair to have to cut it shorter? I think this is reasonable if they clearly warn people in advance, BEFORE they join the gym club, but I don't see how they can insist after the gymnast has already joined that she cuts her hair. What do you think? I...

Would love some more hair style ideas for a short bob - competition and training. Training we tend to just do a top up. Been playing with comp hair do's this week (she previously had it longer) and happy with doing 1,2, 3 pig tail thing (taking one section and putting in a pigtail, adding in a...

Hi Everyone, For their last meet of the season, my daughter would like to make matching bows for she and her teammates. These are young teens, and she wants to make something really simple and not too big- a simple bow, like the college girls sometimes wear. She is going to layer 3 different...

What is the USAG rule on how hair should be done for meets?

My gymnast has VERY long hair (almost to the top of her butt). I kind of suck at doing her hair and often let the coach or another mom do it because I just have no clue! One of my biggest issues is getting it smooth/tight. I am a perfectionist, so as soon as I get a loose spot or something...

Does your gym/coach have requirements for how hair to be styled for a meet? Are all girls required to have the same style?

My daughter has long hair and prefers to wear it in a ponytail rather than a bun during competition. She says that a bun bothers her head when she does certain skills such as a back extension roll. The first two meets this season she wore a ponytail and there was no issue. At the third meet...

I searched the forum and didn't find a thread, but I really need help. What do you all use to keeps your daughter's hair in a bun. DD's new gym requires a bun for competition and she has super fine hair. Normally I would just use lots of goop and bobby pins, but I am worried the will hurt...

My Oldest dd's first competition is just over a week away and I have begun to think about how she will have her hair for this, I am going to ask dd's coach if there is a set style she has to have and then go from there, don't worry this in not a thread asking about styles (there is a few of...

I'm in search of the holy grail of hair products this meet season. Specifically, a paste/gel/cream/goop that will provide a slicked back style into pony tail holders. We most likely will be going with "Princess Leah" style braided buns again (don't tell my daughter as she thinks these are...

Is there a deduction for unnaturally coloured hair? (Red, Blue, Purple) Not just tinted after slapping a temporary dye over brown hair, but like, bleach then the colour, bright. I don't know if there is a rule? Help?

Here is a Pinterest board for gymnastics hair styles... http://pinterest.com/platinumgym/gymnastics-hair/

Does it really grow back thicker and darker? 50% say that's a myth and the other half say its true so I have no idea. I have dark arm hair and its really embarrassing so I shaved it not all but a bit of it and I feel fine but I'm kinda worried I'll regret it. I did it once when I was little too...

I have a little one who has always had issues growing hair. She recently turned six and still had very short, THIN, wispy hair that barely reached the nape of her neck. She would often leave gymnastics crying because she so desperately wants a ponytail and all of the other girls have one...

My kids are going to flip fest the 2nd week of camp. My twins will turn 9 the week before and I know that my girl twin will be find doing her own hair. My concern is my just turned 7 year old. She has long (down to her lower back) hair that is *really* thick. I'm really considering cutting...

My DD has her state competition next weekend and she is currently 15 years old. She always has problems with her hair. Her her is extremely long and thick and she refuses to cut it. When I do a bun on her she tells me it gives her head aches and a pony tail whips her in the face. The last meet...

Just for fun, I thought it would be cool to see how everyone does their hair for practice and meets. I just do a regular ponytail, and for my little sisters I do a crown braid into pony.

So today was my DD's post meet practice & her coach tells them they all got a tenth deduction for their hair ribbon!(inappropriate attire) What?! I've never heard of a ribbon deduction! We were competing out of state though. Their ribbons this year are not staying tied well & will end up...

This weekend is my daughters first meet of the season. Her coach wants all the girls to have french braids in the front coming around their heads. I learned from my daughter that this style is called the headband braid. I'm not very good at doing hair so this is causing me some stress. I'm a...

Hey everyone...so I have thick layered hair that's a little past my shoulders, I usually put it in a high ponytail, braid it, then twist it into a bun and that usually stays pretty well during practice, do you guys have any other ideas? I'd put it in a regular ponytail, but my hair frizzes A...