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    Coaches Gym structure

    There is a USAG girls team head coach, a boys team head coach, an AAU head coach, and a head coach of the rec program. They are each in charge of their own coaches. There are a few rec coaches that also coach team, but most are in one camp or the other. Many of the newer coaches for rec and...
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    Parents Motivation to Go to Meets

    Besides just getting to watch your child do something they love (which is my primary motivation), you can make it more social. Get to know the other team parents. Find one interesting thing to see in the meet location (one is enough, so it's not stressful). Make sure that you have a team event...
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    Parents Home beam

    We have the Brianna beam from Tumbl Trak. It works well for handstands, cartwheels and back walkovers, turns, leaps and jumps. Feels really close to a normal beam. Doesn't wobble. For back handsprings and above, my daughter only uses the laser beam.
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    Parents How many meets does your gymnastic do a year? What level are they?

    We do 5 meets, plus states and regionals. It's the same for all levels (except for the ones that don't have regionals.)
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    Parents How to?

    Look around your gym - do they have numeric levels 1-5, or do they just have xcel bronze, silver and gold for the lower levels? If a gym has both programs at the lower levels, usually xcel trains less hours, and may not be geared toward higher level optionals (levels 6-10). If that's what your...
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    Parents Did I ruin my daughters opportunity at a good gym?

    Okay, you are WAY overthinking this. Like others said, at this age she should be falling in love with the sport. Stay at the current gym. Don't worry about the scores this year. Bronze scores honestly don't mean anything. Competing bronze is really more of a fun thing for parents and kids...
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    Parents Rip advice

    You can make a tape grip that helps to cover the rip. Usually the older girls or the coaches can help make one, but there are also numerous tutorials online that will show you how to make one. It's not an actual "Grip", just athletic tape that helps cover the rips.
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    Women Identifying talent for your teams

    You may want to expand your universe of kids. My daughter didn't even start rec until she was 9. She worked hard and learned skills quickly, and made team. In just a few years, she caught up to the girls who started when they were 5. So, maybe consider some older girls who started late and have...
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    Parents Grips Level 5

    My daughter just got her grips this year. Apparently it can be trial and error as to which ones feel good and fit the gymnast. If the coach is saying that she needs smaller grips, then she probably does. If she feels like she is slipping, then she will hate bars. She won't have the confidence...
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    Parents "inability to get skills" - questions about this

    There have been a bunch of skills that my daughter thought she would never get, but sure enough, a year later, they are easy as pie. I think it's pretty normal to have those thoughts - and then once you get that skill, you have those same thoughts about a new one! As to quitting, I think it's...
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    Parents Suggestion please! Raleigh NC WAG Programs

    I agree with BusyMomof2. My daughter is also 12, but started later so never had expectations of college gymnastics. In hindsight, I know that she still could have tried, if she went after it from the beginning and picked a gym that really pushed girls. But she never wanted to. She absolutely...
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    Parents Suggestion please! Raleigh NC WAG Programs

    Pretty good overview above. It really comes down to where exactly you will be living, and what your daughter wants out of gymnastics. If she wants D1 college scholarship, Sonshine is the place (but they are more harsh in training, and they may have age limits on their compulsory/optionals...
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    Coaches Conditioning program advice

    I'm a parent not a coach, but make sure the girls understand what muscles they are focused on and how that exercise helps with a specific skill. It helps with buy-in and to make sure they aren't just going through the motions.
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    Women My Meet Critique?

    We liked it. My daughter likes to analyze, and it helped her focus on the small deductions that she didn't know about otherwise. Also gave her confidence to change her vault, which helped her make regionals. (We sent in two different vaults, and they helped her see which one actually worked...
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    Parents switching to xcel because of kip - opinions

    Xcel seems like a good option. She can continue to move forward while competing her best skills. Some of the Gold skills are harder (full turn vs half turn on beam) and some are easier (no kip required on bars.) But if she gets her kip, she can compete it in Gold. So she's got options...
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