San Mateo, Airborne, Royal and West Valley are all very successful training higher level optionals. I'm not aware that Royal has had elites yet, but it seems that they will get there soon. With great respect to coaches and gymnasts from all of these gyms, the best gym in the area for your...
USAG, optionals - total of 9 or 10 meets:
1-2 sanctioned in-house meets
5 regular season meets - one local, two within 3 hour drive, one 5-6 hour drive, one fly - two meets were Nastia qualifiers
States
Regionals regionals (this year both States and regionals were within driving distance)
For...
As everyone says, please have it checked by a pediatric ortho. It may not be bad, but it's important to not wait. It could be an injury, it could be anatomical, it could be posture. My daughter had intense back pain after she went through a growth spurt in level 5. X-rays and MRI were clean. It...
Northern California - closed in March, opened mid June, with capacity limits, masks and distancing requirements. Closed again in August for 3 weeks, opened in September. Closed middle of November, I'm guessing we'll be lucky if we can be open at the end of January.