Recent content by scarecrow66

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Thanks to all who answered my question. To clear up some misconceptions: my daughter is actually very lean (one poster thought maybe her upper body strength difficulties was due perhaps to her needing to lose weight) so that is not the issue. She also has no medical issues, she is very...

I agree that winning isn't everything, but I don't agree that she should have been embarrassed by not being properly prepared. She totally did not know her floor routine.....she only learned it the week prior. That, to me, is just wrong. I don't care that she didn't get any medals, I care...

I have a question and since I am new, I am not sure where to post it, so this seems as good a place as any. My daughter is 8 1/2 years old and has been in gymnastics for three years. One month ago, she moved up to L3. She has been training L3 skills for this past month since she moved up, and...

Ok, thanks I feel a little better. So far, that is consistent with what I have heard. Our gym's owner told me that her own daughter was not so great in compulsories, but scores far better now in optionals. I guess we will see how it goes. My dd loves gymnastics and is forever doing...

Hi! My dd is 8y, L2, and has been in gymnastics for just over 2 years. I was actually wondering what the norm is for moving through the levels. Maybe there is no "norm" as each child is different. I have spoken to the gym and we are actually having a meeting next week to discuss this very...