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My DGD would get a special treat like ice cream after a good meet. She had a friend on team whose grandmother would give her granddaughter $25.00 if she beat my granddaughter. That to me is ridiculous.

We are not allowed to have polish for safety reasons. When you have an injury one of the first things they do is squeeze your fingers or toes to see if there is blood flowing to all parts.

I understand what you are saying but this gym just doesn't seem to push the girls. I have watched the Excel team compete and after two years in this program they are not even doing skills that the new level 4 girls are doing. Many of them can not do a kip or a squat=on, so I feel that we need...

Thank you so much for your comments. This is pretty much what we thought but it helps to get different ideas.

We just got word that my DGD will have to go to prep-op if she is to stay at her current gym. She is a 10 yr old, level 4. Her mother spoke to the HC about repeating Level 4 and was told that was not an option. This gym does not go beyond level 4. They want to concentrate on the early stages...

My DGD's gym hosted an AAU competition this weekend. A parent from another team approached me with a question and I wasn't sure of the answer. She said a girl had competed Level 5 a few weeks ago and she was told that this girl would be competing Level 3 at this competition. She said it had...

Our head coach held a parents meeting a week and a half before the first meet. Main focus of the meeting was to help the parents prepare their gymmie for the possibility of lower scores then last year. I feel it really helped with most of the girls. My DGD spent most of the summer in a boot and...

I coached my neighbors daughter in U-12 girls soccer for a few years. Her dad would come to the games and yell at her the whole time and tell her to keep running. One game as she was dribbling the ball down the field he just kept screaming. She stopped where she was, put her hands on her hips...

Sure hope this doesn't sideline her for too long/

DGD learned a very valuable lesson. If you get hurt say something. Dr. tells us that most of this would not have happened if she had said she was hurting right when it happened. (Why do they try to cover-up an injury?) :confused: The vitamin D deficiency didn't help matters but at least that...

After over two months of DGD wearing an orthopedic boot she finally got the clearance from her doctor to go back to practice. She did have some arthritis but luckily it isn't rheumatoid. Her vitamin D levels are great and only has to take over the counter vitamins. :D She's still doing light...

Check out Level 4 Beam shorthand on You Tube. It shows all the elements.

Thank you gymmom 1974, my DGD also has a summer birthday and does not have the chance to celebrate with her classmates. I have brought in cupcakes for her birthday, and I have also brought popsciles on extremely hot summer days and even brought a rose for each of her team mates before winter...

I posted about my DGD to point out that she had foot pain, went to an orthopedic specialist, and found there were no fractures, no growth plate issues or ligament problems. He ordered blood work and that is were they found the vitamin D defiency and the high auto immune results. Just pointing...