Recent content by xtremegymmom

I think some skills are awarded bonus. For instance, I believe 9 and 10yo can get bonus on bars by doing 2 different close bar circling elements in lieu of the 2 clear hip circles.

Haha! It is a small world!

Kind of...lol...did our girls leave something on the plane?

Our gym was on that flight

We had a similar experience. 7 and 12 yr old girls both at level 6 (before the change, so the new 5) They started gymnastics at the same time did rec classes for about 9 months or so. 10 year old made the L4 team. 5 year old "outgrew" the pre team and started practice with big sis. The...

Thank you so much for the diary idea, it's excellent, and I'm sure will give her some concrete "proof" of her progress. She does know what she needs for Hopes because her teammate qualified and she knows what's in her routines. I am suspecting that she feels like she should be "keeping up"...

Thanks everybody. The insight is very helpful. We are not wanting to switch gyms so I'm hopeful that this will resolve in a positive way.

New but successful Tops program. Had one qualify to Hopes. No elites. Different style of coaching. I don't think I could safely ask that question without coach feeling attacked. She is just so discouraged, I've never seen her like this.

Maybe....I'm not an ex gymnast and have no clue. Which is why I asked the experts... Just trying to sort out my gymmie's feelings...I'd love to hear from other tops parents, is it common for young girls to have such high expectations? Is this normal? What do I tell her?

I tried:( Was completely open and honest because idk what to do. Now I have an upset daughter and an upset coach. She feels like she's not getting coached....coach feels like I'm picking on (him/her)

Hi everybody, this is my first post, but I'm trying to educate myself as a parent, quite frankly I don't know what to do. My daughter is 8 years old turning 9 this year. Competed L8 last season. She has big dreams....huge....this all happened rather fast. She is a very very aggressive and...