Hi all! I just joined this forum, to try to find some answers for my son.
My son just turned six years old. He has been taking gymnastics for three years. He honestly loves it and begs to go more.
The problem lies in the fact that we live in a city where there isn't a boys program for...
I have heard a lot about the girls changing, but didn't hear anything about the boys changing, so I thought that they weren't. But now I hear they may be as well.
So, are the boys changing too? Where do you get info about this? I know the stock answer will be "Trust your coach" which I do, but...
As the parent of one of each, I've noticed how differently coaches at our gym train tumbling. My DD, now a L6, did not learn a standing BHS except incidentally until she was getting ready for L6 floor if I am remembering right. Certainly not on preteam (which is about L4 for us) and not while...
I was just curious if someone could give me a little overview of the higher levels in the boys JO program and sort of the typical progression. Around here is seems typical for boys to do some skipping ahead and I've heard some not nice descriptions of level 8. So I guess I'm just wondering what...
My son has taken off since June in his gymnastic class. He loves it and is doing well. He is super flexible (splits while each leg is on a chair) and very very tiny. He is 8. He has a few obstacles he must overcome. He has autism but is high functioning. He also has psoriasis on his hands and...
What body type would be preferred for being a tumbler and which for a base?
I know that body type is not the only factor that is taken into consideration, but I overheard one of the coaches saying that although a boy wanted to do tumbling he believed that he had the perfect build for being a...
We may need to visit Raleigh on and off. Is there a gym in Raleigh with both boys' and girls' teams that my kids could visit to stay in shape so they don't po their gym?
I just need to get some shorts that are actually SHORT and good in covering underwear when he does tricks :) DS is 5 and we have hard time finding shorts. I went to gymnastics web sites and all shorts are about $30 or so...
Anybody have any tips for teaching controlled handstand pirouettes on floor?
A bit of background: the guy I'm having trouble with is relatively new to gymnastics (and a late starter at 13 years old), but an extraordinarily talented tumbler. He'll be competing level 6 as a floor specialist...
Hey Everyone
Here is a new documentary i found called Jump! Boys and wanted to share. Plus i need your help.. We need english Subtitles. The whole thing is in Chinese (madarin, at least the subs are as far as i can tell)
Blog post from Chinese Gymnastics Blog (click here to view)
To...
I am very new to coaching boys gymnastics and at our gym we have a boys beginner class and advanced, which i believe is level 1 or 2's.
I could RAELLY use some basic info on coaching boys. My beginner class I can handle just fine, its obveous what they need to work on, but my advanced class im...
My son is a level 5, and will probably compete level 5 again next year. His coach had them get grips (high bar only), but they are still working on breaking them in, so they did not compete in them. I noticed when we were at Regions, that many other gymnasts at the same level were already...
We like to get out of the city for most of August. There is another family we vacation with and we've gone to the same river for the past four summers. We share a house and it ends up being so affordable and fun for the kids that we will likely continue long term.
Now the boys of both...
Has anyone or their boys attended Woodward PA or IGC? Are there other options in the DC, MD, VA, WVa, DE, PA region
My 9 yr old son wants to go to sleep away camp this summer and asked it there are lots of boys at these camps or is it mostly girls and a handful of boys?
He is new to...
Does anyone know of a mixed gender (or just boys) meet in easy driving distance from Dallas that would welcome a Barbados team (USAG) of level 4s and up? I have searched the internet and the USAG website, and all I can find is a Houston one in early March. Based on my research, Houston doesn't...
For some wacky reason, it is often cheaper for us to get from Barbados to NY if we fly JetBlue than it is for us to travel to Puerto Rico or Miami on American, even though they are much closer to us. So we have started looking for meets that are in driving distance from JFK.
Plus, we are...
So I was asked by a friend to create a boy version of the journal / scorebook for her nephew. I know close to nothing about men's gymnastics. And hadn't considered making one because - well, I don't have sons and I didn't think boys would be interested in that (I know , very sexist of me)...