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ok so something just crossed my mind. Do your gyms ask for birth certificates for age verification? What about for entry into competitions? My older DD is 7 currently, and I just realized the gym only knows her birthday from my initial registration when she started rec 3 years ago when she was...

My ds has been competing level 8 but does not know the tech sequences. The coach told him he can compete JD at states, but I am not sure he is old enough? He really doesn’t want to relearn the 7 routines. Does anyone know if he is allowed to compete JD?

I posted on here a few months ago about my daughters back tumbling mental block, she is 10 years old. It got better for about 2 months and unfortunately came back again . It has really affected her confidence in general and has affected all pieces. She can still do the tumble but couch has to be...

Hi All, So, my DD lost her "squat-on". She's had it - since early this summer, but, somehow lost it!! She's an Xcel Gold gymnast (or at least for now - I'm wondering if they might need to drop her back to Silver - at the rate she's going!). And, the first competition of the season, is January...

DS (13) just came home from practice and shared that his coach told him he thinks he could either plan to compete only 3 events (floor, vault and pbars) this upcoming season or should just skip the season. He competed L6 last year- he struggled a lot and did not have a great season. Over the...

I was surfing the web and came across this video She's so amazing! It must be tough to stay balanced with missing weight on half her body! And that flyaway. Wow! Just out of curiosity, if she were to compete, how would it work? Without a prothetic, like in the video. Maybe like this...

My daughter is ten. She's been doing gymnastics for the past 7 months (rec levels). She wants to live at the gym. We started with one rec class and now I've put her in three and she's forever "practicing" at home. She'll even do push ups and sit ups on her own because she's seen the competitive...

DD9 is on pre-team. She kinda fell into the whole thing when we went to try out to a new gym because the old one's schedule didn't work for us anymore. She had been happy with a once a week rec class before that. She dances fairly seriously. She is well conditioned, very strong and flexible. Her...

Next year I will be a level 7 or 8. I just finished my level 6 season and have also recently gotten my aerial on beam. Am I allowed to compete this skill? As a L7 or L8?

Any tips on explaining this to my son (8 y.o., L5)? He is a talented kid, and wants to go far in gymnastics. He works at practice, but not to his full potential, particularly in the events he doesn't like so much. He just had his first meet of the season and did well, but he didn't quite...

We went to Chicago for the Windy City Invite hoping Nate wouldn't get the flu like his twin brother had earlier in the week...well- he got it! He didn't get to compete at the first optional, out of state meet we've ever tried to go to. On the up side, we DID get to see a city we normally...

DD is a new level 7 this year. First meet is tomorrow. She has felt really confident about floor, vault and beam, hit or miss with bar dismount. Wed night in practice she rolled her ankle on a beam full turn and fell. It hurt but they only hard bars left to do. We iced at home but I didnt...

hi all! I am new here :) My daughter just turned six, will be starting kindergarten in a few weeks (summer baby). We just recently switched from a high profile gym to a much smaller and more inclusive gym. DD is close on a bunch of level 2 skills but doesn't have them quite yet. The new gym is...

i have a gymnast who is potentially really talented, but as soon as we get into routines to prepare for a meet she just goes to pot, she can't do anything and get really really stressed, to thee point she cry for no reason and when you ask her whats wrong she doesn't know and just feels she...

I strained my finger the other day at practice. I just learned that I have to take at least 2 weeks off. I have a meet next weekend that I'm already signed up for and we can't back out. Should I scratch all events and not go??? Or should I go and just do the dance portion of my routine? I know I...

Is this really a thing? Is it common for girls at compulsory and low optional levels to have to compete within theit gym I order to be allowed to attend meets? This is a rumor that seems to make its way through some of our team mom's about this time every year. They worry about how can our...

DD is level 8, missed last season due to injury, moved to 9 this season. She's done her vault by herself maybe 3-4 times and still balks on bars. Floor and beam are pretty good. She has a meet coming up and only 3-4 practices until meet day. I'm having a hard time saying yes to her going...

My 10 year old level 7 has been asked by the coach to also compete as an 8 in the same meet. Is this against USAG rules? The coach also said we do not have to declare a level until February. My daughter wants to be a 7 at states. If she qualifies for level 8 states during a meet, can she still...

This popped up on my FB today. Apparently Chuso, in her bid for her seventh consecutive Olympics, plans to debut a Prodnova vault in Glasgow next week. Thoughts? I think they need to have a "dangerous" penalty so unsafe skills can be penalised heavily. Scares me silly. But I do hope she can...

This is not about my DD, it's about a friend, but I'm so pissed off, I need to talk this out. I have this friend whose daughter is about my DD's age, and has been taking req classes for a few years now. The girl loves gymnastics, any time time we get together, she is always upside down, doing...