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  1. cbone

    WAG Funny story from my daughter's meet

    Our gym does very well. Our Level 4 team almost always wins state and our Level 5 team is competetive, too. Every other level is up there toward the top, as well. Because of that, there are a lot of rumors that start. My favorite is that our gym "destroys the girls' souls". There's the typical...
  2. G

    Parents Daughter is with girls 5 years older than her, mothers hate me!! help!

    SO, this isn't about gymnastics it's actually an acro class my daughter takes. She takes ballet there as it is a recommendation by her coach. She recently asked me to start taking acro and after she begged me for a while I finally gave in and signed her up. I was thinking she'd be with kids her...
  3. G

    Parents my daughter doesn't like her new coach... help!

    DD has been taking classes for about 6 months now... she loved her first teacher and freaked out a little bit when she ended up with a new one at one point, but after 1 week she was fine. So I signed her up for a second session with a new coach and she doesn't like him at all! At first I...
  4. cbone

    WAG LOL @ my daughter and calluses

    One day, I was holding my daughter's hand and I started mindlessly playing with her calluses. She asked me what I was doing. I said that I was appreciating the little speed bumps on her hand. She laughed and lanughed and then said, "Seriously, Dad, what are you doing?" I replied, "I like them...
  5. Z

    Gym is holding my daughter

    Our gym is holding my youngest 8 yrs old at level four. They say for maturity reasons. I believe they are doing this to elevate their score. She actually scored all 9.45 and above at state and made all state. Several other girls didn't score as high and are being moved up. She is devistated...
  6. S

    Parents Discouraged daughter/discouraged mom

    I'm a long time lurker who needs some words of encouragement. DD is 10, just started training level 5. She's now setting the gymnastics world on fire, but she loves it, loves the gym, looks forward to every practice and if she's happy, then I'm happy. : ) But this week she's not happy...
  7. cbone

    My daughter didn't attend her summer camp- does it matter?

    Because of financial constraints (read: "I have three other kids that do sports, too"), we didn't send my daughter to her gym's summer camp. Will it have any real impact on her growth as a gymnast? The justifier in me says two weeks of camp can't make that much of an impact. Also, since most of...
  8. cbone

    Went back and watched my daughter's meet videos

    I had tears welling up in my eyes. There was a mixture of swelling pride for her accomplishments and an appreciation of how far she's come since meet season. Do you guys get emotional watching old video?
  9. C

    My daughter wants to quit gymnastics

    My daughter is a 11 year old Level 8 gymnast who has been doing this since she was 3. She has had a very good gymnastics career and is always on the podeum. She says it isn't fun for her anymore. What do I do to get her to stay in a sport she is so good at? I feel like a failure as a mom...
  10. S

    Parents experienced moms, # hours when daughter was young (age 6)

    I would love to hear from moms with kiddos in upper levels who were doing level 4 or level 5 at early ages and stuck with the sport. How many hours did your kid practice at age 6-7? I guess the point I am getting at is how many kids practiced what I would consider a lot (9 hours or so) and...
  11. M

    Parents I had to ban my daughter from talking about gym on the way home.

    I always read on here that as parents we shouldn't talk about gymnastics with our kids on the way home, or not at all, or whenever. We always talk about it, always have. Even if I don't bring it up, my dd talks about. Except it has gotten to the point that as soon as we get in the car I get...
  12. cbone

    My daughter will be an Olympian.

    If you don't believe me, just ask everyone who asks me about her last meet. I tell them, "She did really well. She won vault, floor and all-around, took second on bars and fourth on beam." Almost invariably the response is, "I bet we'll be seeing her in the Olympics." I always want to say, "I...
  13. M

    Daughter wants more gymnastics--what would you do?

    Edit: Since the consensus of the replies is that I am way too concerned, I am deleting the whole long venting part. :rolleyes: Short version: My 5-year-old loves gymnastics and is frustrated that she doesn't get to do enough in her rec class. I am frustrated that the rec class is not rigorous...
  14. cbone

    Daughter just caught me on ChalkBucket

    My daughter, who is six (still can't bring myself to say "DD6") just caught me. She said, "You're on ChalkBucket again!" I asked, "Why do I go on ChalkBucket?" She replied, "Because I'm a champion and you're a Gym Dad!" Which led me to want to ask. Anybody else have funny ChalkBucket stories?
  15. J

    New here and trying to help my daughter...

    Hi, I am the mother of a 15 year who has struggled for 2.5 years to get her BHS. She can do only with a spot and as soon as the person spotting her walks aways she freeezes. The only way she can articulate it to me is by saying, "it feels like what I am asking my body to do is impossible. I...
  16. xstitchcarina

    My daughter had her 2nd competition of the season today

    And it didn't start well at all, resulting in ending last.:bawling: She started on bars and she finally mastered the kip last Wednesday. And she was being a little stubborn and adamant to put that element in. With warming up, she did it, but on the competition, it didn't work. Then she had to...
  17. GymMama

    Please help my daughter with her roundoff! (Video)

    My daughter is 6.5 yrs old, on Preteam at her gym. We are told she has a lot of talent, and right now she is on FIRE for gymnastics! She loves it! The one thing she is really struggling with - and has struggled with for two years - is her roundoff. Seems simple enough, but she has cried and...
  18. P

    Parents update on daughter we survived our first cheer competition

    Daughter had her 1st cheer competition this past weekend. She did well did not fall despite of her team not placing. I enjoyed the gymnastic meets much better but I am trying to be that supportive mom. I have never seen so many girls fall on their heads trying to backhandsprings in my life...
  19. M

    Question from my daughter about optional routine changes

    So my daughter has heard that they are changing the compulsary routines next year. She will likely be level 7 then so it won't effect her, but she was wondering if there were going to be changes for the optional levels as well. I didn't know, but I figured someone here would know for sure...
  20. F

    Parents Daughter asked to leave gym - devastated

    Need to vent. My daughter had been at the same gym for 9 years, team track for 6. She had a conflict with one of her teammates (bullying) that I notified her coach about, please keep an eye out for this type of behavior. Her coach forwarded my email to the other girls parent with comments...

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