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i have a level 7 gymnast that is VERY afraid of going backwards. This is her second year at level 7 and last season went fine. Something happened at the beginning this summer and now she is afraid to tumble backwards, anything backwards on the beam and will not do a flyaway. Is there anything i...

Well we got a new coach at the start of this term and well......lets just say we have some minor clashes. Ok well first of all she has massive favourites and hardly pays attention to the others and well i don't know she seems to really love 3 girls and the others she doesn't really care...

I have a son who just started a preschool gymnastics class about 8 weeks ago. He'll be 4 in just a bit less than 2 weeks. My son is a bit shy and timid about joining a class. We had tried some parent participation soccer classes previously and had trouble with him wanting to remain part of...

I have had quite few people contact me thorugh FB and GGMB to say they are having trouble getting on to the CB. One says he is redirected to godaddy.com. Just wanted to see how many people are affected before I get in touch with the the owner/admin to check it out. If you are affected try...

My daughter is 9, almost 10. I never thought she even thought about her body. I discovered this weekend that she thinks she is fat. I guess she has been talking to my son about it a lot, always complaining about being fat. Now if you saw my daughter the last thing anyone would think is fat...

After 8 gymnastics lessons, I am now learning full twisting fronts (off trampoline onto mat at same level). I can do a half twist just fine, but as soon as I try a full I end up doing a barani half-out... It's because, as I try to complete the last half, I kinda go sideways back the same way...

I have noticed a couple of my dd's classmates have some fear issues with certain skills to the point that they are balking. Two of these girls parents have asked my dd to do a private lesson with their dds but the coach has advised me against it. The other girls are 6 and the skills are really...

i have recently restarted gym in level 4/5 my skills are all fine except for those on bars for my routine i need: Pullover - fine Back hip circle - one of the biggest issues i have is getting my hips back on the bar before i rotate and i tend to pike. i know what i am doing wrong i just...

Hey guys, so i have been training a lot on vault but whenever i seem to start i have this mental block thing and then i don't reach out and i have to whip myself off the vault everytime. i have been trying to fix it but nothing is working!!! any advice?? Please help!!! :(

Among my boys is one from a very devoutly religious family. Lately he's been getting a bit too.... shall we say, aggressive with his views. For example, when he notices other team members eyeballing one of the girls, or hears them say something about one of them being attractive, he'll make some...

We have quite a few girls in our program from developmental through level 5 who have knees that overlap when their feet are together. In other words, they cannot place their legs straight and together, either the feet are apart or if the feet are together they are sticking one knee on top of...

Hi, I'm a first time poster, so maybe I should introduce myself before soliciting advice. My name is Marie and I am the mother of two wonderful daughters. My eldest, Sarah, is 17 and my younger daughter, Jen, is 15. My problem kind of surrounds my two daughters. Jen has always been extremely...

We had our 1st USAIGC meet last night. The session before us ran late, so we didn't get in on time and first event didn't start till after 7pm. Plus we had 24 girls entered, 20 competing with 2 coaches...which should have been fine except they were trying to rush things along and we had half...

Hey. i am getting really frusturated with my clear hips (some of you may call them free hips). I can do it, but in level 6 you have to shoot out to 3/4 of a handstand...and i can't even do it to horizontal!! my coaches are getting frustrated with me to because they have given me corrections over...

I don't know if anyone will be able to help me with this... But I would really like to do competitive gymnastics. I'm one of the better rec girls so even though I'm old, I don't see why the gym wouldn't let me compete. But the thing is my parents are in debt and don't want to pay very much for...

My older dd is 6 and is in a developmental class (to feed into team). She is in the last one before they move to L4. They do the L4 routines and actually compete them in-house against each other. Her coach believes she has a lot of talent, but is nervous about her focus. DD doesn't really try...

So we have 20 girls in our top teams and we are having major respect issues. Nobody stays and listens to what the coach is telling them after they do a skill, and when a coach tells us to do something, we just roll our eyes, walk away, or tell them no. The coaches are getting really annoyed...

I think many of you know me as the undying opimist here on CB...the champion of "you can do it!!!". But I'm at a total loss over my DD's most recent run in with fear. Her fears are paralyzing her at this point. I can't bear to watch her go through this all again. She has had severe fear to...

I desperatly need some help! Soooo, everything was going rather well this summer at gym, trick wise. i was having fun everyday, learning bhs on beam, giants, layouts, and fhs front on floor. ( im a level 7). well i was a level 5 last year and worked my butt off all summer conditioning etc to...

I posted this in the parent forum. Then I thought gymnasts & coaches would benefit most from watching them, so decided I should post them here too:). My DD has over come many fear issues following the teachings of Alison Arnold. I recently found an 8 segment video series on www.gymnastike.org ...