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  1. skschlag

    Men "Rocking" practice

    So, the coach told us on Friday that D has been "rocking" practice lately. (D is known for leaving his brain at home when he goes to gym, so this is big.) When we asked D about it, he said, "No, I haven't been rocking practice. It has been better than that. I am bouldering practice! And...
  2. PalmTree

    Coaches Summer Practice

    I'd like to ask both coaches and parents: what do you do with your summer schedule for Team? I know lots of gyms have morning practice, but what do you do about families that work during the day and can't bring their kids? Parents, what is your child's summer practice hours?
  3. R

    Practicing flips and acro outside of a gym

    Hey guys!Does anyone have any good mat-substitute ideas for practicing acro outside of a gymnastics gym? I can't afford to keep going to an open gym. My progress is slow, I just need to do them over and over on my own. Any and all ideas appreciated. :)
  4. E

    Parents Do you stay during team practice, or leave if you have a long commute?

    Hi we just moved to a new private gym and we are now driving 35 minutes without traffic to the gym. I just end up staying because I dont want to come and go two times in one day. Her practices are between 3 and 4 hours long. its a killer for me just to sit there when I could be at home making...
  5. G

    Women The power of seeing "the big girls" practice

    We recently had a two days long camp for our itty bitty team girls (6 and 7 year olds). During the 8 hour days the girls had two gymnastics sessions and also running and dance practices. During lunch break our elite track gymnasts had their practice and they allowed us to come in and watch. The...
  6. G

    Women Practices before a travel meet

    How many days off is OK to you before an optional meet? As an Example; We have a travel meet. Some of the team competes Friday and some Saturday. The coaches are leaving Thursday so they will be there and ready for an early Friday am session. The girls who compete Saturday won't practice...
  7. A

    Parents Crying if I Don't Stay at Practice

    My daughter is a 6 year old level 3. She has been on team for 9 months and is nearly done with her second competition season and doing great. She absolutely loves it. Her team practices 3 days a week, 3 hours at a time and she is very well adjusted to it. When she first started she wanted me to...
  8. L

    Women Leaving a gymnast on one event all practice?

    Good coach, bad coach, good idea, bad idea? All of practice, as in about 6 hours! What are your thoughts?
  9. T

    Women Amount of Practice Time

    Soooo...I was thinking about joining team in the summer and I have a few questions about how much practice time is involved. So I want to know what level you are, how many practices you have and for how long and does your practice schedule change for summer break and if so what is it like in the...
  10. T

    Amounts of practice

    Soooo...I was thinking about joining team in the summer and I have a few questions about how much practice time is involved. So I want to know what level you are, how many practices you have and for how long and does your practice schedule change for summer break and if so what is it like in the...
  11. G

    Women Long practice and hunger

    My DD has been doing 4 hr practices for a couple weeks now. She seems to be fine for the practice, IF I can get her to eat a fair amount prior to gym (i.e., lunch of turkey sandwich, fruit, milk, and then an hour later, a protein bar and some carrots on the way to the gym) However, when she...
  12. V

    Women Practice Sessions

    From observing a few gyms practice sessions, I noticed such a wide and diverse range of ways practice sessions are conducted. I am assuming results at meets and/or success are directly related to practice sessions. With both gyms having same total number of practice hours, about 3 hours a day...
  13. M

    Women Extreme training practices?

    Just to remind you, my daughter is from the gym that takes large donations from parents and gives training priority to the kids whose family donates. If you remember they allowed a group of very novice girls to train and go to L7. None had bars and the one in question didn't have beam. Our...
  14. pinkos98

    Women Practice hair

    Hey everyone...so I have thick layered hair that's a little past my shoulders, I usually put it in a high ponytail, braid it, then twist it into a bun and that usually stays pretty well during practice, do you guys have any other ideas? I'd put it in a regular ponytail, but my hair frizzes A...
  15. Amusibus

    Women Have practice hours gone up over time?

    Just wondering.... have the number of hours per week required for a child to be on team gone up over time? Like say, since the 1960's or 1970's? I did gymnastics in high school but I wasn't on a team, just for fun. It just seems like so many hours for these young kids, I can't imagine it has...
  16. onebusymama

    Parents pre team practices

    My dd recently made pre team & was asked to practice 3 days / wk for 1 hr each day. Unfortunately we are unable to make all 3 days. Probably just 2 days @ most. I'm not familiar with gymnastics at all. She is my only child involved in it & I never did it as a kid. Will she fall behind in the...
  17. G

    Women More Practice Time

    Hey, I am in Xcel gold level. My coach has really been pushing for us to go to the extra workouts. We have the option of doing an extra hour on one day or a punch card for extra workouts on other days. Normally we practice 2 hours 2 twice a week which clearly does not seem like enough. Last year...
  18. M

    Parents Sports Medicine Doc's "return to practice" letter and instructions

    Hi everyone, I have not been on in awhile. My dd tweaked her back doing something other than gymnastics. It hurts when she bends backwards....she took a couple of weeks off and of course I took her to her sports medicine (pediatric doc) doc and they did an xray and it was negative. The doc said...
  19. d0nut_l0ver

    Best practice ever!

    Warning: Caps lock may be abused in the following message. I apologize. xD Bars: I did everything really well. I can get up about halfway in my kip by myself, and I do it really well with a spot. I did my squat-ons better than usual--usually I am a little scared of tripping, but I realized, if...
  20. SuperGirlmlm

    Sudden drama at practice???

    My team has 8 girls on it. The day I met two of the girls, they were giving me the looks. Though, there's one girl, Grace, who's super sweet, and nice, and will stick up for anyone. Anyway, at practice, Grace wasn't at practice, she's on vacation. Warmups were pretty normal, pretty slow and...

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