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  1. kayjaybe

    Parents Hours of practice at different levels?

    Brand new to these forums and so happy to have found them! My dd is 10 and aiming to compete level 6 this year. She completed level 5 last year (the first competitive level at our gym) and loved it. Anyway, some of the parents at our gym think our girls are not practicing nearly as many...
  2. gymnasticky

    School ends too late for practice!!!!!!

    I get home from (private) school at 5:30. Team practice begins at 4:45 and if I wanted to compete (which I do!) I don't exactly know how I'd do this. Of course, I would talk to my coach but first I need to know whether this is actually reasonable. Of course I know that education comes first...
  3. GetaGrip

    Target Practice on Beam?

    Lately I've been working on a lot of aerials and front handsprings on beam, and I've noticed that it is a LOT harder to get that first foot on than it is in a back handspring. Most of the time my foot is on really well, but sometimes my foot is off to the side in my aerial and I tweak my ankle...
  4. L

    DD accused of cheating during practice... Help?

    My youngest has recently been very tired so ive let her on occasion have an "all natural" energy drink. It's powder you put in water with vitamins and it does have a little bit of caffeine. Today a couple teammates found out and started telling dd that she was a cheater. That she does so well...
  5. profmom

    facilitating practice while on vacation

    A question primarily for coaches: we're about to head off for two weeks of vacation, and we have a connection to a gym at the vacation destination where they're willing to have our two gymnasts (L6 uptraining L7 girl and L4 uptraining L5 boy) join their team practices. I thought about putting...
  6. M

    No practice for a month because gym is moving.

    Since the lease at my daughter's gym expired, the gym owners have been renting space month to month for over 5 years now. Well the building owner leased the space to another company and gave our gym notice they had to leave the place in April. I am not sure exactly when the owner of the...
  7. Flipomaniak

    Hair and practice...

    What do you (or your dd) do about your hair for practice? Pigtails, bun, ponytail? Do you keep your hair long or short and does gymnastics affect that decision? My long hair is always getting in my face and stuck in my grips and a bun doesn't stay, it falls out:( any suggestions?
  8. gymmomtotwo

    Parents Typical stretching/conditioning practices

    Let me preface this by saying my 5 year old DD came out of practice acting if nothing was amiss and had a good practice. I typically watch only about 15 minutes of a three hour practice, and usually don't see stretching etc. I have seen some stretching at the beginning of practice where the...
  9. gymnasticky

    Religious Conflicts with Practice

    As a more-or-less observant Jew, having gymnastics practice on Saturdays is an issue. I am currently in a more advanced recreational program, but I would like to make a competitive team because I am getting older and the program I am in does not go too far beyond my current level. I don't want...
  10. LiveLoveTumble

    Bad practice; really annoyed

    Ugh. Terrible practice. And super annoyed. Sorry in advance, this is gonna be REALLY long. First, the practice. So, I have pretty bad shin splints, so I had to sit out a bunch of the warm up. Then we had to climb the rope. I somehow managed to cut the back of my finger on it. I didn't notice...
  11. A

    Going to practice sore... good or bad?

    I just got back into gymnastics after an injury so it was the first time working out after about 4 months. Ah i'm am soooo sore! Like every muscle in my body is sore and it hurts to even walk lol. But i have practice tomorrow so i'm wondering will that make the soreness even worse? Then will it...
  12. G

    Music for summer practice???

    So my sister and i are making a mix cd to play at our practice in the summer. we would love some suggestions! oh and our praactice is all high school and eighth grade age kids.
  13. G

    USAIGC practice hours?

    Does anyone know how many hours USAIGC bronze level gymnasts train each week? My dd is currently training level 5 USAG and the time commitment is definitely a challenge for our family. USAIGC seems like it may be a better fit.
  14. S

    Extra Practice time

    I am trying to figure out a way for my daughter to get extra practice this summer. She currently practices 2 day s a week. On Friday for 2 hours and Monday for an hour. She has the option of going to Open Gym every Friday which is an extra 3 hours of practice and fun mixed into one. currently...
  15. 2

    exciting practices

    Sorry to bore you all with my brag, but my kids have been coming home so excited lately... Older dd (training 9) is thrilled that she did her full twisting tsuk the first night she tried it and she did her back tuck on the high-ish beam and bhs stepout, layout stepout on the low beam both by...
  16. gymgurl

    Missing Practice

    How sick are you before you miss practice? I find I rarely miss practice because I am sick and now having been told 'no sports' by my doctor as I have bronchitis it got me thinking how sick are you before you miss training. Tbh I am slightly annoyed that I have to miss if I am not feeling better...
  17. crazygymmom

    Practice before a meet?

    What is 'normal' for practice before a meet? My DD is level 8, going to regionals on Sunday and coach says Thursday is the last day of practice. I will admit, I'm hard-core, and not happy about this. But is it normal?? Anything DD should do on her own the days before the meet? Stretch...
  18. profmom

    exciting practice for DD

    Got there for the last half hour while they were working vault, and got to see DD do her first successful (modified) Yurchenko timer! She'd been balking on throwing the BHS part, but finally got the courage to try, and then did four in a row. She was so thrilled! Anyway, she was so happy about...
  19. J

    How much tumbling do you do each practice?

    I'm just curious as to how much time is spent on just tumbling at each practice. My daughter has been struggling with fear of doing a round off back handspring back tuck for a couple of years now. It gets better, but then comes back again. Right now she is in one of her scared phases. If she...
  20. W

    Big day at practice - first giant and unassisted back tuck

    DD did her first unassisted back tuck today (after quite a number of drills) and did several (assisted) giants. One small step, I guess, but at her gym these are big skills that they work a lot of drills towards, so it was pretty cool to see them. I'm sure there's plenty left to do, but it was...

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