practice

So my DD has team tryouts at the end of May (she is on Preteam now). She's been so excited about making team! A few weeks ago I asked one of the L3 moms what summer practice was like schedule wise, and she said it was the same as during the school year. Well, I definitely asked the wrong...

I am curious your gym's policy on canceling team practice. We have practice cancelled multiple times a month during both fall and spring seasons, for reasons such as because the coaches have to be at another meet on a Friday, our gym is hosting a meet and they need to set up, the coaches are...

Do the coaches at your child's gym kick kids out of practice for different reasons? The reasons girls are being kicked out vary from disrespect, misunderstanding instructions, and fear of a skill. The girls are instructed to call home and have someone pick them up, not a "go and think about...

I've been looking around for a warm-up sequence that covers anything and everything from jogging and cardio to acro series. The only one I can find that even comes remotely close is the National Team Warm-Up. Does anybody have a warm-up sequence more in depth than just laps and stretching that...

The other day I found myself arriving about 30 minutes early to pick up, and decided to see what was going on. Usually if I arrive early it's only by 5-10 minutes, and all I ever see is stretching and conditioning but this time the girls were working bars. The girls were broken into several...

Hi everyone, So YDD has been on pre-team for the past year. Originally, the plan was for her to move up to level 3 in June, but our gym went through a major head coach switch and our new HC decided that nobody in the pre-team group that was originally supposed to move up was ready to...

Let me start by saying we are pretty adamant about going to practice. DD has only missed for the one week summer vacation and the rare times she is sick. She has missed A LOT of birthday parties, sleepovers and family gatherings (including Christmas dinner when my Aunt had it one week early last...

Hi everyone I'm hopefully starting gymnastics this December and was wondering what everyone's practice is usually like. For example What order do you do things in and how long on each event? Any info would be great thanks

As DD made it in the entry-team, she will do more practices. DD likes it that I stay and watch her, but I certainly don't want to do this every time. When she was in rec, I had two hours on saturday afternoon to do something (usually groceries), and I watched the last 30-40 minutes. The...

One of DD's teammates has been using the team backpack for regular practice. DD seems to think this is allowed. I wasn't sure and didn't have a chance to ask the coach yet so I was wondering if this is usually a no or not? I notice the older girls don't use the backpack but use some sort of...

Hello, I am posting this again, but this time in the correct forum. =) It is now September, and as of last week, the level 8's only does Yuchenko drills about 2x a week. The other 3x a week, they do FHS vault drills. My DD has done a Yuchenko tuck into the pit over the summer, maybe during a...

Hello. My daughter completed level 7 and did reasonably well and is eager to learn level 8 skills. The problem is that she still practices the FHS vault a lot. How does this benefit her? Is it foundational for achieving a good level 8 vault? She does do yurchenko drills a couple times a week...

My 8 year DD just started summer practice with a new male coach. She was a bit nervous with the new coach so she asked me to stay for warm ups. Which I did. As the girls were doing Back Handsprings the coach told my dd not to bend her legs, then had them do BHs again. Apparently DD had bent legs...

For those of you with daughters in the Xcel program - how many hours a week does your daughter have team practice? Also, what is your competition schedule like?

Does anyone know a quick practice hairstyle? I have long, thick, straight hair. And whenever I am practicing front tucks or front handsprings, my hair always hits my face causing me to close my eyes. My hair also does not stay put in normal buns. Also, does anyone know good headbands for...

We have a situation occurring in our gym that is causing some problems. I don't really have a strong opinion one way or another but it's causing enough grief that I'd like to hear some outside opinions. This season we've had a shortage of coaches. That situation will be over once some new...

Wondering what types of things you've done with younger siblings who have to tag along? We've had only one-hour practices so far and the 3yo has been kept busy with videos, games, and coloring. But we're trying out the 2-hour pre-team class tomorrow and Thursday, and that's quite a bit longer...

My daughter is a young Level 3 (going into next season). She's only been practicing about 4-5 hours /week so far at Level 2. My husband and I split the time at practice so that one of us is always there. She likes that we watch; and I have to say-- I really enjoy it too! I have other children...

We've been noticing that our coaches are using their cell phones a LOT at meets (to the point that a couple of the dads started taking pics of him or her using them) Is it me or should they be 100% focused on our kids!? Instead of giving them pep talks or watching them practice or even sometimes...

Hi all-- wondering what your gyms do during summer-- what kind of practice schedule do you have vs. during school year. My DD is L6, maybe going to L7, so wondering about hours and schedules for optionals at this level. thanks