quitting

I have been doing gymnastics for 10 years, I feel like its always been my life. Last year in January, I started having back tumbling problems due to mental blocks. It was terrible and hung over me the whole season, causing me to compete mod-op instead of 7. I wanted to quit, but somehow, I was...

So, D is at the age where lots of his friends are giving up the sport. His 2 best friends have both quit in the last month. One more is talking about it. D isn't wavering, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me to help him with this. I always worry about the peer effect...

We are struggling with knowing when it is time to call it quits. My dd (10, level 5) competed last year as a 5 and had a great season. She started training optional, but a serious of injuries and other issues brought us to the decision that she should repeat 5 instead. Since then, over the...

My level 9 daughter came to me quite unexpectedly over the weekend, just after a 2 week vacation from the gym and said she needed to talk...long story short, she told me she wants to quit, that she doesn't love it anymore, that she is burnt and feels the pressure of the coming deadlines. She...

I am a very indecisive person and I am facing the hardest decision I've ever had to make. Since last December, I've injured my knee about 3 times and never let each time heal fully and just continued to workout and push myself. But 2 months ago I injured it big time and severed my ACL and had 2...

So, I recently quit gymnastics because I wanted more free time. I sometimes coach at my old gym. Well, now my younger sis wants to join. But it's not that, it's that my parents are making me coach her! And I don't feel comfortable coaching her because she is really only 3, and she wants to do...

I've decided that it's time to quit and move on from gymnastics. I just don't love it anymore. I know I want to quit and I'd be miserable if I had to keep going. The thing is, I'm not exactly sure how to tell my parents I want to quit. I know that they like me doing gym and that's what makes it...

Should I try? Well, I already tried and it's not working. I'm so sad:( she is 8 , L4. She agreed w/ HC to give it 1 more week and tomorrow is the last day. I know she hasn't changed her mind. Seems like she made up her mind about this fairly recently. She just wants to quit team. Doesn't want...

Someone "liked" a really old post of mine and it prompted me to go back and read the thread. As so many of the best CB threads do, it touched on a bunch of different topics, one of them being quitting. In it, dunno stated something along the lines of gymnasts quitting 3476234 times during their...

Feeling so conflicted right now. I'm in my 5th year of gymnastics & I'm 14 and going into 10th grade next year. I competed L3, L4, and Xcel Gold for two years but at this point I feel like I'm pretty stuck progress wise. I haven't made major progress over the past 2 years- I've been stuck with...

I have 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy, all in gymnastics. For DS, who is a Level4, it seems that the point to quit will come soon. He had fun as a toddler, but now he is 9 and all of his schoolmates play soccer etc and he is just not really excited to go to practice and doesn't want to learn new...

My almost 6 y.o. told me that gymnastics is too hard, and wants to quit. She just moved up a few weeks ago in her pre-team level (has one more level before team). She goes twice a week for one hour. I think part of it is that she is with a different coach who is stricter, but she does also do...

I just received an email from one of the mums. She wrote: "Hi, Suzy is going to quit gymnastics at the end of the may. We will try other activities. This was her own choice. We are happy about coaching so that's not the reason of quitting. We will see if she wants to return one day". At the end...

Hello! I was wondering how long a "normal" body can stand gymnastics training on average? I know a lot of girls who have done gymnastics when they were young. They were probably Level 6 or so and not too competetive, but quit at age 13-16! And when they are in their 20s, they can maybe do a...

She wants to quit after competition season. What can I do? I've quit before at another gym and regretted it. She will regret it. She's mad at the coaches because they give her constructive criticism and she doesn't take criticism well. She says she won't take our coaches crap anymore and...

I have been reading thread after thread trying to gain wisdom and insight from all you gym moms regarding our current situation. You are full of great advice and have more "gym mom" experience than myself so here it is: My dd is 11 and training (new) level 6 this season. This will be her third...

Aya Magoub posted this on twitter today.....I have one word....."awestruck"

I don't know if any of you remember, but about a month ago I posted about how I was unhappy with the sport, how I wanted to be done, etc. Well now, things have turned around. I'm not saying that I am no longer struggling but I am staying in the sport(: Wish me luck!!

I think every gymnast has wanted to quit once in their experiences. I can't tell if I do or I don't. It seems like every time I'm close to quitting, I have a really good practice that makes me not want to. I'm 15, and a second year level nine. Last year I was injured all season, and didn't get...

I guess this is the opposite to the problems most people seem to have. When I was little (about seven) I did a gymnastics class once a week on a Saturday. the coach clearly liked me in some way because I was moved up to another group that I think was twice a week but I'm not sure. the new coach...