teammates

My DD has states this coming weekend. When she did states last year at L4, the girls all competed in the same session, no matter what their age, and they did team awards at each session. But at L5, they are divided up by age. DD is alone in her session with no teammates :( Three of her...

My team is rather small and we have a variety of skill levels. I am one of the tallest/strongest and am often asked by two of my coaches to spot balkwalkovers on beam, kips on bars, fronthandsprings on vault, and other things for the smaller girls. On Friday I was spotting a teammate on...

i am from australia and the squad i train with range from level 4 to 7/8. we tend to get along great but there is one girl in level 7 who constantly breaksdown during training which causes several problems: 1. the girls in the squad get distracted trying to comfort her and less time is spent...

Being a good teammate is about sportsmanship. Its about putting others first. Its about friendship. You are your teammate's advocate and cheerleader. You arm yourself with encouragement and high fives. Are you the Most Valuable Player because you score high in competitions or in workouts? You...

Question for all parents, What influence do you think your DD's teammates have on them? I am specifically talking about teamates in her/his level. The ones that they would compete with. Beetle is straddling the L8/L9 line. If she competes L8 again, I expect she will have a really good...

This weekend, our Compulsories will attend their last meet before they go to States in Dec. As I have mentioned before, dd's HC said that he will only take those Compulsory girls who have scored "as near to a 35 as possible" at a couple of meets (even though the 'eligibility' score here in FL is...

DD heard 2 of her teammates went to another gym.She was pretty upset.For the first time I noticed that quite a few girls quit gym or went to another place.I'm not aware of any problems and very happy with the coaching.I guess it probaply happens every year after the competition season that kids...