Off Topic Introductions Thread (2025 Version)

[JBS]

Let's get the conversation going with some simple introductions. Tell us about yourself.

I'll start.

My wife and I are gymnastics coaches. We have 3 children that are all gymnasts. One in the NCAA at the US Air Force Academy (she was a 7 year L10).... one daughter that is a senior in high school that is a L10... and a son that is an 8th grader and a L9. We all enjoy gymnastics.

I started ChalkBucket in 2005 as a place for everyone to learn more about gymnastics!

Please remember... this is a public site... so only post what you want everyone to see.

 

[Coach Kate]

Hi! I'm a former level 10 gymnast and Division 3 cross country and track athlete (mostly pole vault and steeplechase), long time coach of all ages preschool to DP when it was called JO to Xcel. I stopped coaching the month before our now 2 year old daughter was born and added our son 7 months ago right as the summer Olympics were kicking off!

Now I'm just a big gymnastics fan who might look into judging one day. 2 under 2 was a lot and I feel like I'm just now coming up for air. Our youngest is currently exclusively breastfeeding and rejects all bottles and cups so I can't leave him for very long. Maybe once I feel like I have my life back...

 

[Mthegymqueen]

I am a 1st year xcel platinum, and this will be my 8th year competing (1 year XB, 4 years XS..., 2 years XG, 1 year XP). I am a sophomore in high school and this year, I started my high school's gymnastics team as the one and only member!

My favorite event is bars and my least favorite is vault.

My favorite skill on each event that I am working on/have is half on full off, clear hip handstands, bridge kickover to dive roll on beam, and front full.

The skills I would like to get before retiring would be to flip a tsuk (into the pit), uphill, cast handstand or clear hip handstand on bars, (I really don't have any skills I want to learn on beam, I am content with my beam routine the way it is), and a front full or front tuck front pike on floor

Over the summer, I started coaching at my gym. I am currently coaching preschool and rec classes for both boys and girls, hopefully someday coaching pre-team and team.

When I graduate high school, I am hoping to continue by gymnastics career by competing in club gymnastics in college and coaching when I can. I also love watching college gymnastics and I hope to get into a school that has a college program so that I could watch in-person home meets.

 

[hunterk]

Hey i am the father of and uncle of two girls who do gymnastic, my niece is the older one 16 years old and also plays rugby my daughter is younger age 9 and got into it because of my niece. I did gymnastics when i was younger as cross training for wrestling

 

[coachtmotivation]

Hi my name I Tricia my daughter Chloe started to learn gymnastics since 2020 she is 12 and has skipped a few and is now level 7. She scores high 37 and is gonna get to 38s as her growth spurt messed up her beam. Do you think she has a chance to be college ready. Do you all also advise skipping level 8 as discussed by her coach

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Former elite on floor/vault/rings (never really made it past about Level 7-ish on the other 3 events). Been coaching for about 20 years. MAG, WAG, T&T, all levels here and there, but levels 4-7 are what I've generally coached the most over the years.

Married, no kids.

Off-and-on professional juggler. Currently off and way out of practice.

Amateur (but fairly serious) guitarrist/banjoist/irish whistler/keyboardist/music producer. I mainly do remixes of video game tunes for a nerdy niche online music community called OverClocked ReMix (which, side note, is a largely-untapped gold mine for routine music).

Geoffrey Taucer is not my real name, but it might as well be at this point. It started out as a stage name when I first started juggling professionally in high school, and I've used it as an internet pseudonym ever since. Even some of my real-world friends call me "Taucer" now.