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Ashley
Gymnastics has always been a huge part of my life, ever since I can remember and don’t know who I would be without it. I have retired my career as a gymnast in 2001 and have been coaching for about six years now (levels 4-7 along with choreographing). I love coaching but my heart still aches every once in a while and wish I were the one out there sweating, fighting the tears, and trying to tell my body…just one more. But life plays its cards out and some get a good hand, while others don’t always get what they want. I guess I never got what I wanted out of gymnastics when I was a gymnast, but I think that is what makes me a good coach. I met with one of my old and highly respected coaches a while back…and with tears in my eyes I asked him, why did I never make it? Why did gymnastics have to leave my life when I was not ready? He responded with is silly accent, maybe it happened so you would be the coach that you are today. Maybe he is right…. but there is not a day that goes by that my heart does not break about my dream that never came true. As you can tell…if you are still reading this, I wear my heart on my sleeve. That’s just who I am, ask anyone who knows meJ I am here to further help my coaching skills and strategies, to try and understand my gymnasts better, and to “let go†of my career as a gymnast. Well thanks for listening and hope to hear from some of you gymnastics fanatics soon. -ashley