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I just thought I'd check in and see what everyone is doing, especially since we have these new levels to keep us hopping :)

 

So any new competitors?

Anyone not competing?

What levels (regardless of competing or not)?

What new skills is your gymnast trying to master?

Anyone just starting gymnastics?

How many boys do we have represented here?

Any older kids in lower levels?

And kids being held back by being young with the new requirements?

Anyone changing gyms? 

Anyone thinking about it?

Anyone found the perfect leo?

Any leo addictions?

 

I'll post in another post :)

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Oh my gosh, it rules my life!  I have 5 in my living room right now....and did they want to watch the championships tonight??  Nope, they are doing anything but that lol.  

 

Dd competed level 4 last year and did pretty well IMHO :-D  

 

She's working on getting her kip right now.  She's gotten it a few times but it's not consistent yet.  So close!  We expect her to compete the new level 4(old 5).  But they do a move up meet in October...so in our gym you never really know until Dec and that first meet rolls around.  I haven't bothered to look at the list of skills between the new 4 and 5.  I know I saw the floor routine on youtube and it was soooooo similar I wonder if they won't be bored the next year.  The dance stuff looked the same!?!?  Perhaps to make skipping levels easier?  

 

Anyway, she's in the gym 16 hours for practice and 4 hours for strength.  At this point we just decided to wait until Sept to start school for her. She doesn't want to move to evening practice next week, but instead stay with her coaches for the last of summer practices. 

 

I always think about looking at other gyms but I won't drive the 30 min to those gyms, so we deal.  We did just drop a bingo shift, so our costs are going to go up this year :-(  And we put money down on a leo we have no clue what it looks like....

 

I will say that I love the leo's we get from Dreamlight.  They hold up well.  Dd has one that is over 2 years old in great shape.  And they are local so we get to shop in house and I often get awesome clearance items!  

 

Dh is job hunting so at this point I hope he doesn't get anything until next spring.....the money is out the door for this gym!  HAHAHA

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Okay, so we have an odd situation. The local congregations (of Jehovah's Witnesses) formed a new congregation for our area so we changed.  Because of meeting location and times though, we could no longer participate in the gymnastics class my daughter was taking. There was not another class for her level and she wasn't ready to move up on one apparatus (bars, always bars!).  So we took the summer off and then joined another gym.  I already think this will be an awesome move for my kids.

 

My 7yo (who did gymnastics for just over a year with the other gym) competed the old level 2 last year (started with a 9 at the first meet and went up from there!  Except bars, of course).  She will not be competing this year (try-outs at the new gym were months ago). She can move up as ready though.  Of course bars....lol

 

My 6yo is working in the beg boys class.  He's already excited about the opportunity in this new gym (he had done a couple months of gymnastics in 2012).

 

My 5yo is "trying" the boys class.  I'm thinking he's not really mature enough to be there but we'll see. I cannot have him there for the lower class so he'll have to wait if he can't handle the class he's in.

 

4 and 3yos are each in their own age group's preschool class.

The baby will wait :)

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Ooh, fun!  For the first time in a while, I am excited about gymnastics.  My 15 yo level 10 missed all of last season other than her intrasquad meet (major injury 4 days before her first regular meet) and most of the previous level 9 season with an elbow injury, and she was at a gym that I despised.  Every day was a battle there.  Then, on her own, she looked up a new gym that had been opened up by a coach from her very first gym, Mapquested it, emailed the coach and then asked me if she could try it out.  It is on the other side of the world from us, but we are making it work.  Love the new gym!  


 


So any new competitors?  We are on the opposite end of that, winding up the last 2 or maybe 3 years of club gym and looking at colleges.  


 


Anyone not competing?  Oh hush!  Don't even mention the "i" word to me.


 


What levels (regardless of competing or not)?  10; I do not understand the new levels at all.  But 10 is 10.  That I can understand.


 


What new skills is your gymnast trying to master?  Double front on floor, handspring pike half vault, Tkachev on bars, and she's made more progress on these skills in the last month at the new gym than in the last 2 years.  Did I mention how much I love the new gym?  They should all be ready for competition season.  For which I can't wait!


 


Anyone changing gyms? Yeah baby!  Well, not in the future tense.  With any luck, this will be our last gym.


 


I can't wait for competition season!  Did I mention that already???  I don't care how she scores; after the last 2 years, I just want to see her healthy enough to compete.  

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I have a boy gymnast going into his 5th year of competition- 2nd year of level 8 since they changed the age requirements last year. Our season won't start til December, but they've gotten serious in the last few weeks. Six of the eight optional boys are homeschooled, which makes practice time for them during the day (1-4pm). This makes getting everything in challenging. Anyway, he's good- nationally ranked at #20 for his age/level last year. We are preparing for another good season, Lord willing.

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Pamela- You didn't tell me you switched Gyms. Which one did you end up going with?

KK moved up to the new level 3 a few months ago. We were kind of in limbo for a while but it is all official now. I paid for the competition leo so it better be anyways LOL. She is currently working to master the front hip circle and to make her round off back handspring prettier. She also needs to work on making her handstand beam dismount prettier. I guess for the most part it is just making things look prettier LOL. She has been doing extra summer practices and they have been worth every dime. The classes are much smaller and they have been focusing on what the individual girls need to work on. There has been a massive shift in the gym, with several of the upper level moms leaving and it has relieved a lot of stress that was building up so I am really looking forward to this season!

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My daughter is now a level 8 and very happy about being able to move up even though bars (yes, always bars) are a problem. She's improving but it is slow. She's working on some double things on the floor, back tuck on beam which is very scary to watch and tsuks and yurochenkos. on vault. 

 

I love our gym. The girls are family and they are a blast to be with and to watch. 

 

Our team is getting new warm-ups this year. I think the girls will look way better with them. I'm so glad I don't have to buy both a new leo and new warm up in the same year.

 

This year we'll have 2 travel meets -- Florida and Ohio. We've been to both 2 years ago we had a good time. 

 

My younger daughter is in a rec class (Intermediate level) and  she's almost got her back handspring down. I'm hoping that after this session is over she'll have it. This daughter would have loved to have been on team but she doesn't have the strength or flexibility required. 

 

My son was never into gymnastics I think because he only saw girls doiing it and once he saw that he wasn't interested.:) He use to ask us to turn off the radio if he heard girls sing. He takes after his younger sister in strength and flexibility (actually I wonder if he's got some motor/core problems) so I know he wouldn't be competing. 

 

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My dd did an invitation only class this summer (sort of pre pre-team!)and was invited to pre-team for fall, but we had to decline. :( She's already on a competitive dance team and she dances on the same days that pre-team practices. She'll be 7 soon, but they said she could stay in her current group for another year and perfect some of her skills before moving to pre-team if that worked better for us. She was old Level 2 last year, but I'm not sure what level she's at now with the level changes. She finally got her bridge kickover consistently, but she can't do a pullover anymore since she had a big growth spurt (those darn bars!).

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Our thirteen year old is gearing up for another season of L10. Ironically she is a bars girl they are her favorite (even if not always my favorite to watch). 


 


Our three year old started last winter in the pre-school class that her big sister helps with and enjoys it.  She is also a bit of a fish though and loves to swim so I'm not sure if the pool will win out over the gym down the road. Or maybe she'll end up another soccer brat--yes, I say that with endearment.


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I just thought I'd check in and see what everyone is doing, especially since we have these new levels to keep us hopping :)

 

So any new competitors?

Anyone not competing?

What levels (regardless of competing or not)?

What new skills is your gymnast trying to master?

Anyone just starting gymnastics?

How many boys do we have represented here?

Any older kids in lower levels?

And kids being held back by being young with the new requirements?

Anyone changing gyms? 

Anyone thinking about it?

Anyone found the perfect leo?

Any leo addictions?

 

I'll post in another post :)

My daughter is 7 and competed L4 last year.  She was moved up in January - two weeks before her first meet and did really well.  We opted to keep her at the old L4/new L3 for this year, but she has mastered a few of the skills needed to move up to the new L4.  So, she may move up.  She just needs to keep straight arms on her kip.  I think she'll get it.  But, I don't really want her to move up.  I think she'll do really, really well if she stays.  And, the new L4 girls practice 5 days a week.  Dd is SEVEN!!!!

 

New skills?  Kip.  

 

Changing gyms?  I wish we had another option.  There's nothing else.  This gym has HORRIBLE communication skills.  Horrible.  

 

They changed our competition leo this year.  It costs $225!!!!!!  They originally told us that we could use our warm-ups from last year and then changed their minds on the pants.  Is that normal for the leos to cost that much?  And, my dd won't be around when they finally come in so she can try them on.  So, they said they will just measure her.  I don't want to spend that much when she hasn't even tried it on!!!  Grrrrrr.

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Tigger is seven and is practicing with the boys level 4 team, but not competing this year. He didn't want to compete and that's okay with us, since it saves us more than $1000 in meet fees, uniform, travel fees, etc.

 

At his gym, the boys practice 5 hours per week at level 4 and 9 hours per week at level 5. It sounds like many of you have girls practicing much more than that! (I don't know if these levels are the old or new levels.)

 

Tigger is getting closer to being able to do a back handspring. I think he'll have it in another month or two. He is making good progress on a back tuck as well.

 

His favorite apparatus is the rings, followed by the high bar. He was able to do a back lever on the bar several times one day, but has been unable to do it properly since then. It isn't required at his level and he shocked his coaches by being able to do it even once.

 

He needs a lot of practice on the mushroom. It's his worst event. He can't do a whole circle on it yet.

 

Overall, he's having a great time. I think we will encourage him to compete next year. For now, he needs more time to mature. (Most, maybe all, of his teammates are 1-3 years older than him.)

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Anna, we went with the one you were mentioned.  The other one was really a pull for me, but the shorter drive won out.  Only con so far is that I dislike the parent viewing area. I don't like the set up, the lack of lighting, etc.  Pretty minor issue for a gym and there were issues at the old gym anyway. I'll keep you in the loop :)

 

One thing that is interesting is that you felt that the summer classes were helpful while I strongly feel that taking a break was the best thing we did.  Different kids, huh? :)

 

 

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Our competition leo was somewhere around $180 and we will get 2 years out of it. We had to have warm ups this year since we joined the team too late last year to get ours ordered, but we don't change warm-ups (or haven't so far) so I will get use out of that until she out grows it. We did have to have a new practice leo this year as well which is about $60.

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Dance mom here - just curious - Why are the competition leos so expensive?   I can see $60 or $70, but upwards of $200?

 

They are custom-made.  The gym picks out the colors and a design (they can pick a design already offered and modify it, or come up with one that is entirely their own), and the leo company then makes a twenty or so of them for the team.  That way, no gym has any other gym's leo.  The leos also tend to be heavily-bedazzled, and all of those sparkles are added by hand. 

 

We have had some hideous competition leos in the past.  One was mightily uncomfortable.  One was mostly white.  It was unflattering on everyone, and these girls are in shape--it really takes work to make them look dumpy.  It also made them all look washed out except for the one very dark-skinned black girl, who looked fabulous in it.  It is hard to pay that kind of money for an ugly leo. 

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Aw, this thread is making me miss coaching and judging!! I don't have much to add, except bars is a beast for 80% of kids and is what tends to hold them back. And for the new kippers, don't be surprised if the kip disappears for a little while. I can't tell you how many little pre-teamers would get their kip and then by the time mom showed up at the end of practice they couldn't do it again. It always comes back though!

 

Good luck to all the gymnasts competing this season!! And good luck to all the gym mom's who have to sit on hard benches and get up at 5am to drive to meets!

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We moved, so changing gyms was mandatory. We loved our old gym.

 

The new gym is not quite as good, but it is good for the size of the city. But, we are scheduled for a clinic with Shannon Miller here in September, very excited about that!!

 

My daughter was just getting ready to compete at her old gym when we found out we were moving. She is competing the new level 3 but still needs her front hip circle, she has all the other skills. Her front hip circle and kip are both close. She is also working on a front handspring, that is not very close. Her handspring on the vault is close. She has been doing gymnastics for less than a year but has the build for it, and I was a gymnast so I can help her at home with a few things if she askes, I only help when asked. She is excited to compete.

 

I thought her Leo was expensive but now it's looking cheap LOL!

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My son is a level 6 gymnast. We are excited about the new season. He was on the state team for Regionals last year and was asked (based on that ranking) to attend a Future Stars camp for the top gymnasts (in levels 5-8) in our state in September. He learned how to do giants this summer which was very exciting for him.

 

Glad to see some boys representing!

 

Elise in NC

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I just thought I'd check in and see what everyone is doing, especially since we have these new levels to keep us hopping :)

 

So any new competitors?

Anyone not competing?

What levels (regardless of competing or not)?

What new skills is your gymnast trying to master?

Anyone just starting gymnastics?

How many boys do we have represented here?

Any older kids in lower levels?

And kids being held back by being young with the new requirements?

Anyone changing gyms? 

Anyone thinking about it?

Anyone found the perfect leo?

Any leo addictions?

 

I'll post in another post :)

 

 

Rebecca is competing at Level 4 (new), but hopefully not for long. :glare:  We need to meet with her coaches and get this straightened out.  Rebecca has all her  new L4 skills, plus a roundoff back handspring back tuck.  They won't let her work on her front tuck, but if they would, she'd have it.  She learned giants on the strap bar in the  spring; she can tap swing into it.  We're not changing gyms because I don't want to gym hop and half of our problems probably wouldn't be any better at another gym.  I love GK leos and wish I could buy her some more.  We got a straight switch of her old competition leo for one in the next size up, and it's practically new!

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My son is a level 6 gymnast. We are excited about the new season. He was on the state team for Regionals last year and was asked (based on that ranking) to attend a Future Stars camp for the top gymnasts (in levels 5-8) in our state in September. He learned how to do giants this summer which was very exciting for him.

 

Glad to see some boys representing!

 

Elise in NC

We are in Region 8, too. Went to Regionals in Raleigh a couple years ago. Since it was in GA this past year, we lucked out and didn't have to travel. :-)

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I keep clicking on this thread even though I am no longer a gym mom.  My DD sustained a career ending injury back in the early part of March and by the end of April, we knew she wouldn't be able to return.  She has a partially ruptured tendon on her left foot and a stress fracture that's healed scar tissue means she will never be able to get back on high toe without pain.  It has been a bit of an adjustment for her.  She is still mourning the loss of her time at the gym, even though she didn't really socialize with the other girls.  I miss my moms for sure. 

 

DD hated bars for level 3 and 4 but she loved them as level 5 (now level 4).  She was the first of her group to get their kip (it took all of 1 practice) and that really boosted her confidence.  Considering she had to repeat level 4 because of bars, this was big for her.  She had all of the new level 5 skills for bars, but she would have been back at new level 4 because of the other 3 events.  Although she was fearless on the bars, she was terrified when it came to learning all other skills (the other reason we didn't pursue a comeback from injury).

 

Comp leos ran about $150 for the leo and $200 for the warm ups.  Luckily we had bought her warm ups huge and never had to replace them (I think the gym was finally changing them this year).  Her comp leo was replaced several times though because the first was horribly uncomfortable.  Then there was the year of the manufacturing nightmare (didn't actually end paying for that one).  The next one all the gems started falling off so they had to be remade the following year (free of charge).  We did compete against a squad in all white uniforms once.  I felt for those girls.

 

Now we are a Taekwondo family.  DD takes the lessons because I force her to stay active in something.  She wanted swim team this summer, but refused to show me she would dive, so that was out.  She has resisted diving for many summers even though she knows how to do it.

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Now we are a Taekwondo family.  DD takes the lessons because I force her to stay active in something.  She wanted swim team this summer, but refused to show me she would dive, so that was out.  She has resisted diving for many summers even though she knows how to do it.

 

Just so I understand, is she not allowed to do swim team and just swim?  Or do you mean she won't even do a racing dive to get into the pool at the start of her race so that would make it hard to compete in any events beyond the backstroke.

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I keep clicking on this thread even though I am no longer a gym mom.  My DD sustained a career ending injury back in the early part of March and by the end of April, we knew she wouldn't be able to return.  She has a partially ruptured tendon on her left foot and a stress fracture that's healed scar tissue means she will never be able to get back on high toe without pain.  It has been a bit of an adjustment for her.  She is still mourning the loss of her time at the gym, even though she didn't really socialize with the other girls.  I miss my moms for sure. 

 

I'm sorry.  I have seen many girls leave for injuries, and it's always hard when they leave before they want to.  We have nearly been there ourselves, and it was hard knowing it was even a possibility.

 

As for dives--my daughter swears that she could never be a diver because she could never land head first.  She's too trained to land on her feet or butt, she says, so she would sympathize.   Fortunately, my gymnast has never had any interest in competitive swimming.  Whew.

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Just so I understand, is she not allowed to do swim team and just swim?  Or do you mean she won't even do a racing dive to get into the pool at the start of her race so that would make it hard to compete in any events beyond the backstroke.

 

Sorry to be unclear.  We did not let her go out for the swim team because of the whole racing dive needed to get in.  What's really sad is when she does the dive (she had swim lessons for several summers where they taught her to dive) she is pretty good at it.  She just refused to do it.  Having BTDT on skills with gymnastics, I wasn't going through it again.  She can swim anytime she can get to a swimming pool though.

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Is this true for boys as well? If not, do you know what tends to hold boys back the most?

 

I don't have a ton of experience with boys, but from what little I've seen, boys have a much easier time with bars because they have more upper body strength. Boys are also (in general) more willing to try new skills and more dare devilish. Lots of girls are dare devily too, but I've had to stop way more boys from trying crazy stuff than girls! 

 

As for what holds them back? Hmm. Honestly, other sports. When they get to school and their friends are playing football, baseball, soccer, etc., suddenly gymnastics isn't as cool. We would have an almost 50-50 mix of boys and girls in the pre-k and K classes at the gym, 75-25 girls to boys in elementary school and probably 90-10 girls to boys in middle and high school. The boys that stay usually don't have too much holding them back. :-)

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We are in Region 8, too. Went to Regionals in Raleigh a couple years ago. Since it was in GA this past year, we lucked out and didn't have to travel. :-)

Last year was our first year going to Regionals. I was very impressed with the level 5 boys from Georgia. The GA and FL boys placed very well.

 

Good luck to your son this year!

 

Elise in NC

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we turned down pre team and then a few months into that they said she needed to move up.  My biggest frustration with this sport is how little time you have until team appears.  We feel like we can't get out.  Dd loves it and that is what keeps us doing it.  I don't want to break her heart.  And honestly, knowing all my health issues.....if she can stay in great shape it might help her in the long run if she ends up with the issues I had.  Now that she's done team I couldn't even convince her to go to the PrepOp program.  

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DD was just invited to join the team but we had to decline - just couldn't afford it. :(  Also I think she wasn't ready for that level of commitment because it would mean giving up baseball in the spring, swimming lessons, etc.

 

So we're sticking with pre-team for now.  She's really good on the floor and on the bars.  I think her least favorite is the beam.

 

 

Beam is hardest for Rebecca too, and she shines on floor.

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Keira loves bars but that is where she has the most trouble. She hates beam but I think she does pretty good on it. I think her floor is going to look nice this year too. She is good at her vault as well, but so far it hasn't really challenged her so she doesn't particularly care one way or the other about it. She is definitely a power gymnast so we are going to have to work on grace and artistic movement now that she is moving up to achievement. I'm not ready to worry about taking ballet or anything just yet though. I am interested to see which division she lands in. This year there are a lot of new level 3 girls and most are fairly young so it will be interesting all the way around to see how they do.

Team is expensive. We couldn't do it if we weren't be helped by family.

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I'm joining Anna's family :)

 

I am thankful to not be doing team this year.  I know it won't be long because my daughter has some natural talent (though unfortunately, some mental blocks too - some due to past and some likely just good ol' fashioned fear).  But the money part is definitely an issue.  A big issue.

And yet she is sooooo happy to be back in the gym.  Thankfully, the new gym has more opportunity for recreational gymnastics so she can be challenged and have fun even though we have a year without competition.  I can't imagine not having her do it. 

 

I'm thinking I may work part time to pay for it.  

 

Victoria's best event is floor. Well, I say that but her vault was nice. Of course, it was easy.  She likes that there is actually some height to the vault now.  I agree.  I can't see much use in doing a handstand and falling over (old level 2 vault).  Beam is okay.  She doesn't like all the drills they do on that one.  

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My 7 yo ds just joined the Level 4 team this summer. It has been a great maturing experience for him but quite a jump from rec classes. He's doing 8 hours a week this summer and will do 6/wk during the school year.  I'm really happy that he found something he likes to do and a constructive outlet for all his energy.

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We just switched from summer to fall this week, so back to evening lessons.  Dd 9 will probably be competing new level 4, but maybe 5, the coaches won't decide until next month. I would love to ease out of gymnastics and am thinking about doing the bare minimum hours required to stay on team this year (9 hours per week.) The gym is pushing for 16 hours. Yuck! Dd's best event is beam, but she loves bars too.  Her biggest challenge is floor.  She has no musical rhythm and really struggles to keep her routine on beat with the music. She looks so graceful during her other events and then we get to floor and ..... :eek:   :D

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I keep clicking on this thread even though I am no longer a gym mom.  My DD sustained a career ending injury back in the early part of March and by the end of April, we knew she wouldn't be able to return.  She has a partially ruptured tendon on her left foot and a stress fracture that's healed scar tissue means she will never be able to get back on high toe without pain.  It has been a bit of an adjustment for her.  She is still mourning the loss of her time at the gym, even though she didn't really socialize with the other girls.  I miss my moms for sure. 

 

DD hated bars for level 3 and 4 but she loved them as level 5 (now level 4).  She was the first of her group to get their kip (it took all of 1 practice) and that really boosted her confidence.  Considering she had to repeat level 4 because of bars, this was big for her.  She had all of the new level 5 skills for bars, but she would have been back at new level 4 because of the other 3 events.  Although she was fearless on the bars, she was terrified when it came to learning all other skills (the other reason we didn't pursue a comeback from injury).

 

Comp leos ran about $150 for the leo and $200 for the warm ups.  Luckily we had bought her warm ups huge and never had to replace them (I think the gym was finally changing them this year).  Her comp leo was replaced several times though because the first was horribly uncomfortable.  Then there was the year of the manufacturing nightmare (didn't actually end paying for that one).  The next one all the gems started falling off so they had to be remade the following year (free of charge).  We did compete against a squad in all white uniforms once.  I felt for those girls.

 

Now we are a Taekwondo family.  DD takes the lessons because I force her to stay active in something.  She wanted swim team this summer, but refused to show me she would dive, so that was out.  She has resisted diving for many summers even though she knows how to do it.

 

So sorry to hear this. I imagine it's been a difficult adjustment :(

 

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I just asked where to get the new music and found out it is on iTunes. I play trumpet so I liked that one best, but it isn't her level so we didn't buy it. We got piano and violin for level 3.

 

When I was a gymnast in high school, we always tried to convince our freshmen not to get annoying music but there was always someone who would pick something that you were sick of by the end of the season. I am tired of the new level 3 music already, that is a bad sign. I do like the violin version better than piano. The flute version was super annoying to both of us. My daughter likes the piano version, she is not tired of the music yet.

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What a fun thread! :) my dd will be competing for the first time this year. (They only do in house stuff through level 4). She will be competing the new level 4. She has her kip most of the time and is working on her squat on...and yes always bars! :lol:

 

Crazily she is my super cautious one...has her cartwheel on the low beam and on the high beam with mats but not without...once she gets it she's good but she usually takes awhile to get the new thing because of her cautious nature. I have tried to inform her there is no room for fear in gymnastics ;)

 

Her gym didn't up the hours of practice with he new levels so that has me confused..late is still a level 4 practicing 8.5 hrs a week but since the new 4 is the old 5 I thought they would have upped the hours of practice? Seems strange and as much I would hate to have her at the gym more I can't see how she will be ready to compete this level at this practice level...

 

She loves the new floor and beam routine and I am having a hard time focusing her on her schoolwork between handstands and leaps in the living room :)

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Our daughter is at her gym's routine retreat getting her new floor routine.  She texted me today while I was at work that she is using two of my favorite yoga positions in her routine and she can't wait to show me the whole thing. She sounded so excited and I'm thrilled for her.  

 

Floor has been her  Achilles heel since L9.  She tumbles well but always looked like she was drowning out there.  It was painful for us to watch but she insisted she wanted to continue competing and she wanted to do all around. I realize that many non gym moms reading this may say that they would have never let her continue when she was so miserable.  Perhaps even a few gym moms might insist that they wouldn't either.    Although many people presumed it was because she was so young and pushed so hard [perhaps by some standards she was young she did her first L10 meet right before her 12th birthday] but her goals and dreams were internal and we had no external gymnastics expectations for her. So much of this was that she had no self confidence and life was just very hard in general during this period. We talked repeatedly about taking breaks, not competing floor, and so many things in between.  We came to understand that the gym was one place where life made sense and swinging bars was at least as grounding as any of the exercises her therapist came up with. In the end we and the head coach at her gym decided to trust her to know herself.  Her floor routine was pretty basic and mostly tumbling both of her first two years at L10.  She lost points for her lack of artistry [which led to other comments from other "helpful" people about how she clearly needed different/better coaches] but her tumbling and her strength on her other events allowed her to do well enough overall.  

 

She has grown a lot in the almost four years we have known her.  She is still a bit more fragile than her dad or I would like for her but she has come so far and she has worked so hard.  We recently finalized her adoption and we really believe that her best years are still ahead of her.  I can't wait to see her new floor routine.  

 

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We have a meet on the 20th.....

 

but....

 

my daughter sprained her finger :(   She can't do bars, vault, or any of the tumbling, etc. until it heals up. Nervous about the time frame since bars is her worst event, she's still trying to get all her routines down, and everything is already paid for.

 

UGH.

 

Just thankful it wasn't broken!!!

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We have a meet on the 20th.....

 

but....

 

my daughter sprained her finger :(   She can't do bars, vault, or any of the tumbling, etc. until it heals up. Nervous about the time frame since bars is her worst event, she's still trying to get all her routines down, and everything is already paid for.

 

UGH.

 

Just thankful it wasn't broken!!!

 

:grouphug:

 

She can do one handed cartwheels and one handed front walkovers to stay in a bit of tumbling shape.  When I broke my wrist, I practiced a ton of no handed forward rolls on beam and to this day I can do a one handed front walkover better than one with two hands.  She can also do a ton of v-sits and some running to stay in shape.  

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