Back pain and back injury are all too common now in youth sports including gymnastics. A review of some of the considerations to be taken.
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4 Year Old with Potential – lol
What to do and when with a 4 year old with gymnastics talent, potential, heredity & parent who is planning her daughter’s gymnastics career.
Younger Sister Banned From Gym
A parent wants to move her oldest gymnast to a higher level gym and the current gym bans a younger team gymnast from staying and competing on their team.
I Have Concerns About Coach’s Approach to Training
Many parents have concerns about their coach’s approach to training and often rightly so. But parent’s often are not sure about what are the right methods.
Ending Gymnast (and Coach) Confusion Between Whip Backs and Layouts
Initially, gymnasts often perform whips instead of layouts and too many coaches either don’t teach whips early enough or worse, don’t teach them at all.
How to Convince Your Parents To Let You Do Gymnastics
Subject: Gymnastics Sex: female Age: 13 Gymnastics Level: 4 Okay, so I used to do gymnastics, but my parents made me quit when I got to level four. I can still do lots of things, but I don’t have any equipment. I really want to continue gymnastics but I am not sure how I can. […]
