[QUOTE=wowgym;36160]A coach that doesn't want the parents to watch - that's a huge red flag!![/QUOTE] Big time! :o

[QUOTE=wowgym;36160]A coach that doesn't want the parents to watch - that's a huge red flag!![/QUOTE] Thank you for the validation. It makes a difference. :p

A good outlook way of thinking, coach Chow on Shawn Johnson: [quote]Johnson overcame a few uncharacteristic mistakes to win three gold medals at the Stuttgart worlds in September, capping off an incredible 2007. "She had a lot of competitions this past year, and overall she had a very, very successful season," Chow said. "And everybody has to understand that she is a human being and she makes[ Read More... ]

Kind of like the Disney Movie "Pixel Perfect" - the re-run of it was on again last night! Rosco and the hologram girl he makes named Loretta don't like to think got to be perfect perfect anymore. The boy from Phil of the Future plays Rosco. Loretta does a lot of cool gymnastics tricks during their concerts!

In my gym some of the coaches also have that thinking - to stay in the lower levels to win instead of going for the higher level. My coach isn't like that, yay! :D

Interesting huh? A woman was saying this on a show - doesn't it remind you of the gym and the coaches?! lol Ya, i don't think she was a gymnast lol. I think the gymnast motto is strive for excellence and perfection, although sometimes the excellence gets overshadowed by the strive for perfection, don't you think? Excellence encompasses perfection too...it's a nice way of thinking about your[ Read More... ]

A coach that doesn't want the parents to watch - that's a huge red flag!!

Ya doping in rhythmic gymnastics seems weird; you do need to be fit and strong for it, but compared to artistic gymnastics and bars and high bar and vault, and tumbling 5 tumbling passes with double flips sure you would be surprised of the doping in the rhythmic gymnastics compared to artistic gymnastics.