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Thanks all for your advice- I don't really think there's much of a safety issue- I just wish she wouldn't perceive 'failing' to be such a huge thing. She's always struggled with resilience and perseverance through adversity rather than when things are easy. I had hoped that gymnastics would be a...

Hello all, I got some fantastic advice here a while ago, so I'm hoping to be able to ask your thoughts on something new, if that's okay. My daughter has a competition coming up in a week or so. We are in the UK and her birthday is 28th Dec. 2009. This means that although she has just turned 9...

I would also like to chime in in favour of Cecchetti. I used to dance Cecchetti and loved it- and there are a few reasons I think it might really suit a gymnast who was using it to help with performative aspects of gymnastics. There is a real focus within the technique on developing musicality...

Hiya- this resource might help- found it on the British Gymnastics website. It is quite technical, and only shows Club, Regional and National Grades (not compulsory) but will give an idea of what girls doing those pathways would be expected to achieve. Here it is...

Guessing from your username that you might be in Scotland. If so, I think this page might have the info you're looking for. It lists the skills and judging requirements for the Scottish grades that you mentioned, and might answer some of the questions you had about scoring? Apologies if wrong...

Hi there, Just wanted to add my experience- I'm also in the UK, and have found the whole UK system really confusing- what with all the different kinds of grades, and levels, and the age requirements etc. I couldn't work out in amongst that where the place was for a child like mine- aged 7...

Thanks Margo and Marie for these replies. It's such a confusing system for an outsider to get a handle on- I think I got especially confused by all the in age requirements, thinking that my daughter would be too old to compete all these things at the young ages listed, but not really able to...

The other day I saw this skill which I thought was quite unusual. Huh, it wouldn't tell me put a time in so editing- it's at 21s.

@GAgymmom- thanks for sharing your experience! Encouraging to hear that your daughter wasn't a super early starter, but really flew once she got going! Hoping to find somewhere here that has a similar viewpoint to this one! @LearningParent- thanks for this- I think I will just get in touch and...

Thanks everyone for these kind replies. @Noidea- that is definitely the impression I got from looking around the internet a bit, that most children starting out in more developmental classes would be a lot younger than my daughter is now. @Jean- I think she would rather be in a WAG class...

Hi, thanks for this kind reply. We are actually in the UK. It seemed much more straight-forward to get info on US gymnastics- and I liked how it seemed like a child could compete at just about any age at the level that was right for them. I couldn't find similar information for the UK- just...

Hi there everyone. I'm new here, and very new to gymnastics (though I enjoyed it as a kid, I never did it at a high level), so I know basically nothing about how any of it works! My eldest dd is 7 and really enjoys gymnastics. She goes one hour a week to a recreational class at our local...