Does your daughter's gym have a strong upper level optionals program? Do they routinely send girls on to NCAA gymnastics? If so, then there's really no need for you to tell them that's your daughter's goal- they would already be training girls in the DP program with that end goal in mind, but it...
You haven't ruined anything for your daughter and she isn't too old to go on and have many great years of competitive gymnastics. No one here can say if she'll make it to college gymnastics or not-- there are way too many factors to try and guess the path a 9 year old will take. Here's the...
I just looked and my daughter only scored over 36 once in level 4. She's a level 9 now. I would look around at other gyms if they insist on having her repeat 4 for a third time. Worth it to at least have her evaluated elsewhere.
For nearly any kid in any sport the reward is not going to be financial. Parents can choose to spend the money on gymnastics or not, but exploiting their kid bc gymnastics is expensive is absurd.
I brought a small container of Chef Boyardee in my bag for the last travel meet- superstitious pre meet ritual kind of thing. TSA pulled my bag but let me keep the terrible pasta!
Is it still possible for her to get into meets at another gym? It's getting pretty late in the season to switch, but it might be worth reaching out to another gym in your area to see if they could take her and still get her into meets. Is she happy with the gym and the coaching otherwise?
Your daughter's first meet will go just fine- maybe having her teach the new girl the routine even helped solidify some of the smaller details in her mind. The bigger piece is learning to give to a new teammate and pass on the skills she has gained. My daughter loves getting a new skill, but...
I don’t really understand the issue here. Every gym owner or head coach I’ve come across with kids has their kids in the gym with them regularly. It’s got to be a lot more fun for the kid to have some friends to hang out with. If the coach had to pay for childcare outside of the gym and then...
My daughter would love to do a two pass routine for 10. She'd prefer to do two higher level difficulty passes and have the energy to do them well. Her gym always has them do three passes so it's unlikely she'll have that choice.
Driving 4 hours would probably be my max, but our gym doesn’t do any travel meets that I would consider drivable. It’s either meets within our state or meets we have to fly to- I’m not driving 10+ hours. They want the girls to have the experience of flying to meets and adapting to the travel aspect.
Every season there was an event she either really wanted to start on or really didn't want to start on and it could impact her entire perception of the meet.