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Your update was so beautifully written. Thank you for sharing, hope she finds another passion soon.

I watched her routines and she looked amazing. I know you must be one very proud mama. Congrats to Lily and you. I'm sure all these crazy big meets are a HUGE time and financial commitment.

Try the Olympic channel. I see gymnastics events on there pretty frequently.

My theory... Most gymnasts that I know are naturally very hyperactive children. I think that their brains are typically on overdrive and that doesn't necessarily calm down when they go to bed.

My DD does not have much flexibility in her back but had no problem getting her back handspring. Kids with flexible backs have easier times with their back walkovers, but I haven't found that flexible kids have an easier time with BHS.

Have you looked into cheerleading? Since she likes to tumble, maybe cheering would be a good avenue for her. Especially because you want her sport to be a bonding time. Gymnastics doesn't always allow time for bonding since it's mostly an individual sport with a team component.

Maybe it's just your area, but my area has mostly 5 and 6 year olds on level 2 or preteam if they dont compete level 2. And the level 3's are 6, 7 and 8. And this is at multiple gyms. Keep looking. I actually haven't seen too many gyms with their level 3's being 8-10 yrs old.

Is the"recent posts" link gone?

Yes, this is what I'm afraid of. I'm almost positive that if I tell current gym that I'm looking at other gyms, they would show me the door and DD would be devastated. She's the highest scoring gymnast on her team (but that isn't saying too much) so I think they would be upset with her leaving...

So maybe I could ask the gym to keep it quiet because of fear of repercussions?

Lol, not sure I could do that. My kid would hate to have to lie about her name. Then if I picked that gym, I'd have to come clean about her real name. Hahaha.

I feel like that would be one of the first questions they ask... "How old is she, what level is she, and what gym does she currently attend?"

How do you ask a prospective gym to keep their mouth closed and not tell your gym? I'm so ready to gym shop, but I'm nervous to walk in a gym and her current gym be alerted.

I could have written this exact post. DD is in the same boat. We love her happy and friendly gym, but we are aware that they can't help her reach her goals. Good ideas here.

There have been 2 different meets where the judge didn't even know a kip was allowed and the coach had to bring in the meet director.

That is super exciting. DD has been competing her kip all this season in level 3. I know some coaches won't compete it until it's perfect because the deductions can be pretty big if not done correctly. But now that she has it already, she has a long time to make it perfect for level 4. Yay to...

Just curious, was the plan for girl number 2 communicated to the parents? I'm in a position now where I'm going to be asking my DD's coach what her plan for my kid is.

At DD's banquet, the coaches had to pick 2 girls from their team and there was a special award for those girls (hardest worker, most improved, etc). There was also a special award for 1 girl in the entire gym. Some honorary award which all the coaches voted for (usually one of the seniors I think).

I watched an episode of wife swap a while ago and the WNBA star Lisa Leslie was making her kids superstars. They trained for sports like it was their jobs. Now will they make it anywhere with these sports? Only time will tell, but the parents are definitely giving the kids the upper hand by...

All the meets DD competed at this year in level 3 gave out trophies for 50% AA and medals to everyone else. For these little ones, I think it feels good to walk away with something, especially if they aren't paying attention to scores at all. It's a symbol of a job well done and I've seen some...