I'll start this off by giving a little background. I'm a gymnastics mom, coach and judge. My older DD did gym for 7 years before retiring. She thought I would quit when she did. As I am totally a gymnastics geek, and it was the only thing I did for me no way was that happening.
My youngest DD has been in the gym her whole life. She played around in classes before deciding she wanted to compete at the age of 7. So after doing classes she was finally on my Level 3 Team as a 9 year old. She did well but the coach in me sees that she's not a gymnast. She's a girl doing what mom does. She gets skills in her own time. Last year she did Level 4 and was able to get all her skills to the point of meeting our gym's move up requirements. I was skeptical because she still had fear of her Robhs and did not have the straightest legs at state.
This spring she turned 11, completing grade school. Going into middle school she decided that she would like to try other sports. I'm okay with that. I've always tried to get her to widen her experience. She's done dance for 3 years but decided she's not a dancer. I agree. Lol. I have always told her she can quit gym when she doesn't enjoy it any more. Now I'll get to the point.
I did not let her quit this spring because her reason for quitting was that she is scared of the cartwheel on beam. I don't know if I have done the right thing. She continues in the level 4 group even though I can see that she is struggling. She loves being in the gym with her friends but is one of 2 without her kip. She's scared to vault, scared of the cartwheel and just is set up to fail. I try not to let that happen to other people's kids, why am I letting it happen to mine?
I'm not sure what to do. I've talked to her coaches (my coworkers) and they say she'll be fine. I also have to pay with just a discount on tuition. I really don't want to pay for her to compete when she doesn't have one competitive event. We did start an Xcel group this year and she has expressed interest in that. But there is part of me that sees that as giving up? Ugh. I am pretty sure this will be her last season so should I keep her in the group where I know she'll fail or let her do Xcel where she may have some success?
My youngest DD has been in the gym her whole life. She played around in classes before deciding she wanted to compete at the age of 7. So after doing classes she was finally on my Level 3 Team as a 9 year old. She did well but the coach in me sees that she's not a gymnast. She's a girl doing what mom does. She gets skills in her own time. Last year she did Level 4 and was able to get all her skills to the point of meeting our gym's move up requirements. I was skeptical because she still had fear of her Robhs and did not have the straightest legs at state.
This spring she turned 11, completing grade school. Going into middle school she decided that she would like to try other sports. I'm okay with that. I've always tried to get her to widen her experience. She's done dance for 3 years but decided she's not a dancer. I agree. Lol. I have always told her she can quit gym when she doesn't enjoy it any more. Now I'll get to the point.
I did not let her quit this spring because her reason for quitting was that she is scared of the cartwheel on beam. I don't know if I have done the right thing. She continues in the level 4 group even though I can see that she is struggling. She loves being in the gym with her friends but is one of 2 without her kip. She's scared to vault, scared of the cartwheel and just is set up to fail. I try not to let that happen to other people's kids, why am I letting it happen to mine?
I'm not sure what to do. I've talked to her coaches (my coworkers) and they say she'll be fine. I also have to pay with just a discount on tuition. I really don't want to pay for her to compete when she doesn't have one competitive event. We did start an Xcel group this year and she has expressed interest in that. But there is part of me that sees that as giving up? Ugh. I am pretty sure this will be her last season so should I keep her in the group where I know she'll fail or let her do Xcel where she may have some success?