HI Everyone!!!
I am so excited to have found this great site. I am Michelle mom to Mya who is 6. We started gymnastics August 2007 when Mya was 5. We had never done it before and we just moved to NC and she always showed skills in gymnastics. Her arms are so strong and she taught herself cartwheels and round offs so she was doing great. We brought her to a Rec 1 class and it had only 1 other girl in it (it was summer our gym is slow in the summer for Rec Classes) They were with her for 1 hour and the instructor came out 1/2 way thru and said where did she take gymnastics before? I said no where. Next thing the owner of the place is coming over to see her, 2 other coaches and one of the coaches comes over confirms it is her 1st time in a class. I said yea. She said look your little girl is going to move up fast.
I was so excited Mya was like cool mom! So they said we only have 1 other girl in this class lets keep her in this Rec 1 Class so she will basically have 1 on 1 training with a coach and we will place her in the fall. So in the Fall they said she can't compete until she is 6 so lets put her on pre team we have 3 other girls on the team. Well Mya did great on pre team and the team grew to 7 and this summer they asked us if she would like to along with 4 other girls move up to Rookie. She starts competing this January and basically they explained it to me Rookie is similar to a level 4 and that she was a level 3 so this is a movement up but she can make up her own routines. She is working on the level 4 floor routine, mastered the vault and the balance beam.
Any advice for me on the competitions? She says she wants a trophy I don't think she realizes that they are going to score her and she might not always get a trophy. She isn't shy but I wonder what it will be like with all eyes on her. She has done exhibitions before and did fine with those.
Thanks
Michelle
I am so excited to have found this great site. I am Michelle mom to Mya who is 6. We started gymnastics August 2007 when Mya was 5. We had never done it before and we just moved to NC and she always showed skills in gymnastics. Her arms are so strong and she taught herself cartwheels and round offs so she was doing great. We brought her to a Rec 1 class and it had only 1 other girl in it (it was summer our gym is slow in the summer for Rec Classes) They were with her for 1 hour and the instructor came out 1/2 way thru and said where did she take gymnastics before? I said no where. Next thing the owner of the place is coming over to see her, 2 other coaches and one of the coaches comes over confirms it is her 1st time in a class. I said yea. She said look your little girl is going to move up fast.
I was so excited Mya was like cool mom! So they said we only have 1 other girl in this class lets keep her in this Rec 1 Class so she will basically have 1 on 1 training with a coach and we will place her in the fall. So in the Fall they said she can't compete until she is 6 so lets put her on pre team we have 3 other girls on the team. Well Mya did great on pre team and the team grew to 7 and this summer they asked us if she would like to along with 4 other girls move up to Rookie. She starts competing this January and basically they explained it to me Rookie is similar to a level 4 and that she was a level 3 so this is a movement up but she can make up her own routines. She is working on the level 4 floor routine, mastered the vault and the balance beam.Any advice for me on the competitions? She says she wants a trophy I don't think she realizes that they are going to score her and she might not always get a trophy. She isn't shy but I wonder what it will be like with all eyes on her. She has done exhibitions before and did fine with those.
Thanks
Michelle
