At a minimum a competitive gymnastics needs a ride to practice and far away meets and a lot of money. My gymnasts, who I consider a very nice girl, gets that plus the best medical care anytime she is hurt, homemade high protein smoothies for breakfast and a pregym snack, more leos than she...
A few of my daughters teamates who she considers friends are in my opinion incredibly rude and entitled. My husband (who is somewhat anti-gymnastics) says their behavior is a natural extension of all the resources we parents devote to them. Travel, their insane training schedule, pt, chiro...
I told my daugther we might not attend her fly away meet next winter. I could techinically afford it but she's only competing 7 right now so there is plenty of competition in our tri state area, only her and I would be able to go (versus the whole family) and I'm just not sure it's worth the...
Both my kids were on swim team by 6, they probably learned around 4 or 5. My daughter had to give it up once gym became too intense but it really helped with stregnth and coordination early and I think she could easily go back to it if she ever wants to.
It sounds like she's going to be an amazing gymnast. I knew at 3 my daughter was going to be good at gymnastics based on her monkey bar skills. That being said there is no need to rush it. If she loves to be active, keep her active, that's all she needs at this point. If she's bored in her...
There is nothing wrong with asking when she will move up, it should be a good thing for them that your daughter is motivated. These gyms have power over us parents because 1. We want our children in gymnastics and 2. We don’t always have options on where to train. Sometimes gyms use that power...
Thanks everyone for the response. My daughter’s gym is pretty laid back, does not currently have any level 10s and definitely doesn’t meet with parents about their gymnast’s ‘path’. For the most part this is what I like about it there, gymnastics is stressful enough and my child is seven. I...
My daughter is a seven-year-old level 3. She has been doing exceptionally well in her first year of competition, is strong, and has acquired higher level skills with minimal uptraining. (competes kips, climbs the rope with legs piked, can do back tucks) The gym she is at is very much on the one...
My 7 year old daughter is competing level 3 and I would have been happier to skip it, especially this year. Like others said, they spend a lot of time perfecting their routines and not much time learning new skill.