My daughter (9yo) was sort of rushed into doing level 4, it was offered to her halfway through the summer, after working on l3 stuff for the first half. Needless to say, she is somewhat behind, primarily on not having a kip, but also some other skills aren't exactly clean.
She was given a choice, and in the end I let her decide, while making it clear to her that she might struggle during the season, and not to take if too much to heart, since she wasn't as "prepared" as some of the other girls.
Her coach's rationale (and ultimately mine, which is why I left it in her hands) was that she was too advanced in *some* areas, and too strong to spend the season perfecting l3 routines. There isn't much uptraining during the season at our gym. I figured it would be better to do 2 years of l4 if need be, rather than waste time on some of the l3 stuff.
I guess I am saying all this to say, with our first meet a few weeks away, I am getting nervous! And questioning if we made the right choice (her choosing to do l4, my choosing to let her decide, coach choosing to offer it, etc.)
I don't think dd is too nervous yet, but my heart breaks at the idea of how she might react to scoring poorly. I know she understands intellectually the reasons why, but who's to say emotionally how she will feel placing at the bottom, or having to scratch bars, while her teammates do just fine.
Thoughts?
She was given a choice, and in the end I let her decide, while making it clear to her that she might struggle during the season, and not to take if too much to heart, since she wasn't as "prepared" as some of the other girls.
Her coach's rationale (and ultimately mine, which is why I left it in her hands) was that she was too advanced in *some* areas, and too strong to spend the season perfecting l3 routines. There isn't much uptraining during the season at our gym. I figured it would be better to do 2 years of l4 if need be, rather than waste time on some of the l3 stuff.
I guess I am saying all this to say, with our first meet a few weeks away, I am getting nervous! And questioning if we made the right choice (her choosing to do l4, my choosing to let her decide, coach choosing to offer it, etc.)
I don't think dd is too nervous yet, but my heart breaks at the idea of how she might react to scoring poorly. I know she understands intellectually the reasons why, but who's to say emotionally how she will feel placing at the bottom, or having to scratch bars, while her teammates do just fine.
Thoughts?