Parents Does it get intense in the spring?

[Dream]

Just came from DD practice and wow the emotions...not from the athletes or coaches but the parents? Everyone was getting along but there are some intense emotions about skills developed or not this year and expectations for next year....is this a normal phase of parenting a child in gymnastics this time of year?

 

[ORgymmom]

The only worse time is late summer/fall if your gym postpones decisions until then. Yes spring gets intense.

Everyone is worried about move-ups, frantically calculating available space in workout groups, worrying that workout times and days will change, worrying that move-up requirements will change, hearing rumors about level skipping and testing out, and on and on. And of course the only people who feel confident talking about any of this openly are the ones that are very secure in their standing and their progress, so you overhear them and go into an even worse panic.

 

[BusyMomof2]

I think this lessens as the girls get older. My daughter is L7, her practice group is L7/L8, so it doesn't really matter to her what happens as she'll be with mostly the same girls and coaches.

 

[ORgymmom]

I think this lessens as the girls get older. My daughter is L7, her practice group is L7/L8, so it doesn't really matter to her what happens as she'll be with mostly the same girls and coaches.

Definitely. At our gym it peaks at level 4 and persists through 7.