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Our gym has a seprerate JO and X-cell track. The girls are able to tryout for x-cell each spring. The JO kids are usually picked from the preschool classes, start preteam at around 5, and then move to L4. There is almost no movement between X-cell to JO. Some of the JO girls decide they don't want JO and do move to X-cell. Most of the kids on our L4 team are 7. There are a few 8 year olds, and 1 9 year old.
ODD is on the x-cell team. She is not the most natural gymnast, but she is a hard worker, and loves being on team. She is there 6 hours a week, and would go every day if she had the chance. She is 9, and has done very well at her meets so far.
YDD just turned 7, and is my wild child. She changes her mind on what she wants on a daily basis, and has yet to find anything that she loves. She is in a rec class 2X a week. YDD is the child who will just do what she wants - if she feels like running and hugging her sister in the middle of class/practice, she does. For some reason, that I have yet to figure out, the coaches think she is funny, and don't get upset. I have told them I am fine if they send her out of the gym for misbehaving. She can sit with me and watch class till she is ready to listen. But that doesn't happen. She has decided that she wants to be on team next year - I think she likes ODD trophies. She is actually good at gymnastics when she wants to be - she has very pretty form, can do a ROBHS with straight legs, can do the L3 beam and bar routines pretty well, but def does not have the passion and dedication that ODD has. For YDD it is just fun. (today - might not be tomorrow)
So I was talking to her teacher, who also happens to be the head x-cell coach, and said that little DD wants to try out for team, and could they encourage her to behave a bit better, since team girls are good listeners. Her teacher said that they have their eye on her for L4 for the fall.
So, I really think that JO is not the right track for my little one, but DH disagrees. ODD would be upset that YDD is doing JO, but would get over it if it is the right thing for YDD. X-cell practices 6 hours a week, L4 practices 16 hours a week. I asked if she could do a year of Xcell and then move to JO, but was told that she would be too old for JO the following year. She would be 8, turning 9 in January. So, if we want JO for little DD, it needs to be next year.
Any advice on how to choose the right one for YDD?
ODD is on the x-cell team. She is not the most natural gymnast, but she is a hard worker, and loves being on team. She is there 6 hours a week, and would go every day if she had the chance. She is 9, and has done very well at her meets so far.
YDD just turned 7, and is my wild child. She changes her mind on what she wants on a daily basis, and has yet to find anything that she loves. She is in a rec class 2X a week. YDD is the child who will just do what she wants - if she feels like running and hugging her sister in the middle of class/practice, she does. For some reason, that I have yet to figure out, the coaches think she is funny, and don't get upset. I have told them I am fine if they send her out of the gym for misbehaving. She can sit with me and watch class till she is ready to listen. But that doesn't happen. She has decided that she wants to be on team next year - I think she likes ODD trophies. She is actually good at gymnastics when she wants to be - she has very pretty form, can do a ROBHS with straight legs, can do the L3 beam and bar routines pretty well, but def does not have the passion and dedication that ODD has. For YDD it is just fun. (today - might not be tomorrow)
So I was talking to her teacher, who also happens to be the head x-cell coach, and said that little DD wants to try out for team, and could they encourage her to behave a bit better, since team girls are good listeners. Her teacher said that they have their eye on her for L4 for the fall.
So, I really think that JO is not the right track for my little one, but DH disagrees. ODD would be upset that YDD is doing JO, but would get over it if it is the right thing for YDD. X-cell practices 6 hours a week, L4 practices 16 hours a week. I asked if she could do a year of Xcell and then move to JO, but was told that she would be too old for JO the following year. She would be 8, turning 9 in January. So, if we want JO for little DD, it needs to be next year.
Any advice on how to choose the right one for YDD?