Hello! I live in Massachusetts and have a daughter involved in gymnastics. She started 14 months ago, and is starting level 5 this summer. She's 10, so started late at the ripe old age of 9. She had a severe social anxiety when she was younger, and gymnastics was the first class or sport of any kind she did on her own (without parent). I'd always known she would be good - she's naturally very flexible and has spent most of her childhood jumping on my furniture! She started with a friend, but quickly moved up fast. It has been so good for her self-confidence! People can't even believe when I tell them that just three years ago she wouldn't speak in public or let me out of her sight. Our gym has two teams, a USAG team, and a lower key one that competes in a local league and practices only 2-3 times per week. Because she started late, she was automatically put in the lower-key one (she competed level 4 with them this spring). However, this summer she'll be practicing with the USAG 5's and they'll decide what to do with her in the fall. I think we'll be happy either way, but it is all happening so fast! I'll be glad to learn all I can here. Thanks!