dsabrunner
Proud Parent
My daughter is 8 years old and has been doing gymnastics for 5 years including 2 on two levels of pre team, then competitive level 2 and competitive level 3. She did not do very well at the meets this year, largely because she is not very flexible and that is really a problem. Her coach has said that she is not ready to move up to level 4 because of her form - and I can see that she is not nearly as good as some of the girls on the team. We have three options - have her repeat level 3 (which my daughter is not a fan of because she wants to keep working on the new moves - kip, cartwheel on beam etc), have her switch to Xcel Silver, or go to a one day a week rec class. I am trying to understand Xcel - and while I am not adverse to her doing the classes to stay in the sport - it is difficult for me to understand why you would have kids who are not good enough to be on the main competitive team chase all over competing...? It is still a lot of time, money and travel - but apparently with no goal? My daughter does not want to quit gymnastics and as an eternal optimist believes that if she works hard in Xcel she will eventually be able to switch back to J.O. I also worry because I know some of the J.O. girls at the gym really look down on the Xcel program and I don't want to set my daughter up. Thoughts?