So.....it's been a while.......
Alright. Just a check in...
So, dd took some time off from the gym for a while. Well, not totally time off, but instead of 9 hours a week, we only did 3. Oddly, it seems like she didn't lose anything from dropping her hours. In fact, it kind of seems like she just continued to do as well as she was - making improvements and learning new things as if we never dropped her hours. It's a relief. I'm glad I did it 100%. She just started kindergarten last week, so over the summer I got to spend way more time with her and our schedule didn't have to revolve around gym EVERYDAY.
Anyway, it's time to maybe increase her hours again - which is fine. But, I'm kind of torn. My son is a competitive swimmer and dd has voiced interest in doing swim team this fall. I don't really know how I feel about it. On one hand, i don't want her to be denied the opportunity to swim. But, on the other hand, she's got something really good going on at the gym. So, anyway, I don't know what to do with that yet.
Another reliever is: dd's coaches have totally chilled out. Awhile back, there were many stressful conversations regarding dd competing level 4 and "we really need to get on those L5 skills, she needs a kip PRONTO"...and just training her quickly and thinking about even starting a TOPs program. Finally, there isn't anymore of that. One day, I just reminded them that they were talking about a child who had just turned 5, and please just let her continue to love gymnastics, etc.
Having said that, dd will be competing as a L3 this entire season and not doing L4 when her birthday comes at the end of this year. She's still working out with her regular "big girl" team and not the L3 team. I think she'll do amazingly well this season. She says she's excited to show the judges her very pointy routines
Anyway, hope everyone else is doing well. I'm definitely excited for this gymnastics season!
Alright. Just a check in...
So, dd took some time off from the gym for a while. Well, not totally time off, but instead of 9 hours a week, we only did 3. Oddly, it seems like she didn't lose anything from dropping her hours. In fact, it kind of seems like she just continued to do as well as she was - making improvements and learning new things as if we never dropped her hours. It's a relief. I'm glad I did it 100%. She just started kindergarten last week, so over the summer I got to spend way more time with her and our schedule didn't have to revolve around gym EVERYDAY.
Anyway, it's time to maybe increase her hours again - which is fine. But, I'm kind of torn. My son is a competitive swimmer and dd has voiced interest in doing swim team this fall. I don't really know how I feel about it. On one hand, i don't want her to be denied the opportunity to swim. But, on the other hand, she's got something really good going on at the gym. So, anyway, I don't know what to do with that yet.
Another reliever is: dd's coaches have totally chilled out. Awhile back, there were many stressful conversations regarding dd competing level 4 and "we really need to get on those L5 skills, she needs a kip PRONTO"...and just training her quickly and thinking about even starting a TOPs program. Finally, there isn't anymore of that. One day, I just reminded them that they were talking about a child who had just turned 5, and please just let her continue to love gymnastics, etc.
Having said that, dd will be competing as a L3 this entire season and not doing L4 when her birthday comes at the end of this year. She's still working out with her regular "big girl" team and not the L3 team. I think she'll do amazingly well this season. She says she's excited to show the judges her very pointy routines
Anyway, hope everyone else is doing well. I'm definitely excited for this gymnastics season!