Not sure that is accurate. I have seen at least videos of girls competing at nationals with the vault my daughter does. I also know gymnasts on D1 teams who have competed it in the past.
Ya, I'm sorry, I meant winning at nationals. I am pretty sure all the girls that won at nationals had 10 sv vaults. I know that there were plenty of girls vaulting without a 10 sv. I also understand your point. Clean gymnastics can often beat sloppy with higher skills.
I know. I have been sharing some of this info with some of my gym mom friends (we are all struggling at the moment with a lot of the points discussed given our limitations over here), and the discussion is really eye opening. I don’t know if they will actually join CB, but we are all finding this info helpful.
Yes, that too is really unfair!
Incredibly lucky!! We can’t figure out the issue. I guess coaches do not want to invest the time or energy. We have interested and engaged parents. Certainly young kids at 10/11 years old who are competing level 8 and scoring well (several of our kids) have the potential to keep going, but everything just fizzles out on level 9. It is truly not the kids. I guess this is a whole other thread but I wish we had some guidance to build a program just to get these girls to 10, let alone elite.
You’re assuming the parents haven’t been sucked into the dream first. Our gym has a whole host of just turned 8 year olds preparing to compete optionals, and training tops, who have all transitioned to homeschooling so they can get more gym hours because their kid is just so talented.
Parents are adults and should be doing their own research. It’s called “buyer beware”. My dream lasted about 30 seconds. My kid was a 38 scoring L2 on 5 hours a week.
This pretty much it.
This is what makes me so sad. As I stated somewhere in this thread earlier it is the parents responsibility to look objectively at your child but some parents don’t want to see the realities and there are plenty of gyms out there exploiting it. I know people say team makes no money but why else do these homeschool programs exist in places that have not a shot in hell of producing. Is it the arrogance of the coaches?
While I agree that kids and parents should be informed of just how hard it is to make a college team, the other tricky thing is that it keeps getting harder! It's kind of crazy. But one has to inform themselves on how skewed the opportunities are, and many people aren't doing that the way we chalkbucketers are.
Not only is it inflammatory hyperbole, but it implies that there is some universal holy grail definition of childhood that doesn't actually exist. I refuse to talk about my child "sacrificing" for gymnastics. She's making a choice, and is privileged to be able to do so. She can choose to go to gymnastics instead of a football game (or not). There's nothing inherently better about a football game (or the "typical" childhood or high school experience) than gymnastics.I 100% agree. My daughter is well on her way to fulfilling her dream of college and this is without ever home schooling and not giving up her life for gymnastics. She has a well rounded full life, it's not completely centered around the sport (though it used to be).While I agree that kids and parents should be informed of just how hard it is to make a college team, the other tricky thing is that it keeps getting harder! It's kind of crazy. But one has to inform themselves on how skewed the opportunities are, and many people aren't doing that the way we chalkbucketers are.
On your second point, can we please let's stop with the "giving up the rest of their childhood for gymnastics" language?
Everyone makes choice. My point is, is the kid (not specifically yours) making a fully informed choice.
So she made a different choice. Good for her. She also incredibly talented.
I was just going to comment on the same thing. It happens a lot on some of these posts where personal opinion is projected as some immutable fact. Maybe some love having a childhood spent in the gym with their friends and great experiences? Maybe that doesn't sound like a childhood to you, but doesn't mean it not for others. I understand folks have different ideas of childhood and schooling and such, but honestly everyone has their own path and there is no 100% correct parenting plan out there.On your second point, can we please let's stop with the "giving up the rest of their childhood for gymnastics" language?
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The fact is many gymnasts give up many things for many hours in the gym. That is an actual thing.
Those kids, who truly love all those hours won’t regret any of them. No matter what level they end at or even if they get a scholarship in college. Because they love it. Not because it was their job to get a ride.
