Parents Level 3 hours

[newbie504]

How many hours does your level 3 practice per week? In my area it's 12 hours. Imo, that's ridiculous. 9 is reasonable but 4 hour practice after a full hour of school is a lot for a little kid.

 

[ORgymmom]

Can’t speak to our current gym but our old gym was 3 practices of 4 hours each. It was what worked with the other practice group’s schedules and I didn’t mind having one less practice per week. Our current gym does 4 practices of 3 hours for level 3s, and I would be annoyed to not really get time back in the evening and use up one more day.

Other gyms we visited did less hours but had bigger spaces and more efficient practices. I would have preferred that but it didn’t work out for us at the time. I noticed that there were also gyms who would say they did 9 hours a week for level 3, but you’d find yourself chatting at a meet with a parent at that gym and learn that the top athletes and scorers were in separate programs and were doing more like 16-20 hours a week in accelerated programs.

 

[raenndrops]

We do 2.5 hours x 3 days a week.

 

[JMASR080615]

Our gym has 3.5 hour practices 3 days a week for level 3 and they work all events as well as conditioning each practice.

 

[StickItCrew]

Our gym requires 3 hr practices 3 days a week and an option to add a 4th day

 

[AlexandraU16]

Our gym does xcel in place of compulsory so not a direct comparison but silvers do 3 practices weekly for 3 hours

 

[evathedefiler]

Our Level 3 has three 4 hour practices a week. It’s a fairly large group, so there’s some waiting at stations and not full on the whole time. They usually hit all the events and have a 30 minute meal break.

 

[4theLoveofGymnastics]

My daughter did 8.5 hours a week last season in level 3 and was the state champion in 2 events. 12 hours seems excessive but many gyms do it that way in our area. Currently in level 4 she practices 10.5hrs a week while other gyms in the area are practicing 16hrs a week. I personally think it should be at least 12 hrs but it's out of my control.