- Oct 16, 2023
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I have a 9yr old Lvl 3 with her first meet coming up next weekend and I’m wondering if it’s typical for kids to be unable to do multiple big skills at the meets.
She and the other four girls on her team are all missing major skills. None can do back handspring for floor (working on it on trampoline). All need heavy spot to land the 2nd back hip circle on bars. Beam dismounts are iffy.
They did an intersquad meet and the other Lvl 3 team ALL had these skills. Our coach said those girls are on their 2nd year of Lvl 3, whereas our girls are all 1st year Lvl 3. I don’t want to question our coach, but I am worried they are setting themselves up to do really poorly at the meet and I’m wondering if this slow progression is normal.
For context, they are all 8-10 yr old and have progressed at the same gym, Lvl 2 last year. Last year our daughter got 33-34.8 overall, and her team overall was consistently one of the lower scoring. They have practice twice a week 3 hrs each, our daughter does a lot of conditioning at home, and she’s had some private lessons. Our gym is NOT the most serious— they don’t practice as much as some other gyms, and it’s a very positive coaching culture (aka no one screaming at them or forcing them into splits), with a fairly inexperienced coach. But I wonder if it could be a *little* more serious, you know? It feels like we are putting in A LOT of work & time, and I’m surprised they are still so far from some of these skills. Is this normal? Will it all just “click” at some point? I have no gymnastics experience so this is still fairly new to us. Thank you!
She and the other four girls on her team are all missing major skills. None can do back handspring for floor (working on it on trampoline). All need heavy spot to land the 2nd back hip circle on bars. Beam dismounts are iffy.
They did an intersquad meet and the other Lvl 3 team ALL had these skills. Our coach said those girls are on their 2nd year of Lvl 3, whereas our girls are all 1st year Lvl 3. I don’t want to question our coach, but I am worried they are setting themselves up to do really poorly at the meet and I’m wondering if this slow progression is normal.
For context, they are all 8-10 yr old and have progressed at the same gym, Lvl 2 last year. Last year our daughter got 33-34.8 overall, and her team overall was consistently one of the lower scoring. They have practice twice a week 3 hrs each, our daughter does a lot of conditioning at home, and she’s had some private lessons. Our gym is NOT the most serious— they don’t practice as much as some other gyms, and it’s a very positive coaching culture (aka no one screaming at them or forcing them into splits), with a fairly inexperienced coach. But I wonder if it could be a *little* more serious, you know? It feels like we are putting in A LOT of work & time, and I’m surprised they are still so far from some of these skills. Is this normal? Will it all just “click” at some point? I have no gymnastics experience so this is still fairly new to us. Thank you!