My girls gym has begun for the year (comp groups only run Sept through May) both are happy, and as they are both training at the same time, I am happy too.
Youngest is working on skills for the next level up, though as this is the first year that she is old enough to compete it may be better to compete at the level where she may be very successful even though she has the skills to advance. Though she would have to compete against at least forty 8 & 9 year olds, the next level up tends to be a smaller, but stronger group of 8 & 9 year olds. The coach will help her decide in Oct.
Oldest is seemingly on a good road to recovery from her various injuries.. She can gently jog around the floor during warm up. Is working on her bhs on beam again, avoiding real running, jumping and vaulting though. She is very happy to be back in training after a big break, but is finding that she has lost strength and skill. She and the coach will decide on what and where she competes in Oct. She may just do beam and bars and she could either compete at the provincial level or if things are not so good she could compete in the school level.
All in all, things are going about as well as we could have hoped, now if we could just keep the light nights, if the teachers would only assign homework on non-gym nights and if the winter wasn't so harsh this year.....then things would be perfect.
Our gym has also instituted no watching for team parents, they simply have no room. Luckily for me my girls are there for each other and they are now 8 & 11, and therefore I don't worry about them as much.
Glad all is well with you INGYM!
