dani4
Proud Parent
I found this forum about 6 months ago when I was trying to find more information on competitive gymnastics so I could decide whether to move DD into the pre-team classes at our gym. At the time I decided to keep her in rec, based on what I was reading- she was just 4 years old, had been in gymnastics for a few months, it was going to be a logistical challenge and it wasn't necessary.
Well ever since she has understood that there are different classes for kids who want to be on team she has been bugging me about it. I had registered her for rec again this fall at the same time in the same class with the same coach (who she likes), but when I told her, she was so angry that she wasn't moving into the pre-team class! So now, armed with my knowledge from CB (and a year of watching her do the preschool rec classes), I called the gym to find out more specific information about how the pre-team works and whether I could just enroll my daughter. From what I've read on CB, it sounds like our gym is unusual in that just about anyone can enter the beginning pre-team track.. as far as I can tell. It's kind of self-selected, and if the kids do well they continue to move up (there are 4-5 levels of pre-team classes depending on how old they are when they start), and if not they can always move back over to the rec classes (which I have to say seem really well organized and are based on skill level once the kids are at least 6 years old).
Well ever since she has understood that there are different classes for kids who want to be on team she has been bugging me about it. I had registered her for rec again this fall at the same time in the same class with the same coach (who she likes), but when I told her, she was so angry that she wasn't moving into the pre-team class! So now, armed with my knowledge from CB (and a year of watching her do the preschool rec classes), I called the gym to find out more specific information about how the pre-team works and whether I could just enroll my daughter. From what I've read on CB, it sounds like our gym is unusual in that just about anyone can enter the beginning pre-team track.. as far as I can tell. It's kind of self-selected, and if the kids do well they continue to move up (there are 4-5 levels of pre-team classes depending on how old they are when they start), and if not they can always move back over to the rec classes (which I have to say seem really well organized and are based on skill level once the kids are at least 6 years old).