Sasha
Proud Parent
First, this is not about my DD - not looking for an elite career (though there was a glimmer of that path at one time, but have moved on...) Anyway...
A gym dad I met recently was talking about his daughter. She is on track to be a 11 year old L7 next spring. She is a pretty high scorer at their gym, has placed well in compulsories, but their gym does not have elite athletes. They do have L10s.
This dad was saying his daughter "might want to go elite someday", and that the coaches told him something akin to..."After Susie competes L10, if she wants to go elite, we will find a way to get her the training, whether it is here or elsewhere." The dad talked as if this was a fairly realistic possibility.
So assuming "Susie" rocks it in L7, 8, and 9, and moves up one level per year, she is on track to be a 14 year old 1st year L10. Even if Susie also rocks her first year of L10, is it realistic she could still have an elite career without ever doing all those 'elite' things all these Tops/Hopes/invite camp/top gym athletes have been doing since they were 8-10?
It seemed unrealistic to me short of her being an absolute 1 in a million standout talent, but of course I would never say that. But I can ask on CB.
So I'm truly curious - are there elites that come from a simple JO L10 path that just blossom in the mid-teens and they can end up with an elite career? Or are those days long past?
A gym dad I met recently was talking about his daughter. She is on track to be a 11 year old L7 next spring. She is a pretty high scorer at their gym, has placed well in compulsories, but their gym does not have elite athletes. They do have L10s.
This dad was saying his daughter "might want to go elite someday", and that the coaches told him something akin to..."After Susie competes L10, if she wants to go elite, we will find a way to get her the training, whether it is here or elsewhere." The dad talked as if this was a fairly realistic possibility.
So assuming "Susie" rocks it in L7, 8, and 9, and moves up one level per year, she is on track to be a 14 year old 1st year L10. Even if Susie also rocks her first year of L10, is it realistic she could still have an elite career without ever doing all those 'elite' things all these Tops/Hopes/invite camp/top gym athletes have been doing since they were 8-10?
It seemed unrealistic to me short of her being an absolute 1 in a million standout talent, but of course I would never say that. But I can ask on CB.
So I'm truly curious - are there elites that come from a simple JO L10 path that just blossom in the mid-teens and they can end up with an elite career? Or are those days long past?