3LittleGymmies
Proud Parent
- Mar 5, 2013
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I think that there is value in it, but it's not 100% necessary and not doing it doesn't necessarily mean that you won't get far in this sport. One of my girls started at 3. She did a year of rec before going onto pre-team and went through each pre-team level. She went onto old 4 at 7 1/2. She is almost 10 and going into Level 6. Another one of my daughter's went onto pre-team from nothing at 5 1/2 for 6 months and then went onto Level 3. She is far beyond where my older daughter was at her age. There are girls on her team that did years of pre-team, girls who were pulled from rec, and girl's who did nothing. We also have a 3 year old who I think has more NATURAL talent than my other two combined and having learned what I have, I'm not in a rush to get her onto pre-team because I really don't think that she will have an issue walking onto team (which she can't do for 3 years anyway) and I don't think that her form/strength/flexibility/etc. will suffer from not doing pre-team because she just seems to have "it" and while my other two girls are beautiful gymnasts and work very hard and progress fairly quickly, neither one seems to have a future in elite. (Not to mention, we can't afford pre-team with two already on team, haha!)