Parents Xcel platinum best practice group

[cyn5351]

Hello
My daughter's gym is having her repeat Platinum instead of Diamond or level 6. It's a small gym so multiple levels practice together. Last year Platinum practiced with level 6s & 7.
They have moved my daughter from that group and placed her in a gold/Platinum group.
I have done some researched and from what I can tell plat. Is more like optionals.
If she is in a group with golds ( and being a repeat Platinum) will she be training down? I have a problem with this move it this is the case.
We learned that plat. Is scored very different from gold as far a fluidity and connections.
Should I object to this move?
She actually did very well this season. Brought home 5 medals in every meet. She did have issues with beam but nothing she couldn't get past. She could move to diamond if coaches would let her.
If I am going to object to this placement, I need some solid information to back it up

 

[&bs]

The coaches will have placed her where they feel is most appropriate. They have moved her out of her current group and left her at Platinum for a reason, whether this is because of age, maturity, skill level, confidence or something else. Pushing to have her placed in a group and a level they deem inappropriate is not going to earn you any fans, and probably won’t be successful anyway. If most others moved up, It sounds like the other group will probably be Level 7/8 and Diamond, with the new Diamonds being the bottom of the pack, so a gymnast that is borderline Diamond/Level 6 at best would really struggle and not be working the same skill progressions.

 

[Dahlialover]

There is nothing inherently wrong with this placement. My son’s training group has one coach with 15 gymnasts ages 8-17 in levels 4-10 and it works great! An organized coach can easily provide individual stations and assignments and hold athletes to differing performance standards.

However, it is going to be important for your daughter to talk with the coach about her goals for the season and to follow up if she feels like she’s not progressing.

 

[Mom9024]

It's not unusual for girls in our gym and surrounding area to stay in an Xcel division for an additional year or two. They still progress. Is your DD the only XP practicing with XG, or are their other girls? Agree with OP that it's important for your DD to speak with her coach on her goals/skills she wants to work on.

 

[Pfiga]

In my daughter's gym most practice groups are mixed levels, for example some golds practice with silvers. There are also two groups (divided mostly by age/size) that are mixed gold, platinum, and diamond, and each gymnast practices at her level. There is no reason to think that a platinum training with golds would be training down - as said by others above, the coach should be able to give each of them relevant assignments.