DD is moving to team next week

[mariposamama]

Thanks guys for your advice and well wishes. Abby is so excited. I just hope she has as much fun as she thinks she is going to have. Her coach has her all pumped up about it. She is moving with 4 other girls, which I am happy about since they all get along pretty well.

[Megley]

Congrats to Abbie! I am quite sure she will be fine with the extra hours. My dd coped well with the move from 3 to 6 hours and she was only 4 at the time. It's good that they are easing them into the 10 hour schedule. She will have fun and she will learn in time how to pay better attention. If the coaches are good with discipline, it won't take long for them to get the hang of having fun while still working hard. She will be excited to be learning new skills. You will have to video the performance they are giving so we can see it.

Meg

[hunde2]

Congratulations.She will have fun on the team.

[Ingymmom]

Congrats to Abbie!!!!! I am sure she is so excited!!! No need to worry for a second, she is going to do fantastic & will love every minute of her extended hours. Let us know how she progresses.

[mariposamama]

i was looking at mom2kazkids (i think i got that wrong) videos and realized that they floor and beam is the L3 routine, except that they are having the girls that can do the handstand to bridge to kickover do that instead of the bridge up and kickover. the bars is just the L4 without the mill circle and front hip.

today is her first team practice. she is soo excited! will update tonight!

[gymmomntc2e6]

Hi -

I am not sure if DD will move to L4 or not. We have been pretty sure she will, but she is still shy a few skills and won't move up if she does not get them.

she needs to get her mill circle (has it but not consistently yet), needs front hip, needs to be able to hold the side handstand on beam for 1 sec.

pretty sure she is good on everything else. has ROBHS on floor and vertical handstand on beam. she can do the dismount on her floor beam at home. She has done the L4 bar dismount before and has her shoot through.

Please keep happy thoughts for her. she REALLY wants to move to L4 and works so hard ( I know that 99% of them work hard so I guess that is not relavent). She will be so disappointed if she has to do L3 again.

[mom2kazkids]

When does your level 4 season start? Here in WI comp season is from Sept to states in Dec, but because our gym is small and the owners are concerned about the post olympics increase, they have decided that the girls will comp in the winter season and for go states this year. It also easier for them since that is when the boys and the optional girls compete. This approach also gives the new level 4 and 5's time to get very comfortable with the routines.

In the last two weeks my DD has got her mill circle more times than she misses it, her level 4 dismount on beam, her tapper handstands are getting higher, and she can also do the ROBHS on the tumble track without spotting. So for her she still needs the front hip and level 4 vault since her level 3 vault was a dive roll. Our coaches are really not concerned that the new level 4 will not be ready by January. I am pleasently surprised at all that DD has accomplished in a short time.

gymmomntc2e6: Give it time and things will also click for your DD.

Barb

[mariposamama]

gymmomntc2e6-i hope that your DD gets all she needs to move her to L4 or they let her move anyway. that mill circle and the front hip are pretty hard. my DD doesn't have hers yet. it is so strange how different gyms can be. i would think the increase in hours would help her to get more skills and get stronger, etc. fingers crossed for her.

barb-not sure if your question was for me or gymmomntc2e6. if it was for me, DDs season runs from late september to march. states is in december though.

[mariposamama]

DD had her first team practice and she loved it. though i am sure she will be sore by tomorrow or the next day. LOL. they did a lot of conditioning and strength stuff. she said she really liked it and they already started working on the beginning of the L4 routine, though i hope she doesn't get confused with that and the L3 floor routine she is doing for the show.

overall, she had fun and the baby and i were so ready to go home. we are staying the whole time wednesday, but next week she is on her own. LOL. that is way to long to sit and watch her when you have a 2 year old to keep busy.

[gymmomntc2e6]

Our gym competes compulsory from Sept - Dec States are in Dec. Then they start right up with Optional Jan - April - States are in April.

she may move up anyway, but I did hear the coach go over the skills w/ the girls last night. She is posting the skills needed for each level and told them if they do not have the skills they will not do that level. DD does have one more meet, in May. She has the entire summer to get the few skills she needs so I think she will be ok. I don't want her to move to L4 not ready for it - that would not be fair to her or her team. I think it is just that we have been assuming (and we all know what happens when we do that LOL) that she would move up in June since she has her ROBHS and would get the other few skills over the summer. Now we are just not sure if it will work that way.