*sniff* I feel so left out. Any L4 repeaters?

[Megley]

Blackie, my 6 yo dd very likey will be repeating L4 as well and she does not have the option of doing an L5 season since we have only one season. Right now they are working all L5 stuff but unless she gets her kip by the end of the summer with good form, she will be repeating. The L5 floor routine is a big change from L4 and I imagine it would be difficult to learn it quickly, but beam should not be hard. The beam routines are not vastly different. We had one little girl do both L4 and L5 meets in the same season (due to turning 7 mid-way through) and she was able to remember both routines and not mess up and do something like a double bhs at the end of the L4 routine! As much as I would like my dd to do L5 this year, it probably would not hurt her to mature a bit more and have more success at L4. Our gym tries to skip L6 all together so I definitely want her to repeat either L4 or L5. Anyway, we will probably be joining you in the repeating group!

Meg

[Panda-girl's Mom]

I am not sure if my daughter will be repeating level 4 or moving on to level 5. I think the gym will decide at the end of the summer season since last year they did not decide until the end of the summer to put her on the team. This makes sense since they have all summer to get there level five skills. I will try not to stress about it and just trust the coaches to put her where she needs to be since they have more experience with this. I figure she will do better in the meets as a repeat level four although if she moves up she might be more challenged and motivated. Unfortunately I can tell my daughter is already stressed about it she is talking already about it and speculating what level she will be in the fall.

[melmonette]

awwwwwww your daughter will do great Blackie Emily didn't have that option and she won't compete level 5 till November since our season doesn't start till then but I would have loved it if she did because she is more than ready already and we are just training right now. We don't even work routines but she has them down

[Ingymmom]

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Originally Posted by Blackie6 I am so excited for all the new L4's joining, it is so much fun reading the posts about new girls/parents starting out and getting new skills and getting ready to compete for the first time. But, anyone here doing another L4 season? My dd was 6 and so will do another L4 season as a 7 yr old and then go right into L5 as a 7/8 yr old so we will probably be doing meets from Sept til May. Do most gymnast do a back-to-back season from L4 to L5? How hard is it?

WOW! GULP - how many meets total? Thats a long season. We don't have back-to-back seasons here, but I bet that it will be a very exciting time for J - especially if she will be getting to compete her new routines as a L5. A long season of one level might get old toward the end, but mixing it up could really make for a great time - I am so excited to hear how this season goes for all of the girls that have been here since pre-team (sniff) & already competed their first seasons - it just amazes me. Time goes by too fast... They are all growing up.

[Gymnasticsgirl521]

we have about 50-60% of our L4 staying L4. All of our L5 are staying L5. So I know our gym isn't having a lot of movment this year. Good luck I am sure it will all work out for the best.