Breaking down age groups

[bigtiny]

Wow - I guess that puts it in perspective! I think we were most frustrated with the fact the the age groups sizes were UNEQUAL, not that they were so large. When you are paying $75 meet fee, it seems that the gym can do better...

Anyway, it seems like this problem is universal!

[Mom to two gymnast]

We have seen this at some meets we go to as well. It is really frustrating for those lumped!

[Aussie_coach]

What I find sad is how few gymnasts there are in your 12 years and above age group for level 4. Really this should be the biggest group as it covers all ages from 12, right through the teen years and up to and including adults. There is no shortage in the gymnastics world of beginners in the teenage and adult age groups. Why are these people not competing?

[fruitcake]

level 4 is beginner gymnasts but you don't usually see many teens. right or wrong, by that age they are frequently considered too late to start competing OR often they skip that level because they have the ability to do level 5 skills and don't necessarily need the year of experience competing at a lower level since they are more mature. I know we don't have anyone under 10 on our level 4 team and rarely do. there are probably few in the rec program past the age of 10 or 11. other gyms are different, i know we compete against several in our state that have older gymnasts at level 4. i don't know if some gyms are just known as more 'open' to older beginners or what?