dani4
Proud Parent
I just found out that my 7 year old daughter has been promoted a class level! It's now "real" pre-team, and looking at the new gym schedule it seems that it's now the last level before team.
She is over the moon! I'm excited for her too. She really deserves this. She has worked very hard for it. I first posted in CB 2 1/2 years ago wondering if I should let her do the pre-pre-team class. She has always had coordination issues, and she is not a natural athlete. She is tall and lanky, not super coordinated or super strong, but she has enough to get by. One of her preschool coaches thought it was a great idea, and the other one gave me a look and said "well it can't hurt to try, but I never would have pegged her for pre-team." In the beginning DD used to tremble like crazy on the balance beam, and she always wanted her coach to hold her hand (but the coaches were good at standing next to her and making her do it alone). She spent 2 years in the beginner pre-team class, and I kept expecting the coach to recommend that she go to rec. She sort of did, at one point, but said that she could stay in the pre-team class if she really wanted to. And DD did want to, so she stayed.
Over the last year I've seen her blossom into an athlete. She climbs the rope swing in our backyard for fun. She ran the most laps of all the 1st grade girls at the jog-a-thon. She is always in motion, doing push-ups and cartwheels and bridges.
DD is still going to have to fight for her chance, and I know there are going to be many more obstacles to overcome. But it's so cool that she has made it this far, I am so proud of her! Now I know that she is much more capable than anyone gave her credit for- and more importantly, she really truly believes in herself too.
She is over the moon! I'm excited for her too. She really deserves this. She has worked very hard for it. I first posted in CB 2 1/2 years ago wondering if I should let her do the pre-pre-team class. She has always had coordination issues, and she is not a natural athlete. She is tall and lanky, not super coordinated or super strong, but she has enough to get by. One of her preschool coaches thought it was a great idea, and the other one gave me a look and said "well it can't hurt to try, but I never would have pegged her for pre-team." In the beginning DD used to tremble like crazy on the balance beam, and she always wanted her coach to hold her hand (but the coaches were good at standing next to her and making her do it alone). She spent 2 years in the beginner pre-team class, and I kept expecting the coach to recommend that she go to rec. She sort of did, at one point, but said that she could stay in the pre-team class if she really wanted to. And DD did want to, so she stayed.
Over the last year I've seen her blossom into an athlete. She climbs the rope swing in our backyard for fun. She ran the most laps of all the 1st grade girls at the jog-a-thon. She is always in motion, doing push-ups and cartwheels and bridges.
DD is still going to have to fight for her chance, and I know there are going to be many more obstacles to overcome. But it's so cool that she has made it this far, I am so proud of her! Now I know that she is much more capable than anyone gave her credit for- and more importantly, she really truly believes in herself too.
