How long does it take to get to Level 4?

[Blackie6]

Maybe depends on the gym? We had a couple older girls join our gym from another one. They were pushed right thru L4 season into L5 so they would be with more girls their own age. A couple of them picked up skills so quickly they will probably go to L6 right away. One girl was also a cheerleader with nice tumbling skills. Floor is her best event. Our gym is pretty small though and doesn't have "rules" about staying in one level for either certain amount of time or certain scores. We only have a pre-team with girls ages 4-6 on it so "new" older girls usually are tested and either go to the L4 team or our JOGA team to try it our first. I know at our state meet there were quite a large number of 9 year olds, but the biggest group was the 8's so your DD is by no means too old yet if she wanted to start! Good Luck!

[Gymnasticsgirl521]

As everyone has stated it all depends on the child. I know there are girls that are on team at our gym that had started in the regular classes and never was on Pre-team that are Level 4. I would talk to the coaches and see what they think. Sounds like she is advanced on the floor for sure.

What is the Mason Dixon? I haven't heard about it before.

[MdGymMom01]

Thanks Everyone! The Mason Dixon League is a Maryland based thing, I think. My DD is in a Spring Break camp at the gym this week and her coach is already teaching her some Level 4 skills on the events. There are only about 4 or 5 kids in the camp so far this week, so she gets a lot of individual attention which is a great benefit to her at this stage! Her coach says that she is progressing rather quickly just for a few days and is hoping that she can be competition ready for Level 4 by December. She has a lot of work to do, but she is a very hard worker and loves it so far.
We'll see how she does over the summer. She's very excited to say the least!!
K