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I think if your daughter has good grades missing 3 hrs a week is not going to affect her grades. My daughter at 8 missed one afternoon a week. It was never a problem with the school and her teachers, they we're very accommodating. Her grades never suffered from missing the afternoon. She's...

My daughter was level 6 last season in a gym with pit. She has since moved to a gym without a pit but has a great coach who spots for everything. For info she is 10. I think that as long as her coaches are spotting you don't need a pit. My daughter is now working on level 9 skills. She has...

Thanks again for all the reply's and information. We have made our decision to move from the gym our daughter is at now to a smaller gym more focused on skills with some competition. Thanks again for everyone's input

Thanks again for all the reply's. I do understand that at 10 it is still fun and gymnastics for my daughter is fun, including conditioning. Right now she is at a gym where they are not working on new skills which she is finding frustrating. She has been at the same gym for 8 years and we...

She competed level 6. We're switching gyms for various reasons, the biggest being coaching issues. She will compete at the other gym at invitational meets if she doesn't have the skills, I think the coach wants to focus on skills for a while not just routines. When he said it to me it made...

Thanks for all the reply's. More info is that we are looking to change gyms. My daughter is 10 and has competed provincially. One gym I went to only wants to train elite athletes so does not compete at the provincial level. He is willing to train her but she may not have the skills yet for...

Hi, this is my first post, have been lurking and reading here for a while. I'm in the process of looking for a new gym for my daughter. Should a gymnast try to learn as many skills as possible before she hits puberty or should she compete? Thanks