I started late too, I started when i was 9 in a rec program, and I moved up to team in a few months, As a 14 year old I am currently training for level 9 and i'm moving up to level 10 next season. Before that though, when I was 8, i did a simple tumbling program from a flyer they gave out at...
What makes it good: The coaches can teach you so much in one day, i got my aerial from only doing gymnastics every Friday once a week, on my 5th 'week' I got my aerial.
Whats not-so good: Some of the coaches are really intense and yell at you, like one of the coaches at my gym, she was yelling...