My twin 4 year old girls have recently been invited onto the "team" they have just recently completed their first 10 sessions. Their only gymnastics prior to that was I think a half day week long camp last summer and a hip hop tumble class which was pretty basic in a dance studio. They literally will do cartwheels all over the place (I have to tell them to stop in stores etc..) 2 different instructors talked to me regarding "team" one was during a make-up class...the instructor came out about half way through class to talk to me after they learned how to do (I think he called it a pullover) and apparently were catching on very quickly to different skills. On a side note between the two of them they are doing very good cartwheels, one-armed cartwheels, one-armed round offs, round offs, chin up, and I don't know what it is called but it is like a handstand, fall over to feet and kick back over...also they seem to be very strong considering how little they are. I am skeptical for them to go into a 3 day a week training at this age, but would hate to hold them back if they really have a lot of potential. I also of course realize this makes more money for the gym and would be skeptical of that if I didn't see how good they seem to be compared to others in their classes (in Montana for summer and just took them to a class here and I believe it was 4-6 yr olds and there were 8 girls and again they stood out, which is why I am on here now =)
Another side note, my husband played collegiate basketball and I varsity lettered in 6 different sports and earned All-American honors in college in volleyball (saying this to say we know competitive sports but not really much about gymnastics =)! Please help, any advice would be greatly appreciated...glad I found this site! THANKS SO MUCH!
Another side note, my husband played collegiate basketball and I varsity lettered in 6 different sports and earned All-American honors in college in volleyball (saying this to say we know competitive sports but not really much about gymnastics =)! Please help, any advice would be greatly appreciated...glad I found this site! THANKS SO MUCH!