Ok, having a crazy gym mom moment and I need to vent! My DD competed L6 this past season and did fairly well. We get official placements for next year in a few weeks, however I found out from her coaches already that she is being placed in the 5/6 group for next year. This means she will either compete new 5 or new 6 - the coaches will decide which level the entire group will be competing after they learn the new compulsory routines in a few weeks. I guess I'm just frustrated because my DD and her entire team is expecting to move to L7 or at least new 6 and now there is a distinct possibility that she may be competing L5. A little background - her lowest AA at L6 this year was a mid 34, most meets were mid to high 35's, with a couple of 36's thrown in. Her entire team is pretty good and those scores put her right about the middle of the pack. She won each individual event at least once throughout the season, placed 1st AA once and placed top 5 AA every meet except for one. Am I wrong to feel frustrated that she is basically repeating here?? I love our coaches and usually trust their decisions without question, but I'm having a little trouble with this one. From what I have seen, new L5 seems to be a bit watered down from old 6, and new 6 could actually end up being a little easier even than new 5 and many people think it is pretty useless. I think with her scores she is more than proficient at old L6, and I don't feel like she needs to be scoring 38's before she can move up and be a successful optional. She also just turned 12 so she was not a really young L6 this year either. We have a few weeks before the new training groups are put into place so I do plan to have a meeting with the coaches to find out exactly what their reasoning is, but for today I just needed to vent and try not to be a CGM!