I saw a thread about talent so this got me thinking that maybe I could get some advice from parents and coaches. My daughter is 4 so she can't compete until she is 6. Her coach approached me recently and told me that they are intentionally going to hold her back. I agreed at the time. She has been in the same preschool class (team track) for 2 years and is starting to express boredom and frustration in her current class. She is being separated for most of the class and is starting to notice. Her main coach has recently started doing a half hour private with her once a week but I would like her to be in a class at her level so that she could be with other kids. It would just be a more advanced preschool class, not competitive. She has 99% (yes, even a good round off backhandspring) of her level 4 skills but hasn't learned routines. I love this gym and wouldn't consider switching. We recently tried a new teacher that is working well with her in her class but she is also showing her new things that she is picking up very easily. She also takes dance and plays soccer for fun. I just would like to keep her in the gym and also help her with her frustration. Some of the girls she is in class with can't even do a pullover let alone a back hip circle. These are skills she had at 3. She sat down during a recent class during bar because she is frustrated. She has never done this before. She did get right back up when the coach told her too but she is trying to send us a message. Do I take her out and bring her back later, in a year or so? I don't want to do this because I think she will lose some of her strength and flexibility but I don't want her to associate gym with frustration and end up quitting on her own. Should I approach the coach? I have never done that because I think they are intelligent and know what they are doing. We do the preschool open gym occasionally but that sometimes is weird because she likes to do her floor skills, beam skills, and level 4 bar routine and people freak out and don't leave us just to play. She is small for her age too so she looks younger than 4 so we always get "how old is she". I get that just because she is talented now doesn't mean she will be later but I want her to be able to continue to progress if she can.