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A little background. I have a 6yo level 4 who has a fair amount of talent, she has been doing gymnastics for less than a year and a half, she is a determined little child and knows what she wants and what she needs to do to get it. She loves to win but loves more the challenge of winning, the striving to get ahead of the person ahead of her, she *loves* when people are “betterâ€-the push if you will. She wants what she wants and will work hard to get what ever goal she puts in front of herself.. (I wish my lvl 7 would borrow some of this, lol). She had a discussion with her coach last week and let her know that she has zero intention of doing lvl 5, she plans on lvl 6 and what does she need to do-her words. Her coach is just fine with her skipping lvl 5, we are at a gym that doesn’t often skip children but it does happen. She told my dd she will compete as a lvl 5 in May to score out (she will be 7 end of April) and she will need to have certain skills beforehand. She has her flyaway, she can go over the table (her 1st meet she scored a 9.5 on vault), she has made her kip on low bar, has her round off back handspring back tuck on tramp, can jump from low bar to high bar, baby giant, giant on strap bar, so she is well on her way to lvl 6 skills. She corners coaches and convinces them to teach/spot her for what ever skill she wants to learn when ever she gets a chance.
I am undecided. I have a 12yo lvl 7 who started late (9), who also is very talented and doing well/holding her own. If all goes well she will be a lvl 10 in a few years at about 15 (her coach feels she is fully capable of one year at each lvl). To me that seems a good age to be in that spot.. but I don’t know. Seems even a 'late' start and a year per level is working just fine for her. It has been said to me I should “fast track†my 6yo.. but why? We are a good gym, a team of a 100+, just signed two for full rides so I trust where they will end up. BUT how do you figure out the line of a child needing more challenge/bigger skills vs taking it slow. I don’t want her to get board which was an issue earlier in the year nor do I want to push her little body more than it needs to. To add to that she is already in physical therapy for her continued sprained ankle...,she has broken a foot at gymnastics too.
How do I figure out the best course for her..???
I am undecided. I have a 12yo lvl 7 who started late (9), who also is very talented and doing well/holding her own. If all goes well she will be a lvl 10 in a few years at about 15 (her coach feels she is fully capable of one year at each lvl). To me that seems a good age to be in that spot.. but I don’t know. Seems even a 'late' start and a year per level is working just fine for her. It has been said to me I should “fast track†my 6yo.. but why? We are a good gym, a team of a 100+, just signed two for full rides so I trust where they will end up. BUT how do you figure out the line of a child needing more challenge/bigger skills vs taking it slow. I don’t want her to get board which was an issue earlier in the year nor do I want to push her little body more than it needs to. To add to that she is already in physical therapy for her continued sprained ankle...,she has broken a foot at gymnastics too.
How do I figure out the best course for her..???