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MasterPuppeteer
Greetings fellow gymnastics parents! So glad to have found this forum. Both my kids, 7-year old Science Boy and 5-year old Ballerina Girl, started going to twice-weekly recreational gymnastics classes this Fall. They go to a serious gym with Olympians in their roster of alumni. There are tons of teams practicing all the time (I often wonder how they parcel out which team gets to train in what apparatus -- there doesn't seem to be any too much equipment hogging/waiting around going on). I'm totally and completely new to the world of gymnastics and so have some questions about the way classes are structured.
I know there are two kinds of gymnasts, at least in our gym -- ones who are "recreational" and ones who are on the "teams." There is also something called "pre-team." My first question:
1. Is being in a team inevitable? After you reach a certain age and level (Science Boy and Ballerina Girl are both in Levels 2/3 in our gym), do they then move on to teams?
2. If not, then how long can you be a recreational gymnast? Those are the gymnasts who don't compete, right? They just go to classes. Can you go all the way thru high school? What if you're a varsity athlete in another sport and just want to take gymnastics as a supplement to your training? Is that possible?
That's all, folks!
I know there are two kinds of gymnasts, at least in our gym -- ones who are "recreational" and ones who are on the "teams." There is also something called "pre-team." My first question:
1. Is being in a team inevitable? After you reach a certain age and level (Science Boy and Ballerina Girl are both in Levels 2/3 in our gym), do they then move on to teams?
2. If not, then how long can you be a recreational gymnast? Those are the gymnasts who don't compete, right? They just go to classes. Can you go all the way thru high school? What if you're a varsity athlete in another sport and just want to take gymnastics as a supplement to your training? Is that possible?
That's all, folks!