I just found out that my daughters pre team coach plans to move almost all of her class up except her, and her coach mostly implied it was because she is still young, and not because she was lacking skills- she also said that my daughter would be in the more advanced group for her current level.
I don’t want to push a level up if my daughter isn’t ready, but I also feel like she is on the stronger end in her class (I also coach and have even subbed her class) and she will be crushed to see all her friends move up without her although she isn’t lacking skills and is working hard. I understand that she isn’t as physically mature as some of the 7 year olds in class though, and although she has some really beautiful skills she is still 5 and sometimes does 5 year old things! (Although the coach is thinking about moving another 5 year old in her class.)
My daughter is very smart (only child who spends a lot of time around adults or at the gym) and I am struggling imagining explaining this to her as she has been talking about moving up since the summer when some of her class was moved up, and I know she will be absolutely crushed to find out that pretty much her entire class was moved except her and there is essentially no reason except there not really being a rush with her.
This is not happening right away- I did tell her coach to let me know when it would be happening so I could potentially prep her for it so she isn’t totally surprised, and I did let her know she would be really disappointed.
If anyone has advice I would appreciate it!
I know it’s not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but I finally feel like my daughter is wanting to do gymnastics vs. just doing it out of convenience since I am always there and I just really don’t want her to be discouraged!
I don’t want to push a level up if my daughter isn’t ready, but I also feel like she is on the stronger end in her class (I also coach and have even subbed her class) and she will be crushed to see all her friends move up without her although she isn’t lacking skills and is working hard. I understand that she isn’t as physically mature as some of the 7 year olds in class though, and although she has some really beautiful skills she is still 5 and sometimes does 5 year old things! (Although the coach is thinking about moving another 5 year old in her class.)
My daughter is very smart (only child who spends a lot of time around adults or at the gym) and I am struggling imagining explaining this to her as she has been talking about moving up since the summer when some of her class was moved up, and I know she will be absolutely crushed to find out that pretty much her entire class was moved except her and there is essentially no reason except there not really being a rush with her.
This is not happening right away- I did tell her coach to let me know when it would be happening so I could potentially prep her for it so she isn’t totally surprised, and I did let her know she would be really disappointed.
If anyone has advice I would appreciate it!
I know it’s not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but I finally feel like my daughter is wanting to do gymnastics vs. just doing it out of convenience since I am always there and I just really don’t want her to be discouraged!