Our gymnast went from being excited about the state meet (canceled), working on what she wanted in her optionals floor routine, talking about what bar and beam skills she still needed to get to be ready to compete L6, and home conditioning to telling us she wasn't going back. Our gym required us...
I think this Covid break may be the end for my gymnast too. She had a great season and was looking forward to the state meet and training for Level 6. She spent hours thinking about her upcoming floor routine. She's been out of the gym for 9 weeks and attends a twice weekly online conditioning...
Our state meet was cancelled too. My gymnast is really disappointed since she had a good season and was expecting to do well at the state meet. I wish they would send a state medal to gymnasts who were going to compete.
Well, I *thought* she had made a decision to retire, but for the past week she's been telling me she still wants to stay and compete. I think she's conflicted between liking gymnastics and wanting to do other things. I guess we may need a meeting with the coaches to decide if she should quit...
She's pretty much decided that maybe it's time to move on from gymnastics competition, but maybe do a rec class. We haven't met with the coaches and I'm not sure we even should. She seems relieved to have made a choice. She has one or more things that she wants to do instead and I'm OK with...
DD has been in gymnastics classes since she was a preschooler. She was almost immediately put on a team track. When it was time to move to team, she stayed in pre-team for another year because she was doing another activity that she wanted to finish. The next year she moved to Level 3 at age 10...