Hi to the OP and welcome to the site. I completely understand your confusion and frustration as you mention your context is your DS's baseball. I have one daughter in competitive gym and another in competitive softball. The philosophy is exactly the opposite of each other. We actually found...
I would ask the coaches what the longer term plan is for her. It seems like they know what they are doing so perhaps the long term plan makes a lot of sense. Repeat 3 to get a good base, have a solid year at 4, skip 5 and go 7? She may end up in the same place in 3 years with a stronger base...
This might be bringing up a can of worms but here we go. I agree, gymnasts and their parents make choices and life isn't fair. But help me understand your thoughts on this situation. My DD's goal is not college, it is simply to make it to level 10 and go to Nationals some day. She is...