Years and years of hard work, dedication, high highs and low lows and she saw her ultimate dream come true today. She signed her NLI and is officially a Sooner (still waiting on the official college acceptance). I feel like I've been part of CB forever so I just had to share this momentous...
My daughter started doing TOPS at about age 8 (never qualified for national testing). She started training for hopes when she was a level 10 at 10 years old. She never trained more than 24 hours per week. 30 hours at that age and level is ridiculous. If she is truly that talented she doesn't...
As a mom of a kid who is entering her 7th year as a level 10 I would not recommend doing this. There is already going to be years of wear and tear on their poor little bodies. And I feel like the schools will question why they repeated a grade as it is definitely not the norm in gymnastics.
Dang, we did one official visit and honestly that was plenty. Doing 8 to 10 just seems exhausting. She's going to be taking visits into December potentially.
Dropping in to say hi as well!! Lily is officially a senior and is more than ready to start her next chapter at OU. It's been quite the amazing journey so far, can't wait to cheer her on in the NCAA!
This is correct. All level 10s are eligible to qualify to the NLC regardless of what session you are in. The premier session at the larger qualifiers are just a way to have the top level 10s in the same session. It's so interesting to me the difference in qualifiers. My daughter has only done 2...