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This reminds me of what could be a cautionary tale I know of a girl who started gymnastics at the ripe old age of 9 as a level 4. She had impressive talent and in about a year was competing level 8. She trained at WOGA, and she qualified for JO Nationals multiple times. One day, she was doing a...

Our practice was effectively cancelled for the night, although "officially" it was still on. So, everyone takes the hit in terms of tuition.

Yea, I think perhaps "unqualified" was too strong a word in this instance. The girl shows determination and they have to travel 90 minutes a day to get to and back from gym. She definitely wants it! There was a lot of grumbling from parents whose girls are training at the level she was placed...

Yes you're probably right, there must have been some communication before that - but it was just presented to the coach by the owner, as if it was decided unilaterally with no input from her. The girl has determination, and she's focused, all pluses!

By unqualified, I mean no skills at all. Not even cartwheel!

Is it true that gym owners consider Team as unprofitable? Some owners I have heard will use this as a threat, like "There are other gyms out there. You guys don't make me any money, it's my way or the highway!". I can see how rec could be more profitable on a per hour basis - but doesn't the...

LOL, I know right? That's just crazy. I've mostly resisted the instagymmie thing - only following my DD's gym and the senior elite from our gym. I occasionally do post photos of my DD doing gymnasticy moves, but it's only because I shot it on a 50 year old medium format film camera. I get...

My daughter fractured her knee cap when she was practicing on the strap bar. She was just about to start her level 4 season and it was effectively ended before it even started. She was out for almost 4 months.The following April she was back in full training and by September she was able to test...

Thanks for that, your search skills are better than mine! It's really interesting to see the magnitude of how the compulsory changes in 2013 affected the L5 roster. It closely resembles the L5-> L6 2008 figures that were out there, which makes sense. There are also 1000 more girls in L10 than in...

Are there publically available numbers regarding the number of current gymnasts in USAG, grouped by level? The only published statistics I could find are from 2008. It was fascinating looking at the groups and the data trends. Wouldn't mind seeing if those trends are still valid (like the large...

Oh wow, 7th grade! I guess I should not be surprised, we have a girl in our gym who was a National Team Member since 2013, she committed when she was 14 as well. When I heard that I thought that was a bit early, but now I know better - thanks to everyone for the explanation!

Wait, is that really a thing? Level 10 by 9th grade to qualify? Why is that? Is that a hard and fast rule that colleges follow? Have there been exceptions? You are right about the dangers of relying on a scholarship, I say that all the time. Gymnastics is not cheap, the money you put into it...

Just introducing myself - my daughter is starting her first year as an 11 YO Optional at level 6. She was a late starter as an 8 YO but was lucky enough to get onto the level 3 team for that season. It's been quite an adventure since then, full of ups and downs. She won her session/division at...