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My daughter is a 6-year-old Level 4. She is currently scoring in the 37's with 2 months to go until states. I asked her coach the other day what she anticipated for my daughter for next year, and she said that she thinks she will have her repeat Level 4.
I do not want my daughter to repeat Level 4. She thrives on challenges and does best when she is pushed. When she saw that another girl in her group do a kip, my daughter was determined to get hers, and she got her kip the same day. When a teammate made a cast to handstand, my daughter made sure that she made one the same day. I am afraid that if she is put back on Level 4 that she will just work at that level instead of pushing herself to what she is capable of (I don't care how far she goes with gymnastics, but I would like her to learn positive life lessons from it).
Right now she has her kip, cast/squat on, front handspring, robhsbhs, and her cartwheel on high beam (some of the time). The coach told me she wants to keep her back because of "fear issues." The only fear issue I have seen is the fear of jumping to the high bar. Yesterday, my daughter was doing kip, cast squat on, but then she would jump off instead of jumping to the high bar. She is a small girl, and the bars were set on FIG.
Since the Level 5 year doesn't start (for our gym) until mid-June, why would the coach be expecting her to LEARN to jump to the high bar on FIG (when she is only 46 inches tall)? Wouldn't it make more sense to start her on a closer setting, build her confidence, and then move the bars out when she is actually on Level 5?
I am getting the feeling that they want her on Level 4 again, and they are just finding reasons to keep her there. I'm not sure the best way to handle this situation, and I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks.
I do not want my daughter to repeat Level 4. She thrives on challenges and does best when she is pushed. When she saw that another girl in her group do a kip, my daughter was determined to get hers, and she got her kip the same day. When a teammate made a cast to handstand, my daughter made sure that she made one the same day. I am afraid that if she is put back on Level 4 that she will just work at that level instead of pushing herself to what she is capable of (I don't care how far she goes with gymnastics, but I would like her to learn positive life lessons from it).
Right now she has her kip, cast/squat on, front handspring, robhsbhs, and her cartwheel on high beam (some of the time). The coach told me she wants to keep her back because of "fear issues." The only fear issue I have seen is the fear of jumping to the high bar. Yesterday, my daughter was doing kip, cast squat on, but then she would jump off instead of jumping to the high bar. She is a small girl, and the bars were set on FIG.
Since the Level 5 year doesn't start (for our gym) until mid-June, why would the coach be expecting her to LEARN to jump to the high bar on FIG (when she is only 46 inches tall)? Wouldn't it make more sense to start her on a closer setting, build her confidence, and then move the bars out when she is actually on Level 5?
I am getting the feeling that they want her on Level 4 again, and they are just finding reasons to keep her there. I'm not sure the best way to handle this situation, and I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks.