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My 5 yr old boy goes to gym once a week. He is naturally very stong and coaches are now hands on with strecthing him. He has little to no flexibility but lots of strength and skills. My 5yr old is really focussing on the strecthing and starting to not want to go. He cried last week when he was...

Thanks for all the advice, I think I'll leave them where they are for the moment, and by the summer I should hopefully have an idea if the gym has any plans for them, if not I will let them trial at another gym and see how they get on and if they like it. I'd rather change in the summer to let...

yea it would be temporary. I am considering letting them trial for development at the new club but keeping up one general at their current club until September, and then if their current club hasn't started a development group and if this was what they still wanted to do I would consider moving...

These boys were in development at 5 and started competing at 8, they just haven't ran a development group since. I just don't know how late I can leave it. I guess they pick up lots of bad habits in general as there are so many kids in the class, whereas they get more attention on form and...

Thanks, has anyone ever had their children train at 2 different gyms or is this a conflict of interest?

They do boys competitive gym - they have a very successful programme, but due to current coaching capacity they have no development, youngest squad boys are 10. I just don't know whether to keep waiting, they do enjoy their current gym or take the plunge and move, when I don't really want them...

I have two boys in gymnastics, age 5 and 6. They have both been attending since pre-school and love it. Their current gym does not have a development squad but may start one in September. They went to a fun day session at another gym over the holidays as I needed childcare that day and their...

I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum but just wandered if anyone could advise me on this? My kids came out of their last gym class saying their arm/wrist hurt as the coach squeezed too hard when spotting their front somersault. I didn't collect them on this day otherwise I would have checked...

I love this!!! Should be shown to all new gym mums (like me), it has given me some much needed perspective and I'm just going to enjoy seeing my son enjoy gym and not worry about how he progresses, just as long as he is having fun

Listening and focus etc is definitely not the problem, nor is his skill base or strength. I truly feel he is being held back, and it may be for a good reason, I just wondered if coaches ever did this?

Can a coach help with this? Do young kids ever get held back for any reason, and if so what kind of reasons?

Well it seems they aren't selecting any gymnasts to squad/team at the moment. Do coaches ever hold any children back for any reason? I feel this is happening with my son, and if I knew there was a reason for it I would feel ok but there is no real communication. My son is settled and happy in...

Wow thank you all for your replies!!!! I will try and speak to the coach to see if he can do anything extra, but he's having fun and I guess he plays it at home so much coz he loves what he does in class!

My son is desperate to join the team at his gym. However each gym seems to have different ages for kids to join teams, some 4 and some 6. Does it matter how old they are to start team training? He is coming 5 but has been able to do everything in his class for a while and I don't want him to get...