This was me when my YdD was asked to pre-pre-team when she was 3. It was 3 days a week for an hour and a half. A few weeks later my 5 year old was asked to pre-team, this was 6 hour a week, 3 practices a week... I had no idea what that meant at the time. But what I knew was.... my kids live...
At 5 my youngest was training l3 and went 9 hours a week. She started competing 3 beginning of 1st grade right after she turned 6. 9 hours a week. 4 days a week. That was two seasons and now she's finally a l4 and training 12 hours a week, going into 3rd grade :) your daughter will adjust and...
" Most of the families who do their hours seem to have at least a little fun. Dads bonding over putting together a spring floor and filling barrels to hold down equipment is great because they aren't always as visible and involved. Helping to run a meet also gives the parents a different...
Every gym is different. I know my daughters had to had ROBHS on tumble trak before attempting on floor. But this was when they were pre-team. My youngest was 5 at the time.
My kids gym will do scholarships on a needs basis. However I do not think it comes from boosters, I believe it has to do with the gym owners discounting the rate depending.
My kids gym has basically no booster club, but they do some fundraisers and the are a 5013C as well. I would say that our club has significantly lower monthly tuition than other clubs with BIG boosters that cover meets fees etc. I donate probably 20 hours a year of time to our booster, I...
My hubby made beam for my girls 3 years ago. It has since been retired and now we have tape in the living room for "beam" I think it helped them with handstands on beam, but that's just me. I thought it was more annoying than anything and in the way. I cannot even tell you how many times I hurt...
My kids gym often repeats 3 or 4, but typically not both. My kiddos both repeated level 3 last season and I thought it was good for building confidence and uptraining next level skills. They are more than ready for level 4 now and have most if not all 5 skills too. But many gyms in this area...
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Thank you. We switched from another gym to this one 3 years ago. Other gym had my taller dd on JO track. Other gym is more successful which I'm sure is why they kept her in that path. But I agree if she is strong and works hard that is all that matters :)
I have 2 girls on team. One little tiny 7 year old and one taller 9 year old (4'3" which really is average, but when you compare to tiny girls she looks huge) last parent meeting the coach told me that my oldest is probably too tall for JO which shocked me considering she competed the last two...