My 9 year old daughter is a L5 in Australia and does 14 hours per week over 4 days. She doesn't have any other scheduled activities and likes to watch tv, watch stuff of YouTube, play and hangout with the local kids at the park across the road from us and she loves doing art and crafts.
What do you mean by their "body shape" policy and their Talent ID criteria? My DD will be attending the assessment at WAIS in a few weeks and I'm curious to know.
At the moment its a 10 minute drive but we are currently building a new home which will make it a 30 minute drive.
It works out good though because if she trains in the afternoon I drop her off and my husband picks her up on the way home from work.
My daughter has been asked to attend a talent ID day at the Western Australian Institute of Sport in a few weeks time. She's currently NDP2 and turning 8 in September. I was interested in what hours would be required for training and the costs involved if accepted. And also any advice or...
My DD gymmie is nearly 8 and is petite and lean. She was beautiful to watch when it comes to the beam and floor because she has that dancer's flair.
I've seen gymnasts of all body types and sizes so I guess there isn't a stereotype.
All this competitive gymnastics has happened quite quickly to our family but sharing info from our situation. Our 7 yr old daughter has just started doing NDP2 today and she will be doing 9 hrs of training over 3 days. Quite a change from her previous I club level 1 training which was 2.5 hrs on...
Wish I knew of this section earlier! Miss 7 has just been accepted in her club's National Development Program squad, level 2. She's only really been doing competitive gymnastics for a year now so she is progressing very well and enjoying it a lot.
I love this forum because we are a novice...
Thanks all for your replies, thoughts and advice. Currently I work 19 hrs over 2-2.5 days per week and I am permanent part time meaning my hours and days are not flexible. I could change my employment status to casual which means I don't have a set roster and can take or leave offered work as it...
Hi everyone, first post!
Bit about us...my 7 yr old DD started rec gym last year at non competitive club and enjoyed it. I decided to change to a nearby competitive club at the start of this year and straight away she was asked to do a trial session for Club Level 1 (I'm in Australia). She was...