Snack in the car - string cheese and chocolate milk (lot of dairy, but it doesn’t seem to bother her and she is an extremely picky eater), then dinner after practice.
Home, shower, dinner, homework and bed. She only has 1.5 hours between when she gets home and bedtime, so she tries to do any...
My daughter also loves bars clearly the most, and it’s her best. She also says she does not want to start competitions on beam - she says she’s wobbly when she starts there! But she likes them all.
My daughter is going to be 11 in level 4 this upcoming year. It seems crazy to shut down XL and not allow gymnasts that want to compete to shift to JO if they are willing to put in the time. Our gym does skew a little older, and they don’t have an XL program at all…
Most of the time is spent at practice and if she is happy where she is, practicing with the girls she’s with and the coaches she has, I also would lean toward keeping a good situation. There are some gyms where larger teams have bullying issues and you don’t want to walk into a problem you...