My daughter is fairly new to gymnastics. She did 2 rec. classes then went to preteam. She then went to level 3 and competed for the fall and has also competed this spring as a level 3 (has one more meet). My daughter could have moved to level 4 after the fall season but chose to compete one more season as a level 3 because she was still new to competing and I also felt scoring a little higher would be good for her confidence. Her first season she scored an average of 5th AA. This past season she has done amazing. In 3 of the 4 meet she has scored 1st AA, and at the last meet scored first in everything but 2nd on floor. She has a lot of natural ability and absolutely loves gymnastics. She is 9 and I think it may have been a good thing she was a little older starting because she has not had time to get tired of it because she has not been doing it for years. Anyways, just wanted to give a little background on my daughter since I am new on here! My question is that her HC told me a few weeks ago that she wants to move her up to level 5 for the summer. My daugher has been getting a little bored lately in class and already has all the level 4 skills as well as some of the level 5 and 6 skills but is this jump going to be hard on her? I know from reading on here that kips are hard to learn and I do not want her to get frustrated. I DO want her to be challenged but not to the point where it is overwhelming. Just wanted your thoughts on this and wonder if anyone whose daughters may have done this could tell me how your daughters did with it? Thanks in advance!