Momma Bear
Proud Parent
My daughter will be a junior this year. She’s competed 2 years at level 9 (both wonky because of Covid). She has desires of doing college gymnastics and realizes it will be D3, if at all. My question is, do you think it would be better for her to compete level 10 this year or do another year of 9? If she did 10, she’d be a low level 10. I think she has a 10 beam routine but would have lower starting values on the other events.
Obviously, her coach makes this decision but I’m just wondering, as a parent, if she does 9 again, would her dreams of college gym be over?
We’ve tried to tell her about acro and tumbling but as of now she doesn’t seem interested in that. She just loves gymnastics and really wants the chance to continue doing it after high school.
She’s also heard the colleges with clubs don’t have coaches and she says she doesn’t want to just train on her own.
Thanks so much for any suggestions you may have! I feel clueless and want to help her reach her goals.
Obviously, her coach makes this decision but I’m just wondering, as a parent, if she does 9 again, would her dreams of college gym be over?
We’ve tried to tell her about acro and tumbling but as of now she doesn’t seem interested in that. She just loves gymnastics and really wants the chance to continue doing it after high school.
She’s also heard the colleges with clubs don’t have coaches and she says she doesn’t want to just train on her own.
Thanks so much for any suggestions you may have! I feel clueless and want to help her reach her goals.