So daughter had her second session in the new gym she's trialling in today -- coach said she was like a different child (got overwhelmed and had melt down in first session) - smiley, listening and confident However she did say she feels daughter has picked up lots of bad habits in old gym and skill wise is quite behind the other girls in the group -- for example they are working cartwheels and walk overs on beams where as daughter has only done certain walks, turns and jumps on beam. She said she will need to watch her closely for two weeks to see how quickly she picks up skills and so on to work out if she has time to get her comp ready in 10 months.... that's when they are due to start grades apparently. This will depend on how quickly she can pick up new skills, listening skills, focus and behaviour. I asked her if it will be a complete no if she feels there isn't time for her to catch up to the others as we really want her in that gym. She said no not at all as there are lots of groups and disciplines she could do.
The thing is, daughter loves bars and beam and so I do not see her wanting to do say acro or floor and vault as then I assume she would never get to do either of those. This concern must have shown on my face (whoops) as she then went on to say don't panic as she had been pleased with how well daughter had listened today and that she had picked things up such as spotted cartwheels on beam well. She said she's already seen progress in her skills within these first two sessions and that she had picked up the under 8 R & C routine and improved it significantly within 4 attempts.
Agh I don't know what to think.... it's a shame she couldn't then just do grades the following year (is that classed as out of age?) but I assume from that conversation and the mention of the other disciplines that that's not how they do things!
What do you guys make of this?
The thing is, daughter loves bars and beam and so I do not see her wanting to do say acro or floor and vault as then I assume she would never get to do either of those. This concern must have shown on my face (whoops) as she then went on to say don't panic as she had been pleased with how well daughter had listened today and that she had picked things up such as spotted cartwheels on beam well. She said she's already seen progress in her skills within these first two sessions and that she had picked up the under 8 R & C routine and improved it significantly within 4 attempts.
Agh I don't know what to think.... it's a shame she couldn't then just do grades the following year (is that classed as out of age?) but I assume from that conversation and the mention of the other disciplines that that's not how they do things!
What do you guys make of this?
