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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with other posters about gymnastics. There were two levels of developmental invitation only programs from 4-5 that my daughter completed and is now doing Pre-Team this summer at 5.5. We don’t go to that particular gym but this is what gyms do all over the US. Other posters are right, after 6 you are set in a recreational track so if you think she’d enjoy competitive gymnastics then I’d go that way. [b]Most children competing at level 3 are 6-7.[/b] [/quote]

Absolutely not true. I had athletes at the VA state meet for level 3 this year. I had one 7 year old and no 6 year olds. And the majority of kids at the meet are 8 and up. I looked at my copy of the state meet roster and looking at Capital specifically, one 6 year old and the rest were 8 and up.[/quote]

The rest from Capital were 8 and 9 because the 3 pre-team levels start around age 5 and kids move up one level per year. The point is that if you’re not transferring from another pre-team program or encouraged/allowed to do private lessons to catch up or pulled out of their rec track for developmental by age 5, it’s usually too late.

If anyone has suggestions for teams in NoVA that aren’t run this way, please advise. [/quote]

[b]Why do you want to do competition team versus rec[/b]? Just wondering.

Maybe I’ll learn more as time progresses and reconsider but for this brief moment I sort of like the gym set up where I feel like they’ll tell me if my kid should do anything further. I feel like with one of my boys I am just sort of wondering if he should eventually try out for travel but the local rec parent coaches who don’t have kids in travel don’t seem to tell people that kind of stuff lol.

Anyway I don’t care if my daughter does competitive gymnastics. My sister did it. If she just does a bit of gymnastics I still think that’s helpful background for dance which she also likes like PP’s DD. She’s not doing dance over the summer and is trying gymnastics as I previously mentioned.  Maybe she’ll end up doing neither. She also wants to try soccer and I was a track / XC runner myself though happy to have dabbled in a lot as a kid. [/quote]

I don't, my DD does and she wants to be on a team. It isn't unusual for kids to want to do their sport with other kids and have that team experience. Rec classes can be kind of isolating -- kids are coming and going, there's a wider range of ages in each class, coaches change more often. The energy at Capital completely revolves around the teams (and now cheer, but that's pretty recent) so it's hard for kids not to feel left out if they're serious about the sport yet can't fully participate. Not trying to take over this thread, just trying to give my perspective having been through OP's decision and would choose differently if I had to do it over.[/quote]

Ok thanks for answering! [/quote]

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