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Aiden made pre-team for gymnastics!
roses25
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Aiden made pre-team for gymnastics today!
They are going to stick with the same time and days for now. But eventually they will increase the hour practice twice a week to 2-3 hours and will probably go to 3 days a week before they go to 5 days a week plus Saturday open gym. I thought they only practiced 3 days a week. But I know with 5 days a week we will for sure have to move to the city his gym is in. So I'm going to keep an eye out for teaching jobs that may come available.
Momsquared & Shanny,
How long do kids usually stay on pre-team before they are ready to join team and/or their hours in the gym start increasing. If Aiden is just starting pre-team do you think I have another year before we are looking at 5 days a week of practice or should I really actively start looking for another teaching job this spring? I can handle driving for 3 days a week probably for a year, but there is no way I can handle 5 + days of driving for any length of time.
Carolyn
They are going to stick with the same time and days for now. But eventually they will increase the hour practice twice a week to 2-3 hours and will probably go to 3 days a week before they go to 5 days a week plus Saturday open gym. I thought they only practiced 3 days a week. But I know with 5 days a week we will for sure have to move to the city his gym is in. So I'm going to keep an eye out for teaching jobs that may come available.
Momsquared & Shanny,
How long do kids usually stay on pre-team before they are ready to join team and/or their hours in the gym start increasing. If Aiden is just starting pre-team do you think I have another year before we are looking at 5 days a week of practice or should I really actively start looking for another teaching job this spring? I can handle driving for 3 days a week probably for a year, but there is no way I can handle 5 + days of driving for any length of time.
Carolyn
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Good luck to you. After a birthday party at a gym today Kate started asking about competing and I just cringed. It is such a HUGE commitment that we just can't do right now.
TTC from 06/2015...Baby M born 11/24/16!
Well as I write this I am sitting at the gym lol. It varies gym to gym and from kid to kid as well. They have to master certain skills to move on to each next level. I don't know what those skills are for boys though so I am not much help. It isn't really dependent on age but there are minimum ages to be able to compete at each level. Having a commute sucks because gym does involve a lot of hours.
I will warn, from experience of watching over many years, that kids showing skill make it to preteam. A few of them move into team level 1. A few less stick with it through level 2. And only a couple are left standing to level 3 or more, both from lack of commitment and lack of skill/ability. It is not a sport that most kids stick out for the long run so make sure your move will be beneficial to you all even without gymnastics in the picture.
My daughter started gymnastics at 1.5 and did it recreationally for a couple years. She was invited to advanced preschool at 3, preteam at 4 and team at 5. She is 8 now and finishing up level 3 season and moving up to level 4 because she has mastered all the skills. But the other 4 girls at her level are between 10-13 so it shows how much it can vary.