I signed Sophia up for a gymnastics class earlier this year (end of May) at her request to try it out. At the completion of the 8 week class, her instructor suggested that I take her to an evaluation session to make sure they can place her in the proper class level since she seemed to be doing so well at her age-level class. I was expecting them to place her in the next age bracket class, but instead she gets an invitation to join the developmental team - totally not what we expected! After explaining to Sophia about how much commitment would be required, she still wanted to give developmental team a try so I talked my manager at work and was able to arrange my schedule so that I could actually drive her to and from practice twice a week (~2 hours per practice) this summer, starting mid-July. When school started, practices were moved to Wednesday nights from 6-8pm and Saturday 1-4pm. Despite the long hours and amount of energy needed, Sophia has been loving gymnastics and progressing amazingly! Here are some videos from her recent skills performance showcase:
Before this showcase, she didn't know if she would be able to complete a round off back handspring - by the end of the showcase, she made it look like there was nothing to it!!
This girl will no doubt be able to accomplish whatever she sets her mind on!
Absolutely amazing!
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