Just another option I’m throwing out there that might be worth thinking about if you want to stay engaged in gymnastics at a more than recreational level, but aren’t sure if you want to commit to the rigors of competitive sports…
My daughter was in a competitive sport for nearly 10 years (starting around age 6). Not gymnastics, but a pretty intense one. Over COVID she was forced to take a break since everything was closed, she couldn’t practice, there were no competitions, etc. She used that time to reassess her relationship to the sport and realized that she didn’t want to continue competing - in large part because she had developed other interests that she wanted to pursue, and that wouldn’t work with her previous intense training schedule.
So she took a job coaching in the sport. She couldn’t be happier. It is much less of a time commitment than training for competition, but she still feel fully engaged and she really does love the sport, so this is a great way for her to stay involved without sacrificing other interest areas.
This not meant to discourage you from doing competitive - if that’s what you want to do and that’s what you love, then go for it. It’s just to say that, if you’re not really sure what you want to do with gymnastics, there may be other options that are less commitment than competing, but more engaged than recreational.