Long background story for short question.
So my daughter (nearly 8, just going into y3) has been doing gymnastics for about 2.5 years. I have no expectations of her being an amazing gymnast; I sent her to gymnastics to help her develop her physical abilities, as she was a bit slower developing in this area. She enjoys the gymnastics lessons, and loves showing people her shoulder stands and her bridge, but she hasn't got any further than that. No cartwheel, no backwards roll, can't jump two feet together onto a gym horse. She's the only one in her class who can't do this. I know from chatting to the other mums that their kids practice at least a little bit at home. She has said things to me like "why aren't I like the other girls?" (Ie what isn't she as good at gymnastics as them) to which my answer is "well I think they practice at home".
But she's just not interested in doing any practice at home. I don't know if she's just going to get further and further behind her peers and eventually drop out because she feels like she's rubbish compared to them.
I've tried to encourage her to practice, but she just digs her heels in and refuses, which is maddening simply because she's so chuffed when she can do something new.
Do kids have to practice at home to get better at gymnastics? It could be that she is just at a really high class gymnastics club (quite by chance) and maybe they're more focused on the more able kids...