What I find with Cora, although she was doing JJ for about a year and half before she started to compete, there wasn't much there to be honest. She didn't improve at all. What I find is that when she starts to compete at tournament, that is when she starting to improve. And of course the learning curve shot through the roof when I injected 10thplanet into her game. THe same with the other kids at the gym, those that don't compete regularly doesn't improve much. I guess they feel as if there is no need to improve. But those that competes, they improve alot, guess due to them feeling like they have to get better in order to be competitive, thus the cycle started. I can't wait to see your daughter in action...