I feel like this is all I talk about anymore so I won't do another long response but Droplet spent two years on Youth Elite and had the time of her life. She made friends from all over and has so many memories to carry with her as she moves on to her junior years. I have no doubt she would not be the athlete she is without her experiences on YE. I have nothing but positive things to say and wouldn't change a thing. Every year CEA ages off the majority of their team and every year we all sit around and go "oh gosh I don't know if it'll happen this year- can we really do it?" And every year without fail they carefully select a group of kids that can handle that push and that pressure at that young age and every year we sit back and are amazed.
If you give a little one the right confidence and make sure they know you believe they can do anything, they will amaze you with what they can do.
Oh I will miss it this year!