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Ex member
As you know my youngest dd has just moved out if Rec. I never knew what sort of class that dd is now doing until now.
Yesterday I took my oldest dd to her session and I was planning on letting the person who usually works on the front desk about my dd's change in class so the direct debit can be amended (it's our responsibility to tell them of any changes), the person wasn't working that night but one of dd's old rec coaches was at the desk instead so I spoke to her and told her about dd not going to rec anymore as she had moved to a different class and she said "at last" and was really pleased that dd had been moved up - so it seems there was more than one rec coach that thought that my dd should have moved out of rec, but if that is the case why leave it so long? I asked what sort of session dd know does and I was told development (she teaches other development classes but not dd's), I was told that they wanted to sort out more hours for dd's development group but everything is up in the air at the moment trying to fit sessions in and the gym also runs quite a few rec sessions, 2 rec sessions mon - fri and rec all Saturday morning. Rec finishes at 6pm in dd's gym and dd's session starts at 6pm.
I am really happy that my dd has moved up but I realise that I don't know much about the development sessions and where that could lead to, I guess not every development session leads to grade work. At the moment I feel like a fish out of water, dd wasn't invited by letter just a quick chat from a coach asking if dd wanted to do it so I know nothing at all, I don't know how the sessions are run, how long the trial period lasts for etc.
I would really love to here what the development sessions are like all around the uk and what you do there - I understand that every gym is different.
My dd's first session was like this:
Run laps around the gym
Warm ups and stretches and conditioning
Bar Work - assisted pullovers, assisted casts and forwards roll over bar
Beam - arabesque balances (high beam), forwards rolls and cartwheels (low beam), a balance where you sit and lean back slightly with your hands on beam behind you and lift both legs in the air keeping them together (high beam)
Floor - Forwards rolls (with form), rolling from dish to arch and while on tummy sweep arms round to side and put hands in push up position and lift back and bottom to stand while hands still on floor.
Run around gym again and then more conditioning including rope climb
Yesterday I took my oldest dd to her session and I was planning on letting the person who usually works on the front desk about my dd's change in class so the direct debit can be amended (it's our responsibility to tell them of any changes), the person wasn't working that night but one of dd's old rec coaches was at the desk instead so I spoke to her and told her about dd not going to rec anymore as she had moved to a different class and she said "at last" and was really pleased that dd had been moved up - so it seems there was more than one rec coach that thought that my dd should have moved out of rec, but if that is the case why leave it so long? I asked what sort of session dd know does and I was told development (she teaches other development classes but not dd's), I was told that they wanted to sort out more hours for dd's development group but everything is up in the air at the moment trying to fit sessions in and the gym also runs quite a few rec sessions, 2 rec sessions mon - fri and rec all Saturday morning. Rec finishes at 6pm in dd's gym and dd's session starts at 6pm.
I am really happy that my dd has moved up but I realise that I don't know much about the development sessions and where that could lead to, I guess not every development session leads to grade work. At the moment I feel like a fish out of water, dd wasn't invited by letter just a quick chat from a coach asking if dd wanted to do it so I know nothing at all, I don't know how the sessions are run, how long the trial period lasts for etc.
I would really love to here what the development sessions are like all around the uk and what you do there - I understand that every gym is different.
My dd's first session was like this:
Run laps around the gym
Warm ups and stretches and conditioning
Bar Work - assisted pullovers, assisted casts and forwards roll over bar
Beam - arabesque balances (high beam), forwards rolls and cartwheels (low beam), a balance where you sit and lean back slightly with your hands on beam behind you and lift both legs in the air keeping them together (high beam)
Floor - Forwards rolls (with form), rolling from dish to arch and while on tummy sweep arms round to side and put hands in push up position and lift back and bottom to stand while hands still on floor.
Run around gym again and then more conditioning including rope climb