I had a friend whose daughter did excel for several years before switching while mine did usag. Mine had a year less time on team and was doing more advanced skills. It would definitely be easier to switch from B to A, or rather, usag to excel. That being said, try and get a feel for the culture...
Thank you to everyone for your support and suggestions. I’ve been staying off social media a bit more as school starts and we adjust to this new non-gymnastics lifestyle. I thought I’d give an update for anyone following this thread.
I officially sent the email to the owner/head coach. I...
This. My daughter just turned 9, she’s done 20.5 hours per week of gymnastics per week this summer. We took one wee off for a family vacation and when she went back she cried. She’s quitting. Total burnout. Take your vacations, keep the hours to a minimum and live your life.
Hey there,
We are officially quitting team. I thought I’d be thrilled but I am a basketcase lol! I explained to my daughter (9) that my tears are different. They’re pretty much happy-growing-up tears. But I had a gym question.
She wants to take a year off. She wants a break from competitions...
Absolutely do not go down the road if it’s this much trouble now. Parent here of a 9 year old who has excelled in gymnastics, very few years, and we are ar 20 hours a week this summer and after $15k or so, quitting. I have another child who does swim team and the experience as a whole was so...
I’m so sorry to hear about that! Has she moved on to new things? Found a new passion? I hope she has recovered!
I frequently wonder what dd would do instead of gymnastics if she had to or wanted to quit. And I have a friend who was going to get a sport scholarship to college, she blew out her...
Thank you!! Come what may, right? Who knows how long she will be in the sport or how long I’ll be able to afford it. But she also excels at school and has a lot of friends there as well, and she enjoys showing them all up in gym class lol! Not sure where will be a year from now but maybe I’ll...
Oh no! I hope she heals quickly! Two years ago mine got pink eye and missed a day of camp. Last year she broke her finger, a day before her bday, and missed camp again. I have been holding my breath for a month lol. Just get us through this week. Good luck to your dd, I hope she feels better soon!
I told my dd she was going to swim, like her brother, just for the summer this year, end of discussion. She didn’t want to but got on board. Then, we got the summer schedule and every single day overlapped. There went that plan. Her friend on the other hand had less hours at the gym, went to...
Decided to reply to my own thread instead of making a new post because why waste the space but, side rant.
I hate this sport. I love the sport but I hate being in it. I hate the pressure. I hate the schedule. I hate that we have to sign a contract and if we miss two meetings we get charged money...
I know it’s a red flag and I don’t follow the rule anyway, parents are only allowed to watch practice on the last week of the month. When my dd was struggling with some issues this winter I made a point to go in and watch her practices (I was in mama bear mode at the time and had a lot of...
I have to say, I’m a bit jealous of homeschool families who can take advantage of the day program. We have one at our gym and my daughter was invited to it but we both work full time and the online schooling she did back in 20-21 nearly did us all in, grandparents included! If we are still doing...
There have been several girls with overuse injuries lately. That’s why we started doing small things at home to try and strengthen her joints, ankles etc.
they have camp week coming up and that’s a full week. I’m waiting until after that to see where she stands.
The thing is, she’s adjusted to the 20+ hours a week but I am worried about how school plus gymnastics will go and we have to have the contract signed before school even starts, without knowing level, practice times, etc. i also think if she’s level 5 it doesn’t make sense to have so much...