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In case you care to know the latest w/ my dd's (yearly, lol!) quitting saga....I have posted way too much on it, I apologize. I have nowhere else to vent/get feedback. Thanks for your patience & support on this....
She had about a week-long foray into seriously considering cheer as an option, which eventually fell by the wayside. Last night she said, "Mom, I think I want to go back to gymnastics." She is worried about the hours, though. It's more an issue of wanting to come home from school and stay home, & not have to run off to practice. She thinks she could handle 3 days of weekday practice, (i.e. having 2 weekdays at home sounds good to her).
I am thinking of approaching her new gym (where she has been rec tumbling 2 days/week for the past 2 months) & asking if they would be willing to be flexible w/ her schedule. They are getting the new HC after this weekend, as she'll be done taking a couple of her girls from her last gym to Regionals. The owner of this current gym will also be helping the new HC w/ the girl's team.
Should I wait one more week until the HC arrives, then approach them both? Or should I talk w/ the owner now? I have chatted w/ her a lot over the past two months and feel I can trust her. She is always saying how she loves my dd and I think she really hopes she decides to join the team (More b/c of dd's sweet nature & good attitude than b/c of her skills, btw!). I think the scoliosis issue might actually help us here, as well...
Do you think it will be unfair to the other girls to ask if dd's schedule could be more flexible? DD is more than willing to repeat L6, knowing that she may not get enough hours in to improve/move up to L7 (I think she is actually very nervous to work on L7 skills---trauma from the last gym!).
Thanks for any feedback. Do any of you have experience w/ a team girl having a modified schedule, and how did that affect the rest of the girls & her relationship w/ them?
She had about a week-long foray into seriously considering cheer as an option, which eventually fell by the wayside. Last night she said, "Mom, I think I want to go back to gymnastics." She is worried about the hours, though. It's more an issue of wanting to come home from school and stay home, & not have to run off to practice. She thinks she could handle 3 days of weekday practice, (i.e. having 2 weekdays at home sounds good to her).
I am thinking of approaching her new gym (where she has been rec tumbling 2 days/week for the past 2 months) & asking if they would be willing to be flexible w/ her schedule. They are getting the new HC after this weekend, as she'll be done taking a couple of her girls from her last gym to Regionals. The owner of this current gym will also be helping the new HC w/ the girl's team.
Should I wait one more week until the HC arrives, then approach them both? Or should I talk w/ the owner now? I have chatted w/ her a lot over the past two months and feel I can trust her. She is always saying how she loves my dd and I think she really hopes she decides to join the team (More b/c of dd's sweet nature & good attitude than b/c of her skills, btw!). I think the scoliosis issue might actually help us here, as well...
Do you think it will be unfair to the other girls to ask if dd's schedule could be more flexible? DD is more than willing to repeat L6, knowing that she may not get enough hours in to improve/move up to L7 (I think she is actually very nervous to work on L7 skills---trauma from the last gym!).
Thanks for any feedback. Do any of you have experience w/ a team girl having a modified schedule, and how did that affect the rest of the girls & her relationship w/ them?