Hi everyone,
I’ve been reading the forums for a while but (finally) signed up.
I am in the process of looking for a new gym for my two daughters. One just finished level 3, the other is on pre team. I’ve read many recent threads about evaluating gyms. It seems one common recommendation is to make sure a gym has homegrown high level gymnasts.
I was wondering if I could describe a gym that we are leaning towards, and see what people think.
The gym is known in our state as being strong. They consistently (over decades) have sent girls to division 1 teams. The optionals program as a whole seems very strong. However, out of the current level 9 & 10 team, there is not a single homegrown gymnast. In fact, going back several years I can only find a couple (and not the most successful ones). So this seems like a big red flag.
On the other hand, the current level 6 & 7 team was successful this year and almost all have only been at this gym. Most of them did not score very well in levels 3&4 (33-35), but then were at 36/37 starting in 6. Very little repeating. The level 4 team this year did well. The level 3s not quite as well but many were really young. Does any of this mitigate the current lack of homegrown level 9/10s?
I am trying to think of a way to ask the gym about this but I can’t think of anything that wouldn’t come across as rude.
I’ve been reading the forums for a while but (finally) signed up.
I am in the process of looking for a new gym for my two daughters. One just finished level 3, the other is on pre team. I’ve read many recent threads about evaluating gyms. It seems one common recommendation is to make sure a gym has homegrown high level gymnasts.
I was wondering if I could describe a gym that we are leaning towards, and see what people think.
The gym is known in our state as being strong. They consistently (over decades) have sent girls to division 1 teams. The optionals program as a whole seems very strong. However, out of the current level 9 & 10 team, there is not a single homegrown gymnast. In fact, going back several years I can only find a couple (and not the most successful ones). So this seems like a big red flag.
On the other hand, the current level 6 & 7 team was successful this year and almost all have only been at this gym. Most of them did not score very well in levels 3&4 (33-35), but then were at 36/37 starting in 6. Very little repeating. The level 4 team this year did well. The level 3s not quite as well but many were really young. Does any of this mitigate the current lack of homegrown level 9/10s?
I am trying to think of a way to ask the gym about this but I can’t think of anything that wouldn’t come across as rude.