I managed to sign up by 12.01 and by 12.02 everyone got waitlisted!
I literally picked this one out of distance convenience although we are gators fans. What level was your daughter when she went? They’re split up by levels right?
Did the gators coaches also hands on coach? Was there a good number of coaches for the group of 20 girls (like..more than 1 lol)?
Do they announce at some point which JO coaches will be there or which gators gymnasts will be there? The info given is super minimal.
Can they work upskills? There’s a weird disparity between her skills on bars vs on beam for example, she’s got the level 8 bar routine and starting to work 9 skills, but I think she’s going to compete 7.
Sorry for all the questions!
In 3 days I don’t think she’ll learn anything new lol, I’m just hoping to give her a little bit more of a fun atmosphere and a bit less of a grind to get specific skills. She loves being at the gym, but there’s a lot of pressure on her to do specific things which results in some snide comments from some girls about favoritism (middle school girls ugh)- she just needs a fun place where no one knows her.
No problem happy to help. If I recall, my daughter went from level 4 to about level 8/9? They don't split by levels, the last time she went she was in an elite group (or what felt like one) with I think it was Ellie Lazzari and Gabby Gallentine by chance. Needless to say, she was pretty intimidated.
But yes the coaches were pretty hands-on. And there are several at each station. The gymnast is only the "leader" of that group and helps come up with their dance and team name and team cheer. I know my daughter worked a lot with Adrian Burde such that he always speaks to her (casual hello, no recruiting violations lol) when he sees her at the gym/competitions.
I have never seen them announce who will be there in advance. But there are plenty of coaches to make sure everyone is safe.
As far as upskills, it really is up to the gymnast to speak up and ask the coach to work on helping them try to do a particular skill. Otherwise, they will just let go through the drills at each station. I also know that they will not let them do an upskill if they don't think it is safe or appropriate. I know my daughter got one camp because she wanted to try some new skill and they wouldn't let her.
Overall, a fun action-packed camp. No pressure, just really enjoy being around a lot of other girls that love the sport and just love being in the gym.