Malenkaya
Proud Parent
DD will be 6 in a couple months. She didn't start gymnastics until 4 1/2. She did the preschool class for about a year and she has been in the kindergarten class for about 9 months now. The school she attends has a special format for kids who are heavily involved in extra curriculars and I didn't realize it until she started last fall, but a lot of the team girls attend there.
DD is obsessed with making the team. She has her class twice a week and takes a weekly ballet/tap at a nearby dance studio. (Ironically her dance teacher's daughter also attends the same school as DD, and she is on the gymnastics team as well.)
She was diagnosed with ADHD about a month ago. She started medication and we saw immediate improvement at school. What I didn't expect was to see as much improvement in the gym. She is much more focused and is learning and improving quickly.
I feel that because she's been in the gym for the last year and a half and she's just been cruising along, doing fine, but nothing special, so she will never be considered for the team track. At the end of last week I spoke to the person at the front desk, who is supposed to be passing on a message for me about the possibility of private lessons to the director. I didn't even know who that was until yesterday. Fortunately it's a coach who was one of DD's first coaches and I know she's very fond of her (meaning the coach is fond of DD and vice versa). I'm just wondering the best way to approach it when she calls. My thought was that if she could take private lessons this summer instead of her regular rec class it would maybe give DD a better idea of the training required to make the team, and it would give us all an opportunity to see if DD truly has the drive, desire and talent required to even reach a point to try out for the team.
What would you tell/ask the coach when she calls?
DD is obsessed with making the team. She has her class twice a week and takes a weekly ballet/tap at a nearby dance studio. (Ironically her dance teacher's daughter also attends the same school as DD, and she is on the gymnastics team as well.)
She was diagnosed with ADHD about a month ago. She started medication and we saw immediate improvement at school. What I didn't expect was to see as much improvement in the gym. She is much more focused and is learning and improving quickly.
I feel that because she's been in the gym for the last year and a half and she's just been cruising along, doing fine, but nothing special, so she will never be considered for the team track. At the end of last week I spoke to the person at the front desk, who is supposed to be passing on a message for me about the possibility of private lessons to the director. I didn't even know who that was until yesterday. Fortunately it's a coach who was one of DD's first coaches and I know she's very fond of her (meaning the coach is fond of DD and vice versa). I'm just wondering the best way to approach it when she calls. My thought was that if she could take private lessons this summer instead of her regular rec class it would maybe give DD a better idea of the training required to make the team, and it would give us all an opportunity to see if DD truly has the drive, desire and talent required to even reach a point to try out for the team.
What would you tell/ask the coach when she calls?