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    Anon Should we stay…or should we go?

    So, situation: My daughter is currently at a gym she loves but they would like for her to repeat Level 2. Backstory: She has been doing gymnastics for 5 years (started at rec and spent 2 years on pre-team at another gym). She joined her current gym team this year at 7yrs old and competed Level...
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    Parents Gym Change Was the Right Decision

    We recently went through a very hard gym change with LOTS of hurt feelings on every side. It was an incredibly stressful time. Last night was my daughter's third practice at the new gym and after only around 15 minutes of working on it my daughter got her back handspring on the high beam so...
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    WAG Joscelyn Roberson Gym Change

    Just noticed that she’s left NETEG in Texarkana and has moved to WCC in Spring. I think I remember her mom being on the board? If so, keep us updated. She’s a joy to watch and I have a feeling we are going to be hearing her name a lot more often. Congratulations and I can’t wait to see what the...
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    Anon Making a gym switch.

    Hello and thank you all for your advice. My daughter is a level 6/7. Practicing 20 hours a week. Her one coach is leaving, which happens to be the her favorite event. The gym did not find another coach yet. She wants to make a move to another gym. As a parent I am concerned for several reasons...
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    Parents Gym change stats

    Hey plain curiosity causing me to ask this question... Does anyone here have/had a DD level 8-10 and not changed gym since she started? If you did do a gym change or two was it because you were unhappy with your old gym, or did your DD outgrow it? I'll start: we changed gym when DD's were going...
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    Parents Another gym change debate - coaching vs comfort

    My gymnast is an upper level optional. She’s been at the same gym since she started in classes as a child. She’s been pretty happy with the gym all along, but there have been some concerning management changes over the past few years. We always suspected that a change might be required after a...
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    Parents Potential Gym Change

    Question about changing gyms and if we are thinking about this correctly..... My daughters gym lost their compulsory coach last year and hence lost a good portion of the compulsory team in the last few months as they have not rehired. She has also lost most of her friends now - which is why...
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    Parents Considering a Gym change - The Rules?

    Please help me navigate the rules for changing gyms. Not that we are changing gyms, but there have been some not so nice things happen at our gym, and I would like to look at others. I learned today that by going and looking at another gym, we can lose the opportunity to stay with our gym. So if...
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    Parents Gym Switch While Injured

    DD is level 7 and decided she wants to switch gyms. Her season just ended and we had planned to start contacting gyms right away. The problem is she just injured her foot and is currently in a boot. Nothing too serious but it will be several weeks before she will be back tumbling. We don't want...
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    WAG Debating a gym change...

    We are debating whether or not to change gyms and I'm torn as to what we should do. Our current gym has a beautiful facility, but the coaching staff varies greatly - the coach my DD will have through L5 (she just finished L3, age 7) is meh, rarely spots, almost never actually touches a gymnast...
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    Parents The Dreaded Gym Switch! HELP!!!!

    DD is on a compulsory team-TAAF (like AAU) Gym didn't do USAG this year but will next. Some coaches got fired, there was a change of coaching philosophies and they bumped DD down in October w/ 2 other younger girls. My dd issue they say was lacking 2 bar skills for her level. Their 1st comp is...
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    Parents Gym switch

    DD tried out a new gym this week and is officially moving. There were so many red flags and disturbing rumors about the old gym, but for quite a while I kept thinking things were ok and my daughter wasn't being affected by the toxic environment. Over the last few weeks she's been sharing more...
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    WAG making a gym change for one kid but leaving the other

    We have finally made the decision to make a gym change for YDD. Neither she nor I can take the negativity any longer. ODD is going to stay (provided gym doesn't kick her out - they know YDD is not coming back, they just don't know she is going elsewhere. Well, actually ODDs two coaches know b/c...
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    Parents Gym change for preteam??

    My 4 1/2 year old daughter is on preteam and goes to class for 2 hours a week. She has her pullover and back hip circle on bars. She can do a bridge kickover, a backward roll, a handstand, and a very sloppy cartwheel. She can do basics on beam and vault. I really like her current gym, but they...
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    Parents Gym Switch Dilemma

    This is my first post here...scary! But I've been going back and forth about switching my daughter (8) to a different gym for a few months...since her gym was bought out by another gym in our area. We live in a very small area of East Tennessee. Last summer the gym she'd been at since she was...
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    Parents A happy gym change story!

    Since we often talk about gym changes and coaches/owners reacting negatively, I thought I would share a very different reaction! We are changing gyms simply because I think another training approach might be better for my daughter. I love, love our current/old gym and coaches, my daughter has...
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    WAG Gym switch

    at the risk of sounding redundant... going to post a question about switching gyms ;) I don’t know any other gym parents in real life and my daughter is new to competitive gymnastics so I’m hoping to get some feedback here from those more experienced. My daughter (she’s 9) is in her first meet...
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    Parents improved grades in school with gym change?

    I'm curious if anyone else has seen this. DD (10) was always the last in her JO group to pick up skills -every season was stressful (to me and I think to her) as a result of this. She never had her skills in time, never had skills polished in time, and there was always talk of possibly moving...
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    Parents Post gym switch syndrome

    So 5 days ago I made the decision to switch my DD to a new gym that focuses more on form, conditioning and technique after two years at her old gym. She hasn't even started her summer training and I'm feeling all kinds of guilt and regret, not to mention anxiety about the 22-mile vs 5-mile...
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    Parents Gym switch?

    which gym would you go with? Gym A: girls are currently on team, and somewhat happy. Have been on team for 4 + years. Has amazing coaches, and you as a parent have been able to work with them for the most part to fix problems with one child, however you have also been super frustrated a lot...

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