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I have never done this, but I gave my daughter an ultimatum: score out of level 5 or retire. She has done this level for 2 years. She has scored almost exactly the same at every meet for the past 2 years (around 30.3-30.8). Her coach agrees with me on this. Either she needs to practice more seriously, or she has reached her peak. I'm not sure which one is the case. I'm tired of spending my money with no improvement. Actually, she may have gone backwards on skills and form over the last year. Also, it takes up time when she could be doing other activities that she enjoys. She does not want to quit. She has 2-3 more meets to score out. She is 12 and will be in junior high next year. She will not be able to do any school activities if she continues with gymnastics. She has fallen in love with tennis lately. We could invest more time and money in this if she didn't have gymnastics. I don't mind her continuing if she is improving, but I hate wasting my money and her time.
I have included her on this. By the way, the coach told her to move up or quit the other day before I said anything. I have explained everything to her that I have said on here. She agrees with me, but she said it was just so hard for her to make a decision. She loves going to the gym. We kind of came up with the ultimatum together. Maybe the word ultimatum was not really the correct word. We came to an agreement. I am the one paying. I am giving my money to someone who is not able (or willing may be a better word) to help my child progress. This is not her fault. But still, I feel that I am wasting my money.
don't have kids unless you're ready to blow money. it's how it is and you don't base decisions on "wasting" money.
In the absence of quality coaching, has she tried to watch the instructional videos on YouTube for the routines? Also just watching well performed routines can help. Maybe she can glean enough pointers from those in order to boost her scores a bit? Really difficult situation.
I believe this mom isn't saying she is wasting her money on her DD, she feels her money is being wasted on the program. If my child was receiving this kind of coaching:
He doesn't watch them that closely most of the time. He gives the gymnasts an assignment, and then goes to practice with the cheerleaders. Then yells across the gym for them to move to the next area, bars or whatever, and tells then what their next assignment is. He can see them, but his focus is not on them. He will occasionally walk over and watch a routine and offer some corrections. They are usually vague, like jump higher or more power. She doesn't understand what she's doing wrong.
I would feel like my money was being wasted. And respectfully, I'll go out on a limb and guess you'd feel like YOUR money was being wasted too and you would fire a coach from your gym that coached like this.
YouTube could probably teach her more than she's learned at the gym in the past 2 years.
I guess it's not that important to her then because she will not watch a youtube video.
Have you considered doing a couple of privates at the gyms 2 hours away? I know that may seem frivolous, but it might only take her one or two to get that L5 score up and then she can move on to L6. Just a thought.
A ballet instructor could help with lines and leaps and turns. I mean, she needs 1 point....ya know??He doesn't allow the team to do privates at another gym. If she is caught doing this she will be dismissed from the team. Also, I found that other gyms aren't open to it.