Scream4IceCream
Proud Parent
Would you go to a gym where the coaching is a good fit, but the teammates are not ideal or a gym where the teammates are a good fit, but the coaching is not ideal?
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Thanks for your response! Sorry your daughter is dealing with a rough situation. I hope it gets better for her!We made that exact choice. We chose good coaching fit, HORRIBLE team mates. The number 1 reason my daughter didn’t do virtual school this year is that she finally made school friends, and that I couldn’t imagine these girls being her only social interaction.
Most of the girls are nice, when the ring leader is not at practice - but when she is, she tells them they can’t talk to my daughter and she is just an awful person (terrible thing to say about a 12 year old but the things she says, even to other kids, my god).
We’ve been at gym with bad fit coaches, great fit kids but coaches are an essential pivotal adult in your child’s life. How they treat them affects them profoundly, they spend hours a days every day with them. When an adult tells you you suck, it hits different then when a kid does it.
It absolutely sucks that all the nice girls quit and we’re left with a summer of bullying, but hopefully honestly she quits, or other girls join the team (our level is so small right now). Our coaches are wonderful and they try to deal with the bullying head on, as long as my daughter tells them what’s happening, but kids are sneaky.
I would say the choice strongly depends on if your kid has other social ties and friends outside of gymnastics, and how sensitive they are.