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Anonymous (95e0)
I think that we are going to switch my daughter from her nationally known, big brand-name Texas gym to another, smaller gym. She’s been at this gym since she started but has always been a steady one level per year kid. She’s not on the elite track and having younger kids constantly skipping levels and joining her workout group out of nowhere, constant comparisons by coaches to younger girls or new girls from out of state, and the pressure to homeschool is just too much. And on top of that, our commute is worse every year due to multi year highway construction projects.
I think she’ll end up at a JO-only gym that sends one or two girls to NCAA every other year or so. No elites, just 2-10.
She loves her gym now and loves the feeling that comes from walking into a big meet and being from one of “those” gyms, and she loves being at the gym at the chalk bucket with girls who are going on to NCAA or getting international assignments. But at the same time, I can see that all the energy flows up towards them, and she’ll never receive it back, either from the athletes, her coaches, or the gym in general. It’s like being a fan for a professional sports team vs. teammates.
One thing I keep hearing is that no one ever leaves unless they quit. Has anyone out here had the guts to walk away from one of these gyms that people fight to get into? Will we regret leaving the brand name behind?
I think she’ll end up at a JO-only gym that sends one or two girls to NCAA every other year or so. No elites, just 2-10.
She loves her gym now and loves the feeling that comes from walking into a big meet and being from one of “those” gyms, and she loves being at the gym at the chalk bucket with girls who are going on to NCAA or getting international assignments. But at the same time, I can see that all the energy flows up towards them, and she’ll never receive it back, either from the athletes, her coaches, or the gym in general. It’s like being a fan for a professional sports team vs. teammates.
One thing I keep hearing is that no one ever leaves unless they quit. Has anyone out here had the guts to walk away from one of these gyms that people fight to get into? Will we regret leaving the brand name behind?
