4theLoveofGymnastics
Proud Parent
- Oct 12, 2022
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My daughter’s gym hasn’t taught the new routines yet for the upcoming season and the first competition is in September. I don’t feel comfortable allowing my child to compete when she’s not prepared and the deadline is next week to notify them if she will be participating. I don’t want to set her up for failure and cause myself more aggravation over this. I watch a good amount of practices and have seen them playing games or doing drills the entire summer. I asked one coach directly about it 2 weeks ago and was told she can learn in class or I can schedule privates for her to learn the new routines. Privates start at $130/hr which isn’t affordable. The main problem is they aren’t teaching the routines or practicing them in practice. My daughter was a level 3 state champ last season on 2 events and I’d hate to see her do poorly because of this at competition this season. My husband forbids privates and feels she should be learning everything in practice and I agree. We moved from another gym last season and they had always taught routines in June so the kids had adequate time to perfect the routines before competing. Another mom on the team who is new to our gym says her daughter already knows the routines because her old gym taught her after our State Meet in March. I don’t want to be that annoying parent to make waves with the gym but school is already starting in 2 weeks and I feel like the summer was wasted as far as gymnastics goes and I am wanting to tell management that she won’t be competing in September and the reason why. We sacrifice a lot to have her in this sport and don’t take it lightly. I feel like maybe the gym isn’t as competitive as we’d like them to be and unfortunately we are stuck for now as we already paid for the season and new competition leo. My daughter wants to learn the routines from YouTube and I keep telling her no. Any advice for when I have this conversation with the gym?