Gymmom0824
Proud Parent
Hi all. I'm new to the group, and still somewhat new to the parent of a gymnast world. My daughter just finished her first year of team as a level 3. Her training was minimal before trying out for team but proudly she was picked. She did pretty good for her first year, she had some really tough competitors. A day after the season ended her gym threw everyone for a loop and decided to start an xcel program. Instead of moving girls up , They placed many girls in that program my daughter included and promised us it would be great for them. They only kept a select handful in the JO program. The issue is, they are slowly going back on their promises and there's a huge favoritism issue in our gym. For example our head coach has a certain group of girls she favors and it's pretty obvious. I thought maybe I was imagining things but others have come out with concerns. She has now scheduled a JO program workout during the second half of girls practice, causing her to leave our girls and go tend to them for 2 hours. This left confusion among the parents and girls as to why she would schedule something like that right smack dab in the middle of their dedicated time. I'm feeling really irritated about this and do not feel like open communication is even a possibility. They are a take it or leave it kind of program and unfortunately we live remote so there isn't much option to change gyms without it being a huge uproar. My daughter still loves the sport and doesn't want to quit but it's just so discouraging to watch when we all pay the same fees and have the same heart and dedication. We gave so much of our time, money and spirit last year that it is so disheartening that it is turning out this way. Sorry to ramble on, I just need advice on how to get over this or deal with it.