In our gym when you first come into the program (at least when my DD did ay 7yo) she trained 16 hours and in the same year it went up to 20 hours a week. At the beginning of last year when she was placed with the head coaches it was 25 hours a week as follows:
Mon 1:30 - 6:30pm
Tues 3:30 - 8:30pm
Wed off day
Thurs 3:30 - 8:30pm
Fri 1:30 - 6:30pm
Sat off
Sun 1- 6pm
As she struggled with fear and injuries around Christmas and we decided she was not going to compete until next year I pulled her back to the "pre" pre-novice group which trains as follows:
Mon 3:30pm - 7:30pm
Tues 3:30pm - 6:30pm
Wed off
Thurs 3:30pm - 6:30pm
Fri 1:30pm - 6:30pm
Sat off
Sun 1 - 6pm
This schedule does not seem to change much and in the summer they get 3 weeks off in July and then train the 5 hours a day, five days a week.
They don't seem to look at the ages, but then again my DD has always been the youngest. I am not sure what they will do as they usually bring in only 2 and sometimes 3 girls to the group, but getting it to work for the parents is difficult. Driving leaving school early 4 out of 5 days just does not work for everyone.
How does your program work?