coachmolly
Coach
- Jan 18, 2009
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Go on the vacations. They are already planned, your DD is probably excited, and it's ultimately not the end of the world or of her upcoming season. I think most gyms are pretty reasonable about this. Most gymnasts also remain pretty active on their vacations/breaks- hiking, biking, swimming- so it's not like they are sitting and staring at a tv for an entire week without movement (end even if they did, it's a week).
We have a break at the beginning of the summer (usually about 2 weeks) that covers end of school activities and the first week off and another towards the end of the summer- it's for both coaches and athletes to give everyone a physical and mental break. It's great when vacation times line up with these off times, but we also understand there are times when it just doesn't work out with family vacations, summer camps, and other things going on and are flexible when kids need to miss. We also finish practice early afternoon on Friday and have weekends off, not practicing again until Monday evening so long weekends fit in pretty well. We just try to cram as much as we possibly can into the time they are there.
We have a break at the beginning of the summer (usually about 2 weeks) that covers end of school activities and the first week off and another towards the end of the summer- it's for both coaches and athletes to give everyone a physical and mental break. It's great when vacation times line up with these off times, but we also understand there are times when it just doesn't work out with family vacations, summer camps, and other things going on and are flexible when kids need to miss. We also finish practice early afternoon on Friday and have weekends off, not practicing again until Monday evening so long weekends fit in pretty well. We just try to cram as much as we possibly can into the time they are there.