- Mar 8, 2017
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DD just turned 11. This is her 4th yr competing (xcel silver, xcel gold, Level 6 x2). She was a second yr level 6 this season. She is a solid middle of the pack. She is a beautiful gymnast capable of so much, but with huge growth spurts, broken foot, heel fractures and severs the past 2 seasons, she is constantly in recovery mode.
This should have been a break away season for her. New gym and an actual team that cheered her on. Coaches that didn’t scream in her face and give her anxiety. Girls that didn’t try to one up each other. Granted she spent most of her last summer in a cast. She has enjoyed every minute of it until now when she spent the past few days at a coaches camp with me and saw how an elite gym ran. Felt the spotting of 2 coaches per event and skills were broken down to the very beginning stages which helped her get over some fears.
I’m footing double the bill, double the miles and double the commitment (2 hour round trip commute 5 days a week) and DD actually did worse this season than last. Has gained zero new skills and is actually less strong. 12-14 girls to 1 coach/ up to 39-42 girls on fri/sat with maybe 3 coaches and only 1 really spots girls. The others can only spot tiny girls.
So the easy answer would be to leave this gym, right?
DD has said she wants to get better, but they lack the time or space to do proper drills during the week. “Just wait until summer!” for what to play catch up!?!
She’s in a frickn perpetual growth spurt. She’s 5’3!” They said they know how to help girls through it by doing more reps and using a bit more weight to help them ease into their new bigger bodies... more.... more... more.
We have seen zero. We are about to head into summer training.
20 hours is the purposed training schedule..... she currently trains that and it made zero difference for her last season.
She does extra at home when she’s here, which is only thu/sun but she is starting to get more frustrated.
She asked for extra gym time and after months and a bit of drama from another parent, got an extra day to work with older optionals. So we have spoken with the coaches. They are exhausted, she is frustrated and I’m over this drive. They keep saying she has 7 more years. 7 more years for what? At this progression she isn’t going to make it past level 9. Her goal is level 10. Solid level 10.
We have only 1 other gym option and I’m not sure it’s any different than the gym we left for this one (lots of parents complain of yelling coaches).
Talk me off the ledge. Why can’t she just play volleyball or cheer. She is so good at every thing she has ever tried.
Sorry for the long rant. I’m so tired of this sport and I’m so tired of watching my big beautiful giraffe struggle. She gets these pockets of days that she sees her amazing power and she wants to work so much harder......
This should have been a break away season for her. New gym and an actual team that cheered her on. Coaches that didn’t scream in her face and give her anxiety. Girls that didn’t try to one up each other. Granted she spent most of her last summer in a cast. She has enjoyed every minute of it until now when she spent the past few days at a coaches camp with me and saw how an elite gym ran. Felt the spotting of 2 coaches per event and skills were broken down to the very beginning stages which helped her get over some fears.
I’m footing double the bill, double the miles and double the commitment (2 hour round trip commute 5 days a week) and DD actually did worse this season than last. Has gained zero new skills and is actually less strong. 12-14 girls to 1 coach/ up to 39-42 girls on fri/sat with maybe 3 coaches and only 1 really spots girls. The others can only spot tiny girls.
So the easy answer would be to leave this gym, right?
DD has said she wants to get better, but they lack the time or space to do proper drills during the week. “Just wait until summer!” for what to play catch up!?!
She’s in a frickn perpetual growth spurt. She’s 5’3!” They said they know how to help girls through it by doing more reps and using a bit more weight to help them ease into their new bigger bodies... more.... more... more.
We have seen zero. We are about to head into summer training.
20 hours is the purposed training schedule..... she currently trains that and it made zero difference for her last season.
She does extra at home when she’s here, which is only thu/sun but she is starting to get more frustrated.
She asked for extra gym time and after months and a bit of drama from another parent, got an extra day to work with older optionals. So we have spoken with the coaches. They are exhausted, she is frustrated and I’m over this drive. They keep saying she has 7 more years. 7 more years for what? At this progression she isn’t going to make it past level 9. Her goal is level 10. Solid level 10.
We have only 1 other gym option and I’m not sure it’s any different than the gym we left for this one (lots of parents complain of yelling coaches).
Talk me off the ledge. Why can’t she just play volleyball or cheer. She is so good at every thing she has ever tried.
Sorry for the long rant. I’m so tired of this sport and I’m so tired of watching my big beautiful giraffe struggle. She gets these pockets of days that she sees her amazing power and she wants to work so much harder......