# of meets this season

[nettyinpa]

"We should start a new thread about tips and tricks for new L4 moms!"

Blackie6 ~ What a great idea!! Seriously, I find out all the information from the higher level moms in our gym. The coaches aren't very helpful. They try but too much information is never enough in this sport. I understand the whole thing of not knowing until the week of a meet when you're competing but it does make it difficult. It would also be nice to get some kind of sheet that explains what you'll need to pay out over the course of a season. We have 12 week sessions in our gym. We can pay it all up front or in 2 installments. That on top of the $300 for team leos and warm ups, then all the meet fees. It does kind of creep up on you all at once. On top of that, it's tough when you've got other children involved in things, too. We're managing but like you said, planning a seperate gymnastics budget is on my list of things to do!

[Tuduri]

My level eight daughter has four meets scheduled, not including her clubs intra-squad and state and level eight regionals competition. Three are in the greater SF bay area and one is out of state in Cincinatti.

All the level eight parents are uncomfortable with the prospect of going to states with only rour prior meets. We like the idea of having more dress rehearsals, so to speak, before going on stage. Most of the other local clubs have 2 to 3 more meets than we do.

We, that is all the level eight parents, feel that our girls are entering the level eight season at a competitive disadvantage because of the few meets that are scheduled. To make matters worse, we lost our head coach at the end of last season and we now have only a part time bars and vault coach. To add insult to injury, the owner(a great retired coach who won't coach anymore)has raised our tuition!

We love our director and part-time coach, but we also feel that having only four meets before states and only a part-time bars and vault coach shows we're being taken for granted. We love our gym and don't plan to leave. But our loyalty makes us frustrated.

[melmonette]

Well we finally got our meet schedule last night and we will officially have 8 meets. We were supposed to have one more last weekend but it was cancelled Our first meet is Nov 10th. It is a preseason meet so not sanctioned yet, our first sanctioned meet is the second week of December.
We are level 4.

[gym law mom]

Looked at my daughter's meet schedule which I've had since August---just never bothered to count up the meets. 1st meet is Jan. 12. As a Level 7, she will have 1 in gym mock meet in late Dec., then 5 in state sanctioned meets plus an out of state meet. Yes, there is the state meet, but I always feel I jinx her if I count that in before she's gotten the qualifying score

[nettyinpa]

Well, we just got an e-mail that they've added 2 more meets to our schedule. So, that's 4 definite meets, plus states. Of course along with the e-mail was the meet fees that are both due within the next 2 weeks. I think I need a 2nd job!