Meets on Fridays?

[gymnomore]

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Originally Posted by gymgirl0805's Mom Did ya'll pay for the meet and just not go? we had to pay for it waaaay before we know what day she'll be competing on so if I pay for it, we're going no matter what LOL

No, we were lucky last year that we didn't have to pay for the meets we didn't attend. One of the meets was a "travel meet", 12 hours away, and I told the coach at the beginning of the season not to sign up my dd because there was no way to avoid missing school. The other one was a meet that for some reason or another, our gym had not yet sent in the meet fees until very late. After we found out that we were scheduled on a Friday, I simply asked that my dd be scratched. In doing so, the gym did not have to pay for her and the money stayed in our account. This probably won't happen often but it did for us that one time. But, many parents have lost the meet fee for not attending which to me, is not that big of a deal. OK, you lose say $100 for the meet fee, but you save by not going out of town and paying for a hotel, plus travel expenses, meals, etc. In the scheme of things, the loss of the meet fee is minor. Again, it's a decision, and you have to weigh your options. It's a sport, and school is more important.

[nettyinpa]

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Originally Posted by gymgirl0805's Mom Did ya'll pay for the meet and just not go? we had to pay for it waaaay before we know what day she'll be competing on so if I pay for it, we're going no matter what LOL

That's the problem. You pay for these meets like 2 months in advance but don't know what day you're competing until the week before. If it was only $10-$15 I wouldn't care so much but when you're shelling out $75-$85 per meet it's a little harder to swallow. Plus, we paid a fortune for the team leo and I really want her to get the wear out of it before she doesn't fit in it anymore! LOL

[Blackie6]

I think I would enjoy a Friday meet once in awhile, (get to sleep in on Sat!) although with 2 other kids other than my gymie it might be hard to take everyone out of school. Right now all L4/5 meets are within a 2 hr radius of our gym and most on Sundays. Once they move up though we could be going to other states and it would be hard missing too much school. Some of our team will be going to NJ States on a Friday night & I would give anything to trade. We have an 8am Sunday session and the gym is over an hour away. At least she is off school on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, yeah!

[coachamyamerican]

We have several that require competing on Fridays or travel on Fridays. I just have a good relationship with my dd's teachers and let them know ahead of time and get the work early. Its never been too much of a problem. She goes to school with her "gym hair" too. The kids all know that its for a meet and she gets lots of high fives and good lucks to get her ready for the meet!

[Monkeygirlsmom]

I think some of the kids had a meet last night! but there are a ton of kids still not in school yet!! if it were mine they would have been taken out!!

[Aussie_coach]

We don't tend to have competitions on a friday ever, unless it is the school holidays. Most comps are just saturdays and sundays. Our dancers sometimes have comps during the week for very big events though. We have found that the schools have been very supportive of the kids activities. Gymnasts tend to have higher levels of dedication, committment and discipline in their school work aswell, missing a day here and there is alright for a competition. It is the kids who frequently take days off for innapropriate reasons that drive the schools wild.

For my own kids, if we had a meet on fridays, I would not send them to school. The kids spend the day running around, playing sport and so on, mixed with the excitement of having a comp that afternoon and they would be exhausted. The kids I coach, I leave it up to the parents. They know their own kids and their priorities. But my kids don't take many days off, only if very sick.