Lilou
Proud Parent
My daughter was told to stay a level 3 for her summer training group, even though she had a solid season, scoring in the 9s in all events at meets, often mid-high 9s in bars. Her coach is wonderful so we didn't have an issue with this and my daughter would still uptrain 4/5 skills and make a move to level 4 at the end of the summer should all skills, attitude, etc... fall in to place. This is totally acceptable to us.
Well, fast forward a month, we're just starting our summer training schedule next week and my daughter has all of her level 4 skills, straight arm kip, over the vault table, floor skills, etc... she just took off training hard with knowing she had to push if she wanted to get to level 4. The coach texted me saying she felt 'very confident' moving my child to level 4 training now this summer and working to perfect the skills for meets in 5 months. And here is where the trouble starts. The coach was just let go and I won't go into details. It's a shame because my daughter and this coach were wonderful together. Unfortunately it often takes about a month for my kid to get used to a new coach (which she'll have now in L3 starting in two weeks) and slides backwards during this time as she gets acclimated with a new coach.
I asked if they would move her to 4 now considering her current coach (the one they let go) said she's ready and she is already comfortable with the level 4 coach. Then we can avoid having to get used to another new coach.
They are just saying, no one is moving anywhere now. No changes, the summer training groups are what they are. I'm pretty confused as to what to do and am not confident in appropriately navigating how summer move ups typically work. like I don't want to ask anything inappropriate or at inappropriate timing. But what's bothering me is, Why wouldn't they move a kid the coach says is ready and they know would transition better with a familiar coach than a new coach who just joining the gym? Summer training hasn't even started yet. I'm at a loss as to how to approach this. I'm not feeling clear in my head. Thoughts to help me see clearer? We don't want to leave the gym by the way. I just don't know how to best approach it further, or not.
Well, fast forward a month, we're just starting our summer training schedule next week and my daughter has all of her level 4 skills, straight arm kip, over the vault table, floor skills, etc... she just took off training hard with knowing she had to push if she wanted to get to level 4. The coach texted me saying she felt 'very confident' moving my child to level 4 training now this summer and working to perfect the skills for meets in 5 months. And here is where the trouble starts. The coach was just let go and I won't go into details. It's a shame because my daughter and this coach were wonderful together. Unfortunately it often takes about a month for my kid to get used to a new coach (which she'll have now in L3 starting in two weeks) and slides backwards during this time as she gets acclimated with a new coach.
I asked if they would move her to 4 now considering her current coach (the one they let go) said she's ready and she is already comfortable with the level 4 coach. Then we can avoid having to get used to another new coach.
They are just saying, no one is moving anywhere now. No changes, the summer training groups are what they are. I'm pretty confused as to what to do and am not confident in appropriately navigating how summer move ups typically work. like I don't want to ask anything inappropriate or at inappropriate timing. But what's bothering me is, Why wouldn't they move a kid the coach says is ready and they know would transition better with a familiar coach than a new coach who just joining the gym? Summer training hasn't even started yet. I'm at a loss as to how to approach this. I'm not feeling clear in my head. Thoughts to help me see clearer? We don't want to leave the gym by the way. I just don't know how to best approach it further, or not.