Hi everyone,
So YDD has been on pre-team for the past year. Originally, the plan was for her to move up to level 3 in June, but our gym went through a major head coach switch and our new HC decided that nobody in the pre-team group that was originally supposed to move up was ready to compete...so he decided to keep everyone in the pre-team group for another year and was planning on competing them next season (Fall 2016). It was pretty disappointing at first, especially since YDD thought she was moving up. But our new HC was pretty convincing about his plan to implement a better strength program and focus on shapes, etc. Plus YDD was only 6 at the time (7 currently), so it wasn't a HUGE deal.
Well fast forward to today, HC has brought me and two other families in and has said our daughters have made a lot of progress over the past few months and he thinks they can compete THIS SEASON! I was shocked to say the least...I hardly ever stay and watch practice otherwise I'd live in the gym (ODD is level 4).
Obviously it's pretty late in the fall to hear this news....the rest of the team (including ODD)'s first meet is about a month away. And these 3 girls still have to learn beam and floor routines (they're all 7....and when ODD was learning the level 3 routine at that age, it was a nightmare). But HC says he'd like these girls to compete their first meet in December (everyone else's 2nd meet). They already have all their skills, it will just be a matter of learning the routines and cleaning them up.
But if that all works...we only have one problem....the leotard. Our gym gets new competition leos every 2 years and this is there second year wearing them.....so next year will be a new leo year for everyone. This year they did a leotard swatch for all the new kids and the gym bought the leotards from those that quit or moved, etc. SOMEHOW, everyone has a leo. Except of course, the 3 new ones. Since we're getting new leos next year, I really don't want to throw out $90 on a leo + $80 on a warmup for YDD will wear the leo to only 5 meets...and then turn around next year and spend $90 again on a new leo. PLUS...we'd have to pay a ton in shipping to get them here faster. HC understands this and says they can just wear their exhibition practice leo to the meets. We already have it, so their wouldn't be a time crunch.
But does this look tacky? All the other 3s will be wearing their competition leotard except 3 of them will be wearing tanks. Granted they will be the same colors as the other girls...but still. I've never seen any teams do this.
What do you think?
Sorry for such a long post!
So YDD has been on pre-team for the past year. Originally, the plan was for her to move up to level 3 in June, but our gym went through a major head coach switch and our new HC decided that nobody in the pre-team group that was originally supposed to move up was ready to compete...so he decided to keep everyone in the pre-team group for another year and was planning on competing them next season (Fall 2016). It was pretty disappointing at first, especially since YDD thought she was moving up. But our new HC was pretty convincing about his plan to implement a better strength program and focus on shapes, etc. Plus YDD was only 6 at the time (7 currently), so it wasn't a HUGE deal.
Well fast forward to today, HC has brought me and two other families in and has said our daughters have made a lot of progress over the past few months and he thinks they can compete THIS SEASON! I was shocked to say the least...I hardly ever stay and watch practice otherwise I'd live in the gym (ODD is level 4).
Obviously it's pretty late in the fall to hear this news....the rest of the team (including ODD)'s first meet is about a month away. And these 3 girls still have to learn beam and floor routines (they're all 7....and when ODD was learning the level 3 routine at that age, it was a nightmare). But HC says he'd like these girls to compete their first meet in December (everyone else's 2nd meet). They already have all their skills, it will just be a matter of learning the routines and cleaning them up.
But if that all works...we only have one problem....the leotard. Our gym gets new competition leos every 2 years and this is there second year wearing them.....so next year will be a new leo year for everyone. This year they did a leotard swatch for all the new kids and the gym bought the leotards from those that quit or moved, etc. SOMEHOW, everyone has a leo. Except of course, the 3 new ones. Since we're getting new leos next year, I really don't want to throw out $90 on a leo + $80 on a warmup for YDD will wear the leo to only 5 meets...and then turn around next year and spend $90 again on a new leo. PLUS...we'd have to pay a ton in shipping to get them here faster. HC understands this and says they can just wear their exhibition practice leo to the meets. We already have it, so their wouldn't be a time crunch.
But does this look tacky? All the other 3s will be wearing their competition leotard except 3 of them will be wearing tanks. Granted they will be the same colors as the other girls...but still. I've never seen any teams do this.
What do you think?
Sorry for such a long post!