My dd(7) has been doing recreational gymnastics 1-2 classes per week since age 4. This year, she took six months off to try other sports. She decided she likes gymnastics best and now is back to gymnastics 2x per week. She's recently been asking me if she can join the team. The problem is, she hasn't received an invitation and our gym is mysterious about how one can join team. I have never heard anything about tryouts, so I assume kids just get invited from the rec classes. I would just assume she isn't good enough to make the cut, except for she heard that her bff from school will be joining team next year. Her best friend just started rec gymnastics this year (in other words, hasn't even completed a full year of recreational gym once per week). I acknowledge the possibility that her bff is just very naturally talented and props to her for getting an invitation that quickly. But it confuses me that bff would be *that* much better than dd given how little time she has been doing it. I suppose it's possible, just seems unlikely (or maybe I am just a delusional parent lol??). I don't think dd is a super star gymnast or anything, but she isn't bad. Dd is well-behaved, we've always paid tuition ahead of schedule, etc. One possibility is that (I think) they send out invitations around April, but dd didn't start up again until April. So maybe they didn't even consider her?
Do you think it would be appropriate for me to ask them if dd missed any kind of tryout for team during her six month break? Or is that going to come off as trying to elbow her way onto the team? Or would it be better to wait until closer to next year? Or should I say nothing given they don't advertise the team at all? I definitely don't want her on the team if they don't think she would be a good fit....But I hate for it to be a situation where they are like "we didn't even think of it--if you had only told us she was interested!". You know? What would you do?
Do you think it would be appropriate for me to ask them if dd missed any kind of tryout for team during her six month break? Or is that going to come off as trying to elbow her way onto the team? Or would it be better to wait until closer to next year? Or should I say nothing given they don't advertise the team at all? I definitely don't want her on the team if they don't think she would be a good fit....But I hate for it to be a situation where they are like "we didn't even think of it--if you had only told us she was interested!". You know? What would you do?