IreneKa
Proud Parent
This is not about my DD, it's about a friend, but I'm so pissed off, I need to talk this out.
I have this friend whose daughter is about my DD's age, and has been taking req classes for a few years now. The girl loves gymnastics, any time time we get together, she is always upside down, doing handstand, cartwheels, walkovers, etc. I kept telling her mom that she needed to find something more serious for her, because those req classes are obviously not enough. She was at a gym where my DD started, they are very picky, they put my DD on Xcel team at the age of 7, because she was "too old" for JO. This girl is almost 10, so they never offered her anything, not even Xcel. So, I suggested her to try out for Xcel team at our current gym, they are not that picky, and would usually accept anyone with minimum number of skills. Her mom didn't want anything too serious like JO, but 5 hrs/week Xcel schedule would work fine for them. Plus, since my DD switched to Xcel this season, we could carpool, so everybody wins.
I talked to the gym, and brought the girl to Xcel practice for evaluation one day with my DD. They said she was fine for Bronze. We figured she wouldn't be ready to compete this season, but she could train with the team for now, and start competing next year. Her mom was fine with that, she is not eager for her DD to start competing.
But, she went to talk to the team manager yesterday, and was slammed with all the competition fees, coaches fees, etc. The team manager gave her the whole lecture how she cannot be on the team and not compete, how she can't take coaches' time away from the the girls who do compete, etc.
The mom was taken aback by all that, she did not expect all those expenses so soon, and I agree with her. The girl has been on the team for a whole of 2 weeks. She's never been on any type of team or pre-team before. Yes, she has some skills, but her form needs a lot of work. No way would she be ready to compete this season! And it's not unheard of at our gym for a girl to practice with the team and not compete, I can think of at least 3 girls I know who did this. I don't know why she suddenly gave her such a hard time on this.
And there is no alternative. They don't have Xcel pre-team. There is a JO pre-team, but it's a bunch of 5 year olds. Our gym starts competing at L1, so pre-team is pre-L1, she would be bored there. Other than that, there is once a week Advanced class, that's it.
I told the mom to talk to the owner, because the team manager is just someone who works there, she is not the one making those decisions. I hope the owner will be more accommodating.
I'm just angry with the gym, and upset because I got them into this, and the girl is very excited to be on the team. But now if the parents decide not to do this, the girl will be disappointed, and it's all my fault.
So, not really asking anything, as I said just wanted to talk this out.
I have this friend whose daughter is about my DD's age, and has been taking req classes for a few years now. The girl loves gymnastics, any time time we get together, she is always upside down, doing handstand, cartwheels, walkovers, etc. I kept telling her mom that she needed to find something more serious for her, because those req classes are obviously not enough. She was at a gym where my DD started, they are very picky, they put my DD on Xcel team at the age of 7, because she was "too old" for JO. This girl is almost 10, so they never offered her anything, not even Xcel. So, I suggested her to try out for Xcel team at our current gym, they are not that picky, and would usually accept anyone with minimum number of skills. Her mom didn't want anything too serious like JO, but 5 hrs/week Xcel schedule would work fine for them. Plus, since my DD switched to Xcel this season, we could carpool, so everybody wins.
I talked to the gym, and brought the girl to Xcel practice for evaluation one day with my DD. They said she was fine for Bronze. We figured she wouldn't be ready to compete this season, but she could train with the team for now, and start competing next year. Her mom was fine with that, she is not eager for her DD to start competing.
But, she went to talk to the team manager yesterday, and was slammed with all the competition fees, coaches fees, etc. The team manager gave her the whole lecture how she cannot be on the team and not compete, how she can't take coaches' time away from the the girls who do compete, etc.
The mom was taken aback by all that, she did not expect all those expenses so soon, and I agree with her. The girl has been on the team for a whole of 2 weeks. She's never been on any type of team or pre-team before. Yes, she has some skills, but her form needs a lot of work. No way would she be ready to compete this season! And it's not unheard of at our gym for a girl to practice with the team and not compete, I can think of at least 3 girls I know who did this. I don't know why she suddenly gave her such a hard time on this.
And there is no alternative. They don't have Xcel pre-team. There is a JO pre-team, but it's a bunch of 5 year olds. Our gym starts competing at L1, so pre-team is pre-L1, she would be bored there. Other than that, there is once a week Advanced class, that's it.
I told the mom to talk to the owner, because the team manager is just someone who works there, she is not the one making those decisions. I hope the owner will be more accommodating.
I'm just angry with the gym, and upset because I got them into this, and the girl is very excited to be on the team. But now if the parents decide not to do this, the girl will be disappointed, and it's all my fault.
So, not really asking anything, as I said just wanted to talk this out.