Hello Everyone:
My daughter recently returned from the TOPs training camp at the National Training Center. She had a great time and even did some serious training. The coaches at the camp convinced my dd's own coach that dd should do the Hopes program. Now, our coach/director has to convince the gym's owner to give the go ahead.
I am not totally confident that our owner will give this go-ahead. The program would require additional training and would involve another 3 to 4 hours a week. Dd's coach envisions adding an extra 3 to 4 hours to dd's present schedule in the form of an extra day of class. Traditionally, we have needed at least 3 to 4 girls to form a class. But in this instance, my daughter would be the only one in the class. I am sure that the owner's bean counters would be looking at the cost, allocation of coaching hours etc. to see if this class would be worth it to our gym. Our gym is trying to recapture its former tradition of being an elite gym. So my argument to convince the owner would be that you start with one person in spite any any additional costs and build from there.
My daughter, who is 11 and is entering level eight, trains 25 hours a week over five days and has two 'advanced skills' privates for another 2&1/2 hours, mainly on bars and vault. We plan to add another private with another coach to work on beam and floor. An additional class of 3 hours would bring her total of hours to 31&1/2hours. Finally, her coach director plans to move her to level nine after one or two level eight meets.
Can anyone out there offer some advice on a pre-elite Hopes training schedules'
and some thoughts on the number of hours of training? My daughter is doing well with her present schedule of 27 &1/2. She is a straight A student and a well adusted and well rounded person. We believe she could take on the extra hours but we would nevertheless watch her closely. Moreover, she really wants to do this. If she were not so enthusiastic ,I wouldn't even consider it.
I don't expect dd to score quite as well at level nine as she might have as a level eight or as high as she was used to scoring as a level seven. I talked to dd about this, thinking she might prefer to evolve and advance more slowly from level to level. However, she seems realy motivated to do the Hopes program so my inclination is to let her do it.
I would appreciate any advice.
Tuduri
My daughter recently returned from the TOPs training camp at the National Training Center. She had a great time and even did some serious training. The coaches at the camp convinced my dd's own coach that dd should do the Hopes program. Now, our coach/director has to convince the gym's owner to give the go ahead.
I am not totally confident that our owner will give this go-ahead. The program would require additional training and would involve another 3 to 4 hours a week. Dd's coach envisions adding an extra 3 to 4 hours to dd's present schedule in the form of an extra day of class. Traditionally, we have needed at least 3 to 4 girls to form a class. But in this instance, my daughter would be the only one in the class. I am sure that the owner's bean counters would be looking at the cost, allocation of coaching hours etc. to see if this class would be worth it to our gym. Our gym is trying to recapture its former tradition of being an elite gym. So my argument to convince the owner would be that you start with one person in spite any any additional costs and build from there.
My daughter, who is 11 and is entering level eight, trains 25 hours a week over five days and has two 'advanced skills' privates for another 2&1/2 hours, mainly on bars and vault. We plan to add another private with another coach to work on beam and floor. An additional class of 3 hours would bring her total of hours to 31&1/2hours. Finally, her coach director plans to move her to level nine after one or two level eight meets.
Can anyone out there offer some advice on a pre-elite Hopes training schedules'
and some thoughts on the number of hours of training? My daughter is doing well with her present schedule of 27 &1/2. She is a straight A student and a well adusted and well rounded person. We believe she could take on the extra hours but we would nevertheless watch her closely. Moreover, she really wants to do this. If she were not so enthusiastic ,I wouldn't even consider it.
I don't expect dd to score quite as well at level nine as she might have as a level eight or as high as she was used to scoring as a level seven. I talked to dd about this, thinking she might prefer to evolve and advance more slowly from level to level. However, she seems realy motivated to do the Hopes program so my inclination is to let her do it.
I would appreciate any advice.
Tuduri