My daughter, who is on preteam, did gymnastics camp at another gym for a week. Camp was geared towards rec kids and I signed her up to just have fun and to and take a break from preteam training. We came across a coach who saw potential in my daughter and who was extremely kid friendly and encouraging to my daughter....what almost seemed like a perfect coach for my daughter. She coaches their developmental classes so we tried out a developmental class at that gym. The class was mostly four year olds. It was a three tiered program to get to team. My daughter tried out the class right before their preteam program. For the whole class (an hour and half long), the kids did conditioning and strength building exercises. The coach explained that at her level they work on mostly just basics. My daughter didn't care for the class and I can see why. There was nothing fun for the kids and I almost felt sorry for these four year old little girls who have to endure this kind of training. It seemed very serious for these little girls. It turns out the coach who my daughter really liked was an assistant to the main coach and even though she tried to bring an element of fun to the class, she wasn't the one who was leading the class. We decided this gym wasn't for us as I think my daughter would grow to hate gymnastics with this type of training. My daughter definitely does conditioning at her current gym but it is probably 1/3-1/2 of her class time, depending on the day. I'm just really curious if most preteam programs consist of mostly strengthening/conditioning or is it typically a mix of skills and conditioning? Her current gym is small and this was a much bigger gym with a focus of creating college bound athletes.