tortuga
Proud Parent
My DD started gym about one year ago. She quickly moved from rec to rec team to preteam. She looooves it and wants to "go to Olympics" -- and we've discussed that path - that there's a LOT of decisions and goals between here and there, including giving up a lot of other things. She's currently all-in without hesitation, and after deep thought. At her current program she is the top girl and is expected to start competing Fall of 2014 and to that end is working on the routines.
While we love the gym where we are at, their goal is "whole family" and to hopefully get girls to the level where they can get scholarships to college. We have three other gyms in reasonable distance and are exploring a move. We have talked with two of the gyms (one had a Olympic member in recent memory) and the philosophies are "strong bodies" at one and "precise technique" at the other. The former has said they would take her, the latter we haven't met with yet but have eval scheduled. The latter has expressed concern about her age, being too old.
Beyond further evaluation of the coaching staff and culture of the gyms, what should we be looking at to help her make a decision on where she can continue to excel and follow her dream? Could we reasonably stay where we are to start competitions since she's happy with the girls/coach/philosophy and then move in a year or two if she's still on track and committed? or are we better (given her age?) moving to another gym now that professes wanting to reach her greater goals?
Thanks!
While we love the gym where we are at, their goal is "whole family" and to hopefully get girls to the level where they can get scholarships to college. We have three other gyms in reasonable distance and are exploring a move. We have talked with two of the gyms (one had a Olympic member in recent memory) and the philosophies are "strong bodies" at one and "precise technique" at the other. The former has said they would take her, the latter we haven't met with yet but have eval scheduled. The latter has expressed concern about her age, being too old.
Beyond further evaluation of the coaching staff and culture of the gyms, what should we be looking at to help her make a decision on where she can continue to excel and follow her dream? Could we reasonably stay where we are to start competitions since she's happy with the girls/coach/philosophy and then move in a year or two if she's still on track and committed? or are we better (given her age?) moving to another gym now that professes wanting to reach her greater goals?
Thanks!