How big is too big for a Level four/old five team? I am concerned that our level four team will be too large to get the individual attention each student deserves.
For me 8 kids per coach is normal and fine. I have seen a great coach manage 11 kids competing three different levels. But I have have seen a coach struggle with five kids.
I guess it depends on the ability of the coaches in question.
My gym aims for 10 per coach, sometimes there is a little more sometimes a little less. If there is more than 12, they will get a second coach or assistant coach
The gym I was at last week has 100 competitive gymnasts and another 80 in the less competitive program.
I think they said next year they might have 30 L4 or L3's. That might be both programs or just the more competitive track. Coach ratio is pretty good but obviously there are a lot of kids in this program. So ideally they like to have 2 coaches on bars always, maybe 3.