------------------------------------------------------The gyms you mention have very different tracks within the same gym so it depends on what track you are invited to join.
If you are invited to one of the Dream Team groups, then you will be mostly (or all) coached by Kim and will be headed for successful elite. 85% of gymnasts are not coached on this track at Texas Dreams. Most of the gymnasts that place very well in national competitions are on the Dream Team. In the past four years, I think three or so gymnasts in the JO-track program were moved to the Dream Team program. Usually you join DT when you join the gym. There is a Dream Team 10 group, but most of those gymnasts (but not all) trained elite on Dream Team in the past.
Wouldn't it be easy if I know the future? I wish I could answer the question about which track we would follow, but I can't, especially when I have multiple children in this sport. As much as I can describe each child's progress/talent/ability currently, situation can change as techniques intensify.
Where did these DT national gymnasts end up at? Are they still competing or are they in college? Did any of them get a full ride? I wonder how many girls had dropped out the DT Elite to be a ordinary Level 10 in TD.
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-----------------------------------------------------Up until recently, there wasn't truly an "elite" group at Woga. Valeri had his groups and Laurent had his groups. Now, the elites train together with Laurent and I think there are four gymnasts in that group. Valeri works with USAG.
Has there any differences in the gymnasts' performance between the 2 groups? Is one group better than the other? Are the girls happy under Valeri's Russian coaching culture?
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-------------------------------------------------------------I believe all of the 10s and elites at Metroplex are coached by Marnie and Gina, but not the lower levels. There is a small 2-a-day group (by invitation only) where most of the hopes/elites train. Metroplex has a very deep and successful Level 10 program and Marnie and Gina have been successful at Level 10 for maybe ten years (going back to when they were the JO head coaches at Dreams).
A couple of coaches just left recently, how will this impact Metroplex?
Thanks for all the helpful info. If you know more, please let me know either on-or off-line.