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    Parents Waiting for team selection

    I read here that some competitive gyms treat the Xcel program like the “red headed stepchild”, LOL, that’s what it feels like for us. But I guess that’s what you get for wanting the well resourced environment for her (not just one, but three pits, trampolines, mats, equipment all over the place)...
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    Parents Waiting for team selection

    Yes, it’s hard to watch when they care so much! I am assuming they are planning to field a team for the local rec league meets for this season (calendar year). I can’t imagine they’d bother to do an in-house meet. Not their style, that’s what the “lesser” community meets would do. Not that DD9...
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    Parents Waiting for team selection

    Some of you may recall my vent from last summer. Here’s the next, LOL. To recap: We‘re not in the US, and our country‘s federation has strict age eligibility cutoffs for the competitive stream, which meant that my then 8 years old daughter who had outgrown her rec class and wanted more...
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    Times did work out! Class composition unchanged! Double yay! Let’s hear me agonise again next summer, but until then, enjoy everyone.
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    UPDATE: The high school student coach from fancy city gym has whatsapped the old class will start up again in September. DD is over the moon. No word about hours until school starts up again and she’s got her own timetable. Keeping fingers crossed times will work out and there won’t be a shoe to...
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    Tryout at new gym number one, competitive rec class. I had to make her go - she loves the other class so much, she couldn’t imagine anywhere else might live up to it. I did like the coaches, and thought the girls were much nicer at least than our local gym where DD wa thrown out in such a...
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    Hmm...I have a hunch that things are happening. Yesterday, DDs rec group wasn’t coached by the high schooler, but by the woman who usually coaches the competitive team of the relevant age groups, with the high schooler just watching. DD said she worked them much harder to what they were used...
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    Thanks everyone for helping me process this!
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    You’ve all inspired me to cast a wider net in my search! Over the summer, we will be moving to the city center, so will have more suburban options within drivable distance. There’s a new trampolining club, but H is adamantly opposed to that, for reasons I respect. But I found another club which...
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    Thank you fo your thoughts. I do not think catching up is even an option, even if private classes wer offered which they’re not. It would mean skipping something like 3 or 4 levels within almost as many months - because by January, the compulsory level for the age group goes up again. And...
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    Parents D8 has been bitten by the gym bug. That’s a problem!

    Hello everyone - what an interesting and knowledgeable forum! This is just a vent and it’s long - we live in Europe, and our problem is very very specific to our national federation‘s rules - so not much point in asking for practical advice, but I could really do with some sympathy, given that...
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