I might be switching gyms and have no idea where to start. I'll take any suggestions / advice I can get!
This is only DD's first year competing. She LOVES the gym . . . problem is the coach she's working with is leaving.
I want to find a gym where I know the equipment is safe, the coaches are capable of spotting and are encouraging. Where she maybe has a few team mates closer to her age. She's only 7 and LOVES gymnastics. I don't want to take her someplace where they burn her out, she gets hurt or she looses her joy. Know what I mean?
In the past year I've seen some coaches at meets that scare me! the looks they give when someone falls ~cringe~ I've also seen really bad and scary spotting.
Then there is the whole USAIGC vs USAG thing. Our current gym only does USAIGC . . .
I don't know where to start. How do you check out other gyms? How do you get a feel for the coaches and how they treat the gymnasts? How do find out how well they spot?
In a perfect world - I would like to start her someplace over the summer to give her time to adjust. Am I just over thinking it all?
I don't want to move from gym to gym.
This is only DD's first year competing. She LOVES the gym . . . problem is the coach she's working with is leaving.
I want to find a gym where I know the equipment is safe, the coaches are capable of spotting and are encouraging. Where she maybe has a few team mates closer to her age. She's only 7 and LOVES gymnastics. I don't want to take her someplace where they burn her out, she gets hurt or she looses her joy. Know what I mean?
In the past year I've seen some coaches at meets that scare me! the looks they give when someone falls ~cringe~ I've also seen really bad and scary spotting.
Then there is the whole USAIGC vs USAG thing. Our current gym only does USAIGC . . .
I don't know where to start. How do you check out other gyms? How do you get a feel for the coaches and how they treat the gymnasts? How do find out how well they spot?
In a perfect world - I would like to start her someplace over the summer to give her time to adjust. Am I just over thinking it all?
I don't want to move from gym to gym.