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We belong to a gym with a very small, very successful team......about 20 girls. Last week two girls came from another local team to practice with the team...and are coming this saturday.....they haven't told their current team they are leaving after level 7 states....and the parents were very proud to say they told their coach they were just missing practice and were lucky to be coached at our practice and that will help their state score....WHAT? I can't believe they think it's OK to "try out" at our practise and deceive their team and coach!!! YIKES.
Honestly if the parents want to tryout at another gym or are thinking of moving to a new gym they can take what ever time they want to tell old gym. I've seen alot in th 15 years that my kids have been in gymnastics and really you don't know the situation that is prompting the move. Maybe if they tell the coach, the coach will put less effort in to the girls or could get mad and who knows what would happen. They really could have very good reasons for not telling old gym yet. Your gym obviously doesn't have an ethical or any issue with this or they wouldn't let them come and do the practice. I think they are ethically finishing the season with the old gym right through states and then will make a decision on the move. I wouldn't tell the old gym I was looking at other gyms until a decision was made to actually move. There is nothing wrong with looking around to see what is out there. I also think that looking at this time will give you a really good look at the coaching as they prepare for the "big" meet. It has nothing to do with Deceiving their old gym or coach, it has to do with making decisions that they feel will benifit their child and her gymnastics the most. Like I said they may have a really good reason for not saying anything to them yet. There is obviously something else going on that they don't want their old gym to know yet.