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I'm considering attending flip fest this summer and I was interested in hearing others experiences with the camp. It looks like a lot of fun!
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I have heard it is more like play camp and less training camp. It just depends on what you want.
Woodward (PA) is the camp where it is no longer gymnastics focused.
We had girls go to various camps last year, Woodward, IGC and Flip Fest. We tried to at least coordinate them all going the same week together (different weeks per camp but all our girls going the same week to a particular camp) which was good. We were able to send a coach to Flip Fest and Woodward. All the girls seemed to have an awesome time at all the camps and I think they all got a lot out of it. Do note that while Flip Fest is cheaper it's actually one full day less than the other two (Sun-Fri vs. Sun-Sat). I think it's still a little less expensive but not as big of a difference. My dd has been to Woodward for 2 summers now. I will say that one thing I loved about Woodward (not sure but I don't think the other two do it) is that if they are 7-9 yrs old they must stay in a junior cabin where the "counselor" is a mom as opposed to an older teen or 20 something. They have an earlier bedtime as well which my dd really needed. My dd actually opted to stay with the same mom last year even though she was 10. The cabin mom was awesome and she took pictures and video of the girls and texted it to the parents and tried to give us daily updates on the girls as she knew we were eager to hear ANYTHING! I think they all do a great job and my dd gained so much more than just skills while there - confidence, independence and great friendships too. Sorry, now I'm sounding sappy but I can't say enough good things about the experience in general for her.
I'm considering attending flip fest this summer and I was interested in hearing others experiences with the camp. It looks like a lot of fun!
Proud-gym-mom, sounds like your dd had a great time at Woodward. I have to pipe in here. I wish my dd had what yours did-supervision. My younger dd went when she was 7, with some of her team. The counselor mom they got had a daughter in an older cabin. She did the absolute minimum. Just made sure they went to bed and kept cabin clean. The counselor really just wanted to be in her daughters cabin.
That was the main issue I had with Woodward, was zero the supervision over the girls. My dd didn't know where she was supposed to be (counselor could care less), so she always went back to the gym. She was in the gym 3 sessions + per day! She did manage horseback riding, but hung out at gym because she didn't know where to go.
When dd came home, she had been "tapped". They said they noticed a lot of dedication for a 7 yr old. Haha! It was because she didn't know where to go!
Anyway, I wanted to give another perspective of a Woodward experience from a young kid.
@JBS, I'm about a level 3 (I can't compete because of newly arising time conflicts) and my goals would to be learn level 4 skills and enjoy the summer camp experience with other gymnasts. This would just be something fun for me to do and for my family to visit the area while I'm at camp.