Hi all,
Wondering if you all have any advice about how I, as a rec and preschool coach should break it to parents if they ask me about team possibilities for their kid.
I have one 7-year-old child in particular in intro girls' classes. Her mother keeps asking me about private lessons (I don't do them), possibility of moving up to pre-team. I told her the kid is past the age for pre-team but also told her we want talent at any age and mentioned some things we're still working on to improve. Didn't tell her her kid doesn't have what it takes to get noticed and picked for JO at a later age. I think she's moved up quickly in dance and has the expectation (or her mother has the expectation) that gymnastics will work the same way.
In this particular scenario I think I should have been more honest about the fact that she will not get into get into the JO program here, and maybe brought up Xcel as a possibility a few years down the line. But in general, coaches, how do you break this news to parents? Parents, how would you react to what I said or what do you think is the best way to say something like this?
Wondering if you all have any advice about how I, as a rec and preschool coach should break it to parents if they ask me about team possibilities for their kid.
I have one 7-year-old child in particular in intro girls' classes. Her mother keeps asking me about private lessons (I don't do them), possibility of moving up to pre-team. I told her the kid is past the age for pre-team but also told her we want talent at any age and mentioned some things we're still working on to improve. Didn't tell her her kid doesn't have what it takes to get noticed and picked for JO at a later age. I think she's moved up quickly in dance and has the expectation (or her mother has the expectation) that gymnastics will work the same way.
In this particular scenario I think I should have been more honest about the fact that she will not get into get into the JO program here, and maybe brought up Xcel as a possibility a few years down the line. But in general, coaches, how do you break this news to parents? Parents, how would you react to what I said or what do you think is the best way to say something like this?