It was fun, they had games, and worked on a little bit of everything. The staff was very nice as well.
The only thing I would do different next time is the level you select for your kid.
I was advised of this before hand when I posted on Facebook we were going and I did not take the advice and use it.:/
I would tell them when asked at sign in the level for the basic skills your kid is working on and not the level for the skills your kid has.
For instance, my daughter is a strong level 4 tumbler.
She just got hell full before we came. I went in thinking I was just going to be honest.
At check in the girl who we sign in with asked what level she was. Instead of saying 5 or 4 I just told the truth.
She has all level 4 tumbling, she just got her full. She can do it by herself just fine but may want a spot the first 1 or 2 times. The girl said ok we will place her in 4 but if she throws her full the coaches will likely move her. I said ok that sounds great.
They start tumbling and I realized the majority of 4 girls were girls that barely can do a tuck, they couldn't even really execute a layout or specialty anything. They were so far away from level 4 the coaches the whole class tumbling time on day 1 only did tucks and layouts with some. My kid has a layout and has had it for a while I don't think that's what she should of been working on.
I'm watching the level 5 girls and there are girls with really good specialty 5 tumbling in there but then there were many girls getting spotted on fulls the whole time, not even connecting them to specialty passes but straight fulls. I was like obviously that's where my kid should be since everyone else knew to up their kids skill level to the one they were working on instead of being honest!!
I was hopeful on day 2 my kid could do her full, but they did straight layouts and tucks the whole time, so I got a private with one of the coaches though so she could actually perfect her full and do some specialty tumbling.
The coach was awesome in the private! He found out what tumbling she could do, and he was helping her fix her full and work on standing tumbling. He said wow I didn't know she pretty much had her full. I'm sorry I'll make sure I work with her tomorrow (the last day) on it. So the last day she finally got to work on it and I noticed one other girl started doing hers as well after she seen my kid do it.
So my only complaint is they are trusting kids and parents to determine their kids level. Now think of tryouts and all those parents that think their kids belong on higher levels... Well that's the levels they tell the CA people. The level 4 coaches realized this was a group with a bunch of kids who would not be on a level 4 team so they adjusted with them but the ones that had the skill no one ever took the time to find out so my kid was doing tumbling that she can do in the grass at the house.
I had no problem whatever level they put her on 4 or 5 but I wish they would of made sure the kids were the same and not lying!
Eta: I think before they assign them levels they should have everyone split up into groups and warm up their tumbling and have them throw the passes they have without spots and the coaches then assigned them to levels. That way at least it would of been consistent and she would of got more out of it instead of being held back. The coaches know what they are doing, I just don't think some of the parents and kids knew.
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