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I don't really like to think of it as gym hopping when you're at a new gym every year. My issue is with people that switch mid-year.
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Anyhoe
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That was a baaad typo and I sent that message by mistake. I don't think a gym needs to take an athlete's leaving for another gym personally. It's just that some kids have certain preferences that should be accommodated. Some kids like stern coaches, some like positive and nurturing coaches. Some like having a smaller gym, some like a larger gym. Some are willing to drive hours, some are not. Some people like undivided attention, some like working with other cheerleaders. Gym hopping isn't bad, it's just to assure that your child is having the best experience he or she can have.I don't really like to think of it as gym hopping when you're at a new gym every year. My issue is with people that switch mid-year.
Anyhoe
A few years ago the cheerleading got recognized as a sport in high school, and was held to the same rules as other HS sports meaning you either compete for your high school or you compete club (all star) and you can't do both. This is why 1/2 year teams have taken off so well out there. Before the HS rule cheer in AZ was on the bubble of breaking out, the new rules killed it.
There were quite a few gyms that chose not to fight for the higher level athletes and just grow their own. The result is really strong lower level programs like AZ Allstars, Desert Devils, ect.
Out here I would consider Spirit Extreme to be one of the strongest lower level programs. Their level 1-4 teams are probably some of the best in the DFW.
Shame on the other gyms for allowing it!Iowa definitly has this problem!! It causes a lot of hate between the two "better" gyms... last year there were two girls on my team who gym hopped in the middle of the year. One of them had gone back and forth for a while now.
We changed gyms this year. It will be my daughters 8th year and our third gym. We started in a rec type program, moved after three years to a mud-sized program, and after four years there made the move to a large gym.
I don't consider that hopping. We completed everything we've committed to and left after the season. We moved the first time at lv2 this time were moving at lv5.
I get that it's a bad situation for a smaller gym. We're moving because they don't have a team to meet both my kids' needs. And I get that with us leaving it makes it even harder for them to build that team where they can meet those needs for everyone.
But at the end of the day, as a customer, it's not my responsibility to build a program for a gym, it's my responsibility to ensure my kids needs are met if they're going to reach their ultimate goals. I'm not sure what the answer is for the smaller gyms that are repeatedly finding themselves in this position, maybe the founders of large gyms can answer how they pushed through.
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People often "label" kids and families that leave one gym for another. If
I don't know if anyone watches hockey but Jerome Iginla played for the Calgary Flames for a long long time and was the captain. He currently plays for the Penguins because he believed he could win a cup with them and the GM of his old team and most of his fans wanted nothing more than to see him win one too. Calgary hasn't had a strong enough team to even make a run for the cup so he decided to be traded to someone who did. He also made a statement saying that if he won, he wanted to finish his career with the team who made him who he is.
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