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but I would never try to give them 'constructive criticism'. That makes it seem like you should be coaching and the coaches aren't too fond of armchair cheer coaching, backseat cheer coaching....etc.....;)
I agreed with your whole post except this part. Everything else was SPOT ON. :)
(Disclaimer: this doesn't apply to my current gym, since we haven't even had a practice there yet, so I certainly don't know these coaches) But it depends on what you consider "constructive criticism" - I most certainly would NEVER DREAM of telling a coach where they should put people or what I think of the routine. But if I think they are too hard (or more often not hard enough) on my cp, I will say so. My experience is that coaches have always felt free to give ME "constructive criticism" on my parenting :eek: (when I took my oldest out of cheer last year for instance)...so I don't see why that wouldn't be a 2 way street.
I won't say a peep unless I feel it's absolutely necessary, but I'm not going to spend thousands of dollars and be unhappy and not say something. These would be the same coaches that would be shocked and horrified if people changed gyms without telling them what was wrong and giving them a chance to fix it, right?