- Mar 27, 2011
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I agree that leaving a gym isn't always about team placement. My CP left a gym due to the way she felt belittled by the coaches. It would have been ideal to speak to the gym owner about it prior to leaving. However, the owner would not accept calls, text messages or emails from me, blocked me from the gym website, facebook and the owner's personal facebook page because owner knew what my messages were about. So, the decision was pretty easy. lol Then, my CP and I were badmouthed by the entire coaching staff to her friends during practice. I didn't believe it at first, but after hearing the same thing from multiple people I had to. I knew for sure then that we had made the right decision. And I can say with 100% honesty, we left that program quietly, never badmouthed them, and cheered them on in competitions because some of these girls were my CPs friends. So while I agree with the coaches who posted above about being an adult and speaking with the current gym, that is not always feasible. Just know that if you try out at 2 gyms, you may not be welcomed back into the first, so be sure you would be willing to leave for sure.