NerdMobile
Cheer Parent
- May 2, 2014
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Hi all. We are going into the 4th year of All Star cheer. My cp sadly outgrew the program at our local All Star Gym. We loved the coach and the girls, but the gym fielded only 2 teams (youth and senior). It was tough to have 5 year olds placed on the team who not only could not do a roll but had no patience or attention span to learn and my cp asked if we could look around for someplace where she could learn/do more. We live in a really rural, middle of nowhere area so it means we actually have a lot of places to choose from (since getting to ANY is going to be a drive we end up having a bunch of choices). I called each potential place and got info...but I have no idea what I'm asking...what I am looking for. We have visited, sat in on practices/classes where allowed, sampled clinics/open gyms (my cp made the request to find somewhere new last October so has given her all in finishing out the season while we looked around at other options so this has been a slow process). My quest to sort it all out is in fact how I found this board!
I feel like this should be easy. If she feels comfortable, the coaches are positive and capable then boom we go to tryouts (which are obviously upon us). The problem is all of our options are great. They all seem to have talented coaches, solid programs, a passion for the sport and the participants, nice families to tell me about their experiences, nice athletes, etc
So, how do we decide? For those of you with experience what did you feel was most important to you in selecting a gym? Are there must haves or must avoids you can share from your time with AS Cheer? When everyone is great what can be the deciding factor?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
I feel like this should be easy. If she feels comfortable, the coaches are positive and capable then boom we go to tryouts (which are obviously upon us). The problem is all of our options are great. They all seem to have talented coaches, solid programs, a passion for the sport and the participants, nice families to tell me about their experiences, nice athletes, etc
So, how do we decide? For those of you with experience what did you feel was most important to you in selecting a gym? Are there must haves or must avoids you can share from your time with AS Cheer? When everyone is great what can be the deciding factor?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.