The more I read this post, the more I realize this is a business move by a small gym. It's not about safety (although I agree with the numerous comments about tumbling at home not being ideal.) People have the right to decide how they spend their money. No one is going to tell me what grocery to shop at, what car to buy unless they are paying for it.
I see kids come into my daughter's gym just to tumble from various well known programs from all over the country all the times. The coaches don't attempt to recruit, the kids come for various reason, (i.e. get different perspectives on their tumbling, to work out with their friends, to work out at with the coaches, etc). If I choose to take my kids somewhere else to improve her tumbling, why should the gym care? The end result is that I'm making her better therefore her team and the gym are stronger and better. As I said in my earlier post, sometimes kids need a different perspective.
Gym owners should be more concern with building an atmosphere that inspires loyalty, The big gyms don't always win, and I'm sure they lose some very talented kids to other programs from time to time but for the most part they have figured out how to build an environment for kids that builds loyalty to the program from both parent and the kid. When I read the original email that started this thread, my initial reaction was disbelief that a business owner would dare to publish something with that tone. Pro athletes have their own personal coaches that are not part of their pro team. Why is this gym putting restrictions on their kids and most importantly why are they attempting to tell a customer how they can spend their money?
I see kids come into my daughter's gym just to tumble from various well known programs from all over the country all the times. The coaches don't attempt to recruit, the kids come for various reason, (i.e. get different perspectives on their tumbling, to work out with their friends, to work out at with the coaches, etc). If I choose to take my kids somewhere else to improve her tumbling, why should the gym care? The end result is that I'm making her better therefore her team and the gym are stronger and better. As I said in my earlier post, sometimes kids need a different perspective.
Gym owners should be more concern with building an atmosphere that inspires loyalty, The big gyms don't always win, and I'm sure they lose some very talented kids to other programs from time to time but for the most part they have figured out how to build an environment for kids that builds loyalty to the program from both parent and the kid. When I read the original email that started this thread, my initial reaction was disbelief that a business owner would dare to publish something with that tone. Pro athletes have their own personal coaches that are not part of their pro team. Why is this gym putting restrictions on their kids and most importantly why are they attempting to tell a customer how they can spend their money?
