My kids gym last year was a small gym (D2)... we sent 5 teams to D2 Summit on 2 Full Paid, 2 at large, 1 wild card bid! We had 3 teams finish in 2nd (as close as .03 and .1) and 1 top 10 finish!
All the things you said...say to the coach.... Inform them that you are unhappy and will be leaving at the end of the season because of her treatment... If they try to talk you out of it, this situation might be fixable... If they do nothing...then you will have your answer. Good luck.
what are some signs that a gym is struggling?
enrollment goes down
costs goes up
Parents lose faith in Coaches and in their program
difficulty filling a team (allot of crossovers?)
Not as much success at comps (less top placements)
mass exodus of parents, kids and coaches
I paid for my daughter to compete against other teams to showcase her teams skills and to be judged and if it turns out they didn't win, that would be fine... Life lessons learned with that. If my daughter was solely on a Y5 or Y4 team and I knew there would be no competition for them to compete...
There very very few Y5 or Y4 teams in my area...as a parent I would be outraged to pay to compete against no one and most gym owners know this already, but I guess if they can decorate their gyms with trophies and banners...so be it.
My daughter told me Upper Merion's Senior 3, Junior 3 and Junior 2 won D2 UCA this year! Again.that is very impressive! I hope your daughter enjoys the gym! Seems like they are on the right path!