- Oct 27, 2013
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Hi everyone, I'm having some conflicting feelings about "gym hopping" and I know that it can be a touchy subject, but I'm looking for some advice and to hear some opinions..
First, some background..
I cheer for a level 4.2 team in Ontario, Canada. My first year of cheer was in 2010 in Westminster, Maryland. I lived there as my parents were temporarily there to finish out their university degrees. And as most of us do, I fell in love with the sport. When we moved back to Canada in 2011 I joined a gym and cheered there for 2 years. I made the decision to leave the gym because I was being bullied by a few, and I was experiencing a hard time in my life and wanted something different, therefore I move to a gym an hour away. My parents were more than happy to drive me twice a week and I loved it there. at the end of the season we began to experience financial issues, the gym further away was 2x that of the one close to home, and my parents were out of work. I had my own job but not enough to pay that of the far away gym. It just so happened that a few months later, my parents got full time job offers in a city 2 hrs away. Me being in my last year of highschool stayed behind and lived on my own. I was convinced by my boyfriends sister who is a coach at the gym I was at originally to come back and cheer on their 4.2 team. Me desperately missing cheer i said yes and everything has been smooth. The thing is, this summer im planning on moving to the city where my parents live and taking a year off school. However 2 hours is too far for me to drive to stay at my current gym, and the city that my parents live in dont have a gym with an open aged team as I'm aging out. However, there is a gym 30 min from my parents city that is very well known in the area (one of their teams won worlds 2014), and they offer several open teams I could try out for.
Sorry for the huge explanation, but should I go for it and tryout? I feel really bad for leaving again and I dont want them thinking i am abandoning them twice just because I want to go to a better gym. Or is it just morally wrong and I should get over myself and retire from cheer?
First, some background..
I cheer for a level 4.2 team in Ontario, Canada. My first year of cheer was in 2010 in Westminster, Maryland. I lived there as my parents were temporarily there to finish out their university degrees. And as most of us do, I fell in love with the sport. When we moved back to Canada in 2011 I joined a gym and cheered there for 2 years. I made the decision to leave the gym because I was being bullied by a few, and I was experiencing a hard time in my life and wanted something different, therefore I move to a gym an hour away. My parents were more than happy to drive me twice a week and I loved it there. at the end of the season we began to experience financial issues, the gym further away was 2x that of the one close to home, and my parents were out of work. I had my own job but not enough to pay that of the far away gym. It just so happened that a few months later, my parents got full time job offers in a city 2 hrs away. Me being in my last year of highschool stayed behind and lived on my own. I was convinced by my boyfriends sister who is a coach at the gym I was at originally to come back and cheer on their 4.2 team. Me desperately missing cheer i said yes and everything has been smooth. The thing is, this summer im planning on moving to the city where my parents live and taking a year off school. However 2 hours is too far for me to drive to stay at my current gym, and the city that my parents live in dont have a gym with an open aged team as I'm aging out. However, there is a gym 30 min from my parents city that is very well known in the area (one of their teams won worlds 2014), and they offer several open teams I could try out for.
Sorry for the huge explanation, but should I go for it and tryout? I feel really bad for leaving again and I dont want them thinking i am abandoning them twice just because I want to go to a better gym. Or is it just morally wrong and I should get over myself and retire from cheer?