She is one of the best at it.
However, some of the girls and even the parents are jealous.
When she accomplishes a new skill one of them has to shoot her down by saying it looked terribly while they can't even do the particular skill.
We have a parent that is always talking crap about other people in the gym especially about me and my child.
She has encouraged her child to make up lies to tell the other children!!
I've tried to go to the head coach but she acts like its not her problem so I went to the manager and he took it personal?
He basically wants to stick by this lady because her daughter has Ben there for a lot longer than ours.
I just want my daughter to fulfill her dreams at being a great gymnast.
She is constant leaving them gym heart broken but refuses to give in to negative jealousy and vindictive behavior.
As do I.
Help!
Why don't you see if you can find a new gym? If you and your daughter are struggling to make friends with the other gymnasts then it's going to be more difficult for your daughter to improve as she may begin to feel self conscious. If going to a different gym isn't possible, perhaps you could see if she could have private lessons where none of the other parents are watching? It may cost a bit more but she should improve a lot quicker. If none of these are an option, you'll just have to carry on, keep your heads up high and laugh at the other parents when you're daughter is constantly beating them in competitions.
My daughter is also a competitive gymnast (she's a level 6), and there will always be gossip and rude parents. It's not something you can escape. I would try to find a new gym if you can, but if you can't find anything with the same or better quality coaching, then don't move unless your daughter really wants to. Make sure she knows that the gossip isn't because of anything she's done wrong, and that it's just the result of rude and jealous people.
I think you should definitely try and find a new club. The coaches should be supportive in your daughter great progress, and without that support she won't progress as good - I think in a new gym she would keep progressing at the same great pace - and I definitely don't think it's fair when the other girls cannot do the skill. If it's not possible to join a new gym, is there any way she can change to a different class, or even move up a level if she's the best there? Depending on whether you have to pass certain things to move up, not sure where you live but changing classes could be a good idea... Hope this helped!
The proof is in the medals so to speak. My daughter is a competitive gymnast (the youngest on the team), and we had a bit of that from the older girls on the team .. at first. Following a meet season of scoring higher than them at EVERY single meet, the girls are MUCH nicer now. I say you should take it in stride and don't let it get you down. I would always TRY to find something nice to say about the other gymnasts on her team -- hoping the other moms would learn from my example. It worked! Take the high road!
