who offers private gymnastics lessons in the DC metro area?

[Anonymous]

can you provide a gym and a Coach who is good ----daughter is competing and could use some one on one ---our gym does not offer private lessons

[Anonymous]

You don't need private lessons for gymnastics.

[Anonymous]

I don't think that any gym is going to want to take a gymnast from another gym just for private lessons. And if you think she needs private lessons, maybe she should just switch gyms altogether.

Here's another tip - I'm sure your current gym/coach would offer them if you offered enough money for them.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised the gym doesn't offer them. Is coach suggesting one on one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think that any gym is going to want to take a gymnast from another gym just for private lessons. And if you think she needs private lessons, maybe she should just switch gyms altogether.

Here's another tip - I'm sure your current gym/coach would offer them if you offered enough money for them.

New poster here. Our gym flat out refuses private lessons. Coaches are not allowed to give them.

[Anonymous]

Some county run programs don't do them because they don't really have a system to account for them. And some private gyms are starting to change policies to avoid the various hassles that come along with them. I think they are beneficial in very limited cases but overall children learn gymnastics best in a group of peers.

That said, as a coach at private facility that does offer these lessons (not really encouraged, but from time to time), I would not accept a student under these circumstances unless I had a request from their coach. This is for safety reasons and also because without communication and knowledge with the child's primary coach the instruction will not be very effective in the long run. I am in the business of teaching gymnastics so if something is not a very effective way to learn gymnastics (and this is not a good way to learn gymnastics) then I won't take your money for it. But some people will. So you can call the closest gyms to you and just ask. It may get back to your current coaches which could affect your team placement.

My best advice: if you don't trust the coaches at your current facility, find coaches you do trust. If you do have trustworthy and caring coaches, then know they are doing their best and trying everything to help your child learn gymnastics BUT it is a long journey with many setbacks. It is common to repeat a level. Gymnastics can not always be learned linearly or predictably. Gymnastics is one of the hardest things your child will do/learn but it teacher perseverance, problem solving, and interpersonal skills. This leads to increased self confidence and performance in other areas. Being part of a team and building a relationship with a coach that is built on trust and an understanding of the coach of the gymnast's strengths, weaknesses, and personality is important. You would be undermining this unintentionally and also if your child's regular coach is telling them one thing but the private coach is telling them another thing, then it will just lead to all around confusion.

I would recommend you spend the money and time on dance, swimming, or track lessons instead. The cross training will benefit your child, give them new outlets, and let them learn some new skills. Additionally, if your child needed work on say, flexibility or tumbling, your gym may offer group lessons in another discipline that your child could join (such as rhythmic or tramp/tumbling). All of these options would be better and cheaper than having a coach at another gym give your child private lessons for routines she is already working on at her practices.