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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD just turned 10 and has been in competitive gymnastics for 4 years. We just switched to a different gym. Original gym was 35-40 minutes after school and 25-20 minutes on the way back, and we did that 3-4x/week for 4 years. New gym is a slightly shorter drive.

We did not switch for the drive. We switched for the culture. If you have even the tiniest inkling that you don't like the current gym, you should consider a switch. My DD was spending 16 hours/week with coaches and teammates and by the end we realized that her coaches- at a gym that had originally been really modern and positive- had become really negative and were also not great at coaching. And her teammates had followed and were becoming backstabby and unspportive.

The difference in culture at the new gym is shocking- in a good way. If your kid is doing gymnastics, there are so many bad things about the sport and its culture that it is worth the extra time driving to find the most positive place possible.

Also I would love to know where this PP with "all levels in just about every sport within 10 minutes" lives. Find me a place with competitive diving, optionals gymnastics, a summer swim team, and recreational track and field and get back to me with coordinates so I can move there, please. Sounds like a fantasy or some carefully chosen sports.[/quote]

Not PP, but there are 2 competitive gyms within 10 minutes of my house, 3 summer swim teams within 5 minutes (and if you expand to 15 minutes you can pick up at least 2, maybe 3 more), summer diving within 5 minutes at one of the same pools as the swim team, winter swim/dive within 15 minutes but 10 if you hit the lights just right. Recreational track's closer to 15-20 minutes though. Same with recreational cheer. Competitive cheer can be found at one of the gyms.

In addition I have rec baseball within 10 minutes, multiple rec softball leagues within 10 minutes, travel for both within 15 (depending on field assigned), rec and travel soccer within 15 minutes (depending on field assigned). Rec lacrosse might take a hair over 10 minutes. Rec basketball and volleyball can both be found within 10 minutes, and same for travel volleyball. Travel basketball is a bit further out.

I never thought I lived in a sports mecca, but apparently here we are.[/quote]

You probably don't live in a sports mecca...but rather just a popular neighborhood close to the city in general.  I was PP from Bethesda that essentially posted the same thing, though I am not as familiar with sports like gymnastics or diving.

Only reason I suspect you aren't in a place like Bethesda is because there are probably 10 travel basketball teams (including the very best in the country at the HS level) within 10 miles of where I live.[/quote]

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