My girls wanted to try gymnastics, so I signed them up for a place that operates out of a very impressive looking gym. My girls were very happy to jump on trampolines, walk on balance beams, and practice flips into foam pits.
Now, a few months into it, they hate it, because many of the coaches and children can't speak any English. Often, one or the other of my girls will be in a class where neither the coach nor any of the other children speak any English at all, and it seems that they will laugh at my girls for not understanding Mandarin.
Other places that I tried (especially at my local community center) ignored my girls to focus on training more experienced people, presumably for competitions. That was no good either.
So I promised my daughters that I would look again for a gymnastics class that would:
(1) accept & train beginning-level students,
(2) speak English, and
(3) be friendly to foreigners, like us.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
My girls are 11 and 7, and they are at a beginning level (have had a few months of coaching that they only sometimes understood).
Mine loved it.