Continue path or switch?

[kia027]

girlkia been doing taekwondo and she is moving up in rank but her heart not in it anymore. She would have about 2 1/2 years to get her black belt.

The school has a contract that expires in Feb.

She does not really want to do it but now says she wants gymnastics because her cousins do it (they are very good #4 in their respective states).

We ideally would like her to go to black belt (to learn how to set & achieve goals) but also not with her being miserable through the process.

Gymnastics is also a sport where she will have to be disciplined and dedicate time & practice and I would be disappointed to hear after a while.. 'I am bored with gymnastics and don't want to do that anymore'

What would you do?

btw - Yes the child must do a sport. She is high energy and this helps. She also wants to do basketball but there is not a year round league around here

[Gen]

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mi nuh know cause my contract up in feb and mi not renewing it.

since her friend drop it (for fencing) she not that into it anymore

[kia027]

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I know is it where we teach dem to reach the goal dem set even though they not into it anymore or find some other thing for them to do


(psst fencing is fun and decent conditioning)

[Seveen]

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i took ballet for years and years

some years i would be into it and some years i wouldn't

this is what my parents would say to me the years i wanted to drop out

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">&quot;well, we registered you for ballet this year, next year if you don't want to do it, you can stop&quot;</span>

of course, the next year would be one of the years i was in to it and so it went

ended up taking lessons from 5 years old until 25 years old

[kia027]

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the difference seveen is you had yearly contract.. the next contract would be for 3 years so mi need her to be committed

[Peasie]

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How long has she been in TKD?

Do you think she will like gymnastics?

Basketball

You could also get her into a cycle of seasonal sports: soccer in the Spring, sports camps in the Summer, basketball in the Fall, and swimming in the Winter.

[CeaBee]

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swimming in the winter?

3 yr TKdoe contract?

[CeaBee]

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Well i made LB stick with Tkdoe, and now he likes it (again) because now he's sparring

BB's enthusiasm for it also seems to come and go.

But them dont seem to *hate* it, suh i gwine mek them continue to go (here we have 6 mth and 1 year contract tho)

ETA : suh i doan have nuh advice fi u..other than that if she not truly miserable i would just mek her continue..but that 3 year contract is a though

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">swimming in the winter?

3 yr TKdoe contract? </div></div>

Yep. Competitive swimming is a winter sport for schools here in DC area. I understand we even have indoor pools

3 yr tkd contract - x2

[CeaBee]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">swimming in the winter?

3 yr TKdoe contract? </div></div>

Yep. Competitive swimming is a winter sport for schools here in DC area. I understand we even have indoor pools

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ETA : i always thinking bout cold wedda and asthma, suh even though them offer swimming during the winter i always wait till at least spring to sign them up, but good to know.

[kia027]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How long has she been in TKD?<span style="color: #FF0000">3 years so she only have red, brown level 1, brown level 2 to pass to get to black belt </span>

Do you think she will like gymnastics? <span style="color: #CC0000">She is flexible and athletic but am unsure about the waiting for her turn thing (she is very busy so the attention span thing may be an issue). Cheerleading may be a better fit but dat is only in august \o/ </span>

Basketball

You could also get her into a cycle of seasonal sports: soccer in the Spring, sports camps in the Summer, basketball in the Fall, and swimming in the Winter. <span style="color: #FF0000"> she hated soccer (that waiting around thing forthe ball), swimming (she has ear tubes so will have to watch her ears and water) but that may be worth a try</span></div></div>

[kia027]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well i made LB stick with Tkdoe, and now he likes it (again) because now he's sparring

BB's enthusiasm for it also seems to come and go.

But them dont seem to *hate* it, suh i gwine mek them continue to go (here we have 6 mth and 1 year contract tho)

ETA : suh i doan have nuh advice fi u..other than that if she not truly miserable i would just mek her continue..but that 3 year contract is a though </div></div>

yeah another 3 years

mi figet fi share when she was 3 she did gymnastics and when it came for the end of season show she got stage fright and shut down refused to participate

[Peasie]

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Well the TKD should have overcome her stage fright, plus she was only three, so that's over.

I bet she would like sparring once she gets into it. Sure you can't get a 1 year contract even if you ask them and even if you have to pay a little more?

How about you suggest she continues with TKD, and tell her to help you look for gymnastics camp in summer and see how she fares with that?

Ear tubes and swimming pools - aaarrggh Younger Pea had them put in at 12 months, then replaced around age 3 and adenoidectomy, and finally got rid of them completely when he was about 9 after a major ear infection from pool He inherited his maddah's bad aise

[kia027]

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She spars and board breaks regularly and not even that a entice her to keep going

yeah we are on our 3rd set of ear tubes and just coming out of a wild ear infection so mi kinda on any sport whe we haffi deal wid ears but she loves the water

[CeaBee]

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yes kia.

ask them bout deal on 6 months to 1 year contrack.

long time dem a deal wid u, right?