External factors deal with reasons outside of the gym club and are generally beyond the control of the program director. Some of these factors are time conflicts, lack of finances, or the irresponsibility of parents. The internal factors focus on those which the program director and the instructors have control. Some internal factors might include group size, length of class, and available equipment. Students usually drop out of an activity because either the student's parents or the child don't like what is going on.
Parents like to feel that their money is well spent.
If a parent sees chaos in line as students wait for their turns, the parent will probably feel that the class lacks control and the time spent is unproductive. The key to productive time use is to assign the children safe activities to do while waiting for their turns, i.e. stretching, easy conditioning exercises, and so forth. Minimizing the time a student stands in line makes his or her parents feel that their child is doing something constructive rather than spending the majority of the class time standing around. This strategy affects the parents and student. I call one helpful method the Eight Second Rule .