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    National Gymnastics Day

    Hey Everyone, My gym is planning a big event for National Gymnastics Day in September and I am wondering if anyone has some suggestions to make it a really fun day and to raise money. A portion of the money raised goes to the Children's Miracle Network. What thing have you done that work really...
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    Ankle weights?

    Our team coaches just bought the girls ankle weights to do their warm ups and some conditioning in. They run in them, do kicks, handstands, even backhandsprings. To me, they seem like a horrible idea. Some girls already have ankle issues and these girls are still growing. Putting more strain and...
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    Coaches Rec Games

    I am looking for some new games that could be used for various rec classes (starting from preschool all the way up to the older kids who are in the gym just for fun). I like to try to work some skills into games and disguise the conditioning by making it fun. Any suggestions would be greatly...
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    Coaches Coaches.. what would you do?

    Hey everyone, I need some advice. Let me start by explaining what happened the other night with my rec level 1 class. Our end of the year show is next week, so the practice was basically a rehersal. The class is a tough one, because there are 9 children- 1 of the children has serious...
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    Beam Fears

    I recently started teaching some preschool classes and cannot believe how many kids are afraid of the high beam and even the medium height one. I want them to be exposed to it since I have kids in my older classes who are still scared, having never been exposed as a young gymnast. What do you do...

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