MAG Is boys gymnastics booming?

[Dahlialover]

Our gym in the PNW is overflowing with little boys! They had a small boys program before the pandemic and there are currently only 8 boys in levels 5-10. This season there were an unprecedented 24 boys in level 3 and I just heard that they invited 56 new boys to join the level 3 team this summer! Is there a major boom in boys gymnastics happening in other areas or is our gym an outlier?

 

[mezzamare]

Unfortunately our gym just eliminated the boys team due to small numbers.

 

[JBS]

No boom here.

 

[WV Gym Mom]

No boom here unfortunately.

 

[CeeJay]

Our PNW gym has been growing our boys team program, but we are going to have to stall due to coaches. This past season, we had 43 boys & 4 coaches. With another local gym closing, new Level 3 boys coming up, and post-season shuffling, we'll be around 50 boys for the summer, I'm guessing. But we are losing 2 coaches. We have a replacement in the works for one of them, but will be very short staffed unless we can get another coach. My son's Level 8-10 workgroup will have 17 boys in it over the summer...which is a lot for one coach.

 

[KinPer]

Our gym in the PNW is overflowing with little boys! They had a small boys program before the pandemic and there are currently only 8 boys in levels 5-10. This season there were an unprecedented 24 boys in level 3 and I just heard that they invited 56 new boys to join the level 3 team this summer! Is there a major boom in boys gymnastics happening in other areas or is our gym an outlier?

I don't know about other regions, but my son is attracted to gymnastics. I don't even know where this attraction comes from. Probably from some film.

 

[JBS]

we are going to have to stall due to coaches

This seems to be one of the major issues in most places.