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My daughter is on Xcel bronze (6 hours a week) and is also taking a dance class offered at the gym. (7 hours total) It's required for gold and above but offered to all team girls. Tumbling used to be her strongest area but I feel like she is well balanced now in all areas. She is so close to...

Sorry, this post is a little long but I wanted to make sure I explained enough. Anyways...For a long time now I have wanted to start a "Hotshot" class. I'm not sure what other gyms call it, but at the gym I grew up in we had a group of kids called "hotshots" that were kids who showed potential...

Hey all! I've been looking for more ways to make pommel/mushroom more fun for beginners in a recreational environment. These kids range from 5-7 years old and have been getting frustrated with the event (Just like any other boy ever). The most these kids can do at the moment is swing around a...

My daughter's elementary school offers a 2 day per week before school extracurricular gym class. It is taught by the regular PE teacher who everyone loves. I've met him and he does seem like a good guy- but he's not a gymnastics coach as far as I know. I do know that he is a basketball coach...

with young new beginners, do you have the same coach going round all the pieces with the same group, or have the coach staying with the same piece and the groups moving round.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to run a warm up for 2-3 year olds? The class is of about 8 children. How would you then change the warm up for a 4-6 year olds rec group? Thanks.

I do not know what to do with this situation with dd's class. She is in a developmental type class 2 days a week and it's only one class time as it's only five kids doing the class. The fall time for the classes was set for Monday and Thursday from 6-7 which was fine and worked great with our...

My almost 5yr old is doing 3 pre-team class hours a week. I'm considering moving down to two hours weekly and starting her in a ballet/tap combo class once a week. My question: will the dance techniques conflict with the gymnastics technique? I feel like I've read something somewhere that...

I have some questions. Please understand I am not coming from a mean, cold hearted stance. I had a new child try my rec. trampoline class tonight, he has cerebral palsy and ADHD. The Mother said he has no limitation and kind of tossed him in my class during the end of stretch with 8 other kids...

Ok so I have been working at my new gym since the start of the year and the rec program's are getting a little bit old eg. Every week we do a variation if swings on bars and monkey across the pit and fall in. Each week the stations change but even the head coach is running out of ideas. If you...

Hi I just joined the forum but have been doing tons of reading because gymnastics is a completely foreign world to me. MY DD is four and a half and absolutely loves her classes. She has been going to a recreational class since two and about six months ago she was moved to a developmental...

I would appreciate some opinions on whether or not to pursue a situation at DD's charter school. Background: DD attends a coveted lottery charter school. We've been with this small school for 13 years total. Recently they built a state-of-the-art wood suspension floor "dance room" for PE. This...

Little gymmie's coach pulled me aside tonight and said that she has "immense natural talent" and that she's recommending she skip level 2 and go straight to level 3. She used her to demonstrate some level 3 skills tonight and said she thinks She is amazing and can go really far. Report...

Are normal ballet classes better or would a ballet private ballet class be better, I'm looking at taking one at a studio walking distance away from the gym before practice one day a week but I don't know if a private would be better or not. Any advice would be helpful!

DD has expressed interest in a ballet class over the summer to improve her dance. In a previous thread a poster made a comment to make sure to take a real ballet class. DD is 12 and all I have found is more serious ballet for girls with years of training or a 2 week hip-hop camp. Do you...

Recently we got together with some friends of ours who have a daughter who is at a similar level of gymnastics to my daughter. The other girl did not stop practicing her cartwheels, handstands, bridges, etc. After seeing this I asked another friend if her daughter practices at home and she...

DD had her first class. It wasn't what I was expecting for some things. I thought each group woukd be praticing at seperate times. Turns out they overlap classes so the place had about 30-40 girls plus the comp team all there at the begining, and by the time we left only the comp team was left...

Hi fellow coaches. Originally I had a group of 10 kids coming to our gym as part of a Christmas camp through another organization. Today, I found out it's 18. My lesson plan is useless now and I'm in a panic how to handle 18 kids on my own (with two of their sports camp instructors).Does anyone...

Hey, all! Some of you may remember my posting on here several months ago asking for suggestions as a self-taught gymnasts. In following the suggestions, I've been working lots of handstands and bridges and am a little more than halfway through a semester of ballet at the local college. On a...

Just wondering what other coaches do to end a gymnastics class in a fun, positive way? (Beginner girls, 8-10, recreational gymnastics). I was trying to think of some kind of a cheer for them or something that this age group would have fun with...Would love to hear what others do...