Anon Bulldogs Gymnastics Clinic

[Anonymous (8d6c)]

Just sharing in case parents are looking for clinics- just wanted to share that this clinic is more of a recreational camp/clinic. If you are looking for something for upgrades and skill building, this camp will not be that. There is a station rotation, inclusive of a coloring station-which I don’t think should be part of a summer skill building clinic. For the younger kids, this might be good but not for something advertised as a clinic.

 

[Anonymous (c8aa)]

Thanks for sharing! We almost signed up this year. Wonder how their high performance camp is…

 

[Anonymous (8d6c)]

Thanks for sharing! We almost signed up this year. Wonder how their high performance camp is…

I was disappointed-it’s probably good for lower levels but again, it’s not a camp that is skill building it’s more about open gym time and having fun. They played games and it was a positive vibe- singing and cheering each other on. The coloring station as part of the rotation was enough—will not do this one again.

 

[Anonymous (c8aa)]

I was disappointed-it’s probably good for lower levels but again, it’s not a camp that is skill building it’s more about open gym time and having fun. They played games and it was a positive vibe- singing and cheering each other on. The coloring station as part of the rotation was enough—will not do this one again.

That is so disappointing, especially when there are only a couple of college camps in the NE area…

 

[Anonymous (2cd0)]

I think a lot of college camps have so many girls they end up doing a weird random rotation to fit the number of groups. Both Kentucky and Iowa had what I would basically call an arts and crafts rotation lol.

That being said most college camps are meant for fun and as money makers for the programs. OR a chance for recruitable athletes to show off their skills. Not really the best environment for learning new skills.

 

[Anonymous (8d6c)]

I think a lot of college camps have so many girls they end up doing a weird random rotation to fit the number of groups. Both Kentucky and Iowa had what I would basically call an arts and crafts rotation lol.

That being said most college camps are meant for fun and as money makers for the programs. OR a chance for recruitable athletes to show off their skills. Not really the best environment for learning new skills.

I wish it were the case of too many girls… this isn’t our first summer clinic or camp, but this was the one we were most disappointed with. LSU and Penn State were absolutely amazing, along with Maryland. This one specifically called out focusing on corrections and new skills. For two days of open gym- people traveled far and were disappointed in the quality of what was definitely a “money grabber.”

 

[Anonymous (1c12)]

Alumna here and I have friends in the athletic department and I’ll pass this feedback on and urge you to do the same because coaches in other sports there have been pushing for better camps for years. Yale has really weird internal rules about their sports camps vs. even other Ivies, and so they are pretty mediocre across all sports. It’s always disappointed me and it’s really hard to send my kids to other camps because I really don’t want Penn or Princeton or whatever gear floating around my house. Only half-joking.

I heard better things about last year’s fall weekend camp from a current rising senior.

 

[Anonymous (1c12)]

My kid went to a former PAC-12 team’s camp for many years and there
were definitely coloring-ish rotations some years and some years it was called journaling but was still basically coloring. Unless it’s a high-performance recruiting camp, keep expectations low. You’re there for a tshirt and maybe a leo if you’re lucky.

The biggest benefit of these for my daughter was practicing being on all kinds of equipment, learning to take different corrections, and having new friendly faces on other teams during the next meet season. She actually got a lot out of the dance rotations, which I know some consider filler.

 

[Anonymous (c8aa)]

My kid went to a former PAC-12 team’s camp for many years and there
were definitely coloring-ish rotations some years and some years it was called journaling but was still basically coloring. Unless it’s a high-performance recruiting camp, keep expectations low. You’re there for a tshirt and maybe a leo if you’re lucky.

The biggest benefit of these for my daughter was practicing being on all kinds of equipment, learning to take different corrections, and having new friendly faces on other teams during the next meet season. She actually got a lot out of the dance rotations, which I know some consider filler.

Journaling or goal setting I think is beneficial, but coloring is too much of a filler…it is like they are not even putting to much thought into creating a filler, ‘maybe having a QA, mental health, nutrition, healthy goal setting, how to do comp self talk, how not to compare with others etc?

With that being said, any good camp for level 6-7? Not quite high performance yet, but definitely expects more than just having fun.