Coaches Open a gym

[Kjc2018]

I moved to a small town that doesn’t have gymnastics close by. The closest is 2 hours. My daughter loved gymnastics and very good at it my home town had it and she was in it. I was thinking of trying to open up something in my new area for the kids. I didn’t grow up in a gymnastics family so I don’t know much about it. How do I get resources and go about even trying to get things going?

 

[Kate_Milly]

Do you want to open a gym that is for just littler kids to learn motor skills and basics or are you talking about a real competitive gym with levels 1-10 and possibly an Xcel program as well?

 

[Kjc2018]

Do you want to open a gym that is for just littler kids to learn motor skills and basics or are you talking about a real competitive gym with levels 1-10 and possibly an Xcel program as well?

I think I would want to do like a rec type gym. I would do littles for motor skills but middle age also for learned more with gymnastics skills.

 

[Kate_Milly]

In that case, if you're leaning more towards a rec-only gym, then it's going to be a lot easier than having DP and competitive advanced teams; you don't need as much experience. Hiring coaches should be easier too, but I do think you should get into contact with some experienced gym owners and see how they started their gym and learn more the business side of things since starting a gym is basically just like starting any new business. You need to market yourself out there, etc. Its a great idea, since many parents put their kids in gymnastics when their little.

 

[Kjc2018]

In that case, if you're leaning more towards a rec-only gym, then it's going to be a lot easier than having DP and competitive advanced teams; you don't need as much experience. Hiring coaches should be easier too, but I do think you should get into contact with some experienced gym owners and see how they started their gym and learn more the business side of things since starting a gym is basically just like starting any new business. You need to market yourself out there, etc. Its a great idea, since many parents put their kids in gymnastics when their little.

Thank you for replying to my question!!! I was going to reach out to my hometown coach about it to!

 

[Kate_Milly]

No problem. Good luck!!