I am currently the Rec Director at the gym, still new to the position, and learning rapidly as I go. I've got a ton of experience coaching rec classes (and teaching in general, I'm a middle school public school educator), but this management type position is new for me. In addition, there...
That's so exciting! We really enjoyed watching the college guys! My son is just really starting to understand what the path could look like in the future (what is required to be a high-level gymnastics, elite vs. NCAA--which is more similar with the men vs. the women), and seeing all those guys...
Holy moly batman! That's um, a lot. Our level 4s train 9 hours per week (3hrs x 3 days). And they are GOOD. My son's biggest competition is his own teammates. Our gym's philosophy is to keep boys in the sport long-term, and it works. We have a large group of level 9s and 10s, and many of...
I think I should know this, or did know this, but what team is your son on?
Mine is a little level 4, competed the next day and had the meet of his life!
We're still early on to this, but my son (Feb birthday):
Parent/tot and preschool 18 months-5 years
rec class: 5-6 years
preteam/3d1: 6/7 years old
moved gyms when boys program closed
4d2: 7/8 years old
4d1: 8 (will be 9 in a little over a week) years old
My daughter is 5, and started in...
I don't know what 4x4 is, but I've only seen xcel used at the platinum level around here, nothing below. I keep hoping it will grow, as any opportunity for growth in men's gymnastics is good, but I'm not seeing it YET. What region are you in?
I agree that the fact that there are so many men competing at classics is a GOOD thing.
If it were the women competing, do you think funding would have been pulled? Honest question.
We talk about growing the sport, which has been declining in numbers for decades, but how do we do that when even our NGB pushes MAG to the back burner...
Interesting that none of your gyms really use d2. From what I've seen with our boys, it seems to be a good way to develop solid form and basics, but also have more time for uptraining, as its 2 years with essentially the same routine.A "go slow to go fast" type of mentality. We skip 6 and 8 to...
I have an 8 year old, and watching him progress the past few years has been so much fun. I've been coaching women's gymnastics in some form, from parent-tot to early team levels, for 25 years now. Mens gymnastics is such a different world though!
I know our gym's typical progression through...
Our old gym closed their boys program last summer, and we just got another boy from a different gym join our new gym this summer due to their program closing. No boom around here.
Separated shoulder, tendinitis in elbow from overuse, kicked in the jaw, rolled ankles. That said, I have a suspected connective tissue disorder, so I'm more susceptible to this stuff than most.
I am holding a parent information session at our gym for all parents of boys recently invited to preteam or team. We are trying to build our program (last year we had 7 boys total--3 level 3s, 1 level 4, 1 level 5 and 2 level 7s), and one of the ways I'm working on supporting that, besides...