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  1. gym monkeys mom

    How to run Big/Little Sister mentor at the gym

    I would like to run big sister little sister gymnasts at our club this year. The numbers seem to work this year. I wanted to know if any of you have done this before and how it went for you? How did you pick girls or did you match them up?? Whhat types of things did they do for each other...
  2. A

    Running a larg-scale meet

    Hi everyone, New here and I just was wondering. For those of you who have had experience running a large-scale meet at your gym, what are the things that you would definitely tell a gym that is putting on their first large-scale meet? I'm talking a three day meet, three gyms going at the same...
  3. M

    News: I'm running off to join the circus!

    Not really. But I am going to California next week and while we're there, I thought I'd investigate the San Francisco Circus Center, which happens to have several classes including Rope, Flying Trapeze, Aerial Conditioning, Trampoline, Acrobatic Stretching + Contortion, Tumbling, or Chinese...
  4. S

    Parents Run through today - Meet tomorrow!

    My dd competes tomorrow at 8 a.m. :eek: - gotta love those early flights! We will be up at 6 to do hair (french braids, dontcha know!) - a (very kind!) friend is coming over to do it at 6:30 - then out of the house by 7 as it is an hour drive away....... DD is excited and just a teensy bit...
  5. MdGymMom01

    Just wanted to share...Running Man anyone???

    With all the talk of uptraining and people sharing their stories, I am pleased to share my story now as well. DD said that her team will start to train Level A optionals skills (equivelant to USAG lv 5) in February!!! She is very excited and has a new excitement for beam (which was her least...
  6. JBS

    Coaches Level 6 Floor - Curved Run

    In the USAG Level 6 floor routine, which way do you step on the first step of the curved run? Towards the corner or towards the side?
  7. L

    Coaches Endurance running for gymnasts

    Our gym coaches/owners have gotten on this new kick that our 8 - 10 athletes need to endurance run. They feel this will lean them out and give them the endurance for floor. They are making our athletes run, at a full sprint most of the time, for 15 - 20 minutes. I have always believed that...
  8. L

    Parents Leotards do they run small?

    Hey, sorry I have posted a lot in the past few days. But I was going to try to buy DD some leos off ebay. But i saw the GK ones at the gym and looked at the sizes and they seemed to run really small. She can wear a small (the target ones). But there would have been no way she could have...
  9. JBS

    Coaches Could you run a gym?

    Could you run a gym? Do you have any desire to run a gym? In your opinion what is the difference between a coach and an owner/director? What traits must a coach have? What about an owner/director? What does an owner/director deal with on a daily basis? What about a coach?
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