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With our pre-school classes with the parents we go around the floor in a big circle with different types of moving with music (any up beat music). So we might start with skipping while the music is on, play it for about a minute, and freeze when the music stops. Then we do something in between...

At the gym where I currently work, they have the coach stay on the event and the kids rotate. There is one person who makes a plan for what we're supposed to do each day, and they make laminated cards for each station/event. Then the coaches pick a card they want to do, and we split the kids...

I have always included ankle circles in my stretching routine as a gymnast, and now as a coach. I sit on the floor with my right leg bent and resting over my left leg, hold onto my right foot with my left hand, and move it around in circles with my hand, first one direction and then the other...

I heard about the boys using honey on the p-bars the other day and I'd never heard of that before. Interesting to hear that other people do that, too!

Do you know where the fear came from? Did you have a fall or injury doing a backward skill at any point, or that you can't see where you or going, or something else? If you can identify the cause of the fear, it might help to overcome it.

I'm not exactly sure what the marketing perspective of this class is since I started working there part way through the term. I think it's supposed to be something that the parent and kid can do together, maybe less about becoming really good at gymnastics. The different ages are separated...

I recently started coaching at a new gym. One of the classes I am co-coaching is a family class. It ranges from preschool through 10 years old, and the parents are out on the floor with the gymnasts. It's fine with the little ones, but with the older gymnasts the parents aren't really...

What bothers me about it is that the USA women's gymnastics team doesn't practice at the TC... they go to the Karolyi Ranch!!! Did anyone else notice that?

We recently started a 'gymnast of the week' system. The criteria include being a good listener, being a respectful teammate, showing progress, and working hard. The gymnast of the week is announced at the end of the week. The coaches made a t-shirt that says "gymnast of the week" and the...

I coach a level 4 team with one other coach and 8 gymnasts. We're on each event for 45 minutes (3 events per day), and have somewhat limited space on some events (bars: 1 set of bars, a little mat and floor and wall space; vault: runway leading up to table, tumble trak, and an additional vault...