Is There a Point in Taking this Recreational Class?

It might be a wise idea for all gyms to review their goals and teaching plans for all of their recreation classes, in regard to the needs of their students. Continue reading

Top 12 Ways to Become a Better Coach

Improvement requires change. Change is sometimes personally difficult to initiate, so here are ways to help coaches change and improve. Continue reading

Building a “Disney” Gym

The Disney company has many business strategies and lessons for gymnastics gym owners to learn and emulate. Building a “Disney” gym can send you to the top. Continue reading

The Unethical Practice of Competitive Sandbagging

Many gyms “sandbag” gymnasts. We call them “professional compulsory gyms” because they are usually the same gyms that can’t produce high level optionals. Continue reading

7 Tips on Developing a Personal Gymnastics Style on Floor and Beam

To win at big meets or Nationals, gymnasts must first get the judges to notice them and developing a recognizable personal gymnastics style can do that. Continue reading

Definition: Handspring Front Layout with Triple Twist Vault

The most difficult rated vault being done, as of July 2011, is the front handspring, front layout vault with 3 twists, done by South Koreas’s Hak Seon Yang Continue reading

Beautiful Ring Leap Photo

A photograph of a beautiful ring leap. Continue reading

Gym Communications Systems

The new electronic technologies make communication with gymnasts, parents, prospects, staff and coaches much easier, so take advantage of the new high tech. Continue reading

A Personal Legacy

The story about how John Howard came to create the GymnasticsZone.com web site. Continue reading

Exhibitions at Team Gymnast’s Schools

This is one of the best ways to make your gymnasts heroes in their own school and in their local communities and it is a tremendous marketing tool as well. Continue reading