Toe Shoot to High Bar

Subject: Toe Shoot to High Bar Dear Coach, My daughter is 10 and is doing very well in gymnastics. Her best event is bar. She has been learning toe shoot from low to high bar for some time. Her technique … Continue reading

Talent vs. Gym Profit

Subject: When to quit? Talent vs. profit Dear Coach, My 6 year-old daughter was asked to be on the Level 4 Team after about three months of pre-team. She has been training 9 hours a week for about the past … Continue reading

Gymnast with Shoulder Injury

Subject: Daughter with shoulder injury Dear Coach, Hello! I have an 8-yr. old daughter that competed level 5 last year and would move up to level 6 if she had not developed a shoulder injury. My question is do you … Continue reading

Nervous Young Gymnast

Subject: Daughter is nervous about crowded class Hi, I have a 5 1/2-year-old daughter who just recently joined a new gym, and is now on the pre-competition team for acrobatics. The practices are two days a week, 2 hours at … Continue reading

Nervous in Competition

Subject: Nervous in Competition Dear Coach, I have a Level 3 7 year old who trains really well, but when it comes to competition, she seems to do o.k. at best. We are thinking it is just nerves, but at … Continue reading

Should Daughter Move Up

Subject: Should Daughter Move Up Dear Coach, We want to know if our daughter should move up to Level 5 or stay another year in Level 4 to better learn the skills and have more competitive success. The USA Gymnastics … Continue reading

How Many Hours of Practice?

Subject: How Many Hours of Practice? I have recently received a number of questions relating to the number and scheduling of practice time in the gym. I have decided to answer them together. Here are the questions I received: How … Continue reading

7 Steps to The Ideal Fundraiser

Every non-profit organization is looking for the ideal fundraiser or more likely a series of ideal fundraisers. What are the characteristics of an ideal fundraising event or program? Step 1 – Money Raising Capability First, obviously that it is capable … Continue reading

Christmas Dream – Our Favorite Email

Subject : Deep appreciation from (Customer’s Name Omitted) Dear Gymnastics Zone, I’m the parent who was having difficulties with my PayPal account, so you can imagine my incredible surprise when the two e-Books I was trying to order for my … Continue reading

Home Gymnastics Equipment

Subject: Home Gymnastics Equipment? Dear Coach, Every year when Christmas and my gymnast’s birthday come, I have again to decide whether I want to purchase some gymnastics equipment for her to use at home. Should I buy home gymnastics equipment, … Continue reading