A couple of new ideas. Hopefully, you are already putting up the names and dates and events of all your gymnast’s who score nines on the wall. We call it the 9.0 Club and we record every 9.0 + that every team gymnast receives. And we also have “The Gold Team” which lists all of […]
Since gyms and non-profit gymnastics organizations seem to run the vast majority of gymnastics meets, we are directing this diatribe disguised as an informational article to them. Hard Work, But Poor Awards Let’s face it. There are very few sports in which young athletes train as long and hard as gymnastics. And at many, even […]
Never assume the minimal amount of reinforcement a gymnast receives even from winning a meet is sufficient in the long run to motivate them. This is especially true if the meet is an away meet and the gymnasts depart quickly with their parents. Paltry Gymnastics Awards Among the awards of comparable subjectively judged sports – […]