Seek true holiday moments and “see ya next year”
This may be the last post of the year, since the gym is closed for 2 weeks and I will be in only sporadically to do office work and some maintainance. How it would be a holiday miracle if I could actually take 2 weeks off. But I am not complaining; I love my job…
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Check your Charities
This year I will ask anyone that wants to get me something for the holiday to make a contribution to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital instead. If they were going to spend $1 on me, or $100, I will ask that it go to someone who can use it. I am the most fortunate man in…
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Working for the Holidays
As I was driving to the gym the other night I had an interesting conversation with my 5 year old son, Owen. I thought it summarized many of the issues I have with the commercialization of the holidays; the barrage of commercials that make you feel that you are less if you don’t have more, the…
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GREAT JOB at STATE
Our compulsory teams and coaches return from Milwaukee and the State Championship 2009. At the time of posting, my level 3 results are not available online, but all results are available at the host gym, Altius Gymnastics, web site by clicking here. For our Level 4′ Top 1o’s: Jamie F. 10th Bars, Hannah B. 10th…
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Gymfinity Community Service
About 6 months ago, I met with our team parents about hosting our annual meet. Every year we have a different theme to unify the whole meet and decorate. As I sat with the parents that night someone suggested a food drive as a theme, and someone else said it could tie in with a…
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Coaches Talking about China Vs. the U.S.
I recently got a very interesting e-mail from a blog friend that compares China’s to the Canadian system (He’s Canadian). I found his observations, provided from another friend, were very interesting; so I sent them to all of Gymfinity’s team coaches. One coach responded. She is an amazing student of the sport and her knowledge about…
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