Grabbing the “health bull” by the horns
Unstrap your feedbag (you’ll get that later) and lets take straight about the state of fiutness with ourselves and our children. Lets put away all of the polite and nice beating around the bush for one minute. We have become a sluggish culture of over-fat people who don’t exercise, eat too much and use our…
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Say what you mean, sure. But how do you say it?
I wanted to write about coaches and athletes but after my first re-read of this post, I see that the same article applies to parents and their children as well. When you read this substitute the words “Home” and “Kids” for “Gym” and “Gymnast”, you’ll see what I mean. The point is still very valid…
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Why “not” Cheer?
We often have people ask us why we got rid of our cheer program and the answer is very complex. First and foremost, our program actually left us. Complaining that a program of 39 kids should have precedent over 2 programs with much higher enrollment (Gymnastics at 600+ and Tumble and Tramp at near 100),…
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Gymfinity’s goal is to W.I.N. every meet and workout.
I recently found this written in a gymnastics blog and I wanted to reference it here because it parallels Gymfinity’s philosophy: I have paraphrased it in this post. Gymfinity’s goal and what we expect from our gymnasts in each meet is to W.I.N. By that we mean; W.I.N. as an acronym that stands for “What’s Important…
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“Make it or Break it” 99% wrong.
Recently, ABC Family television network added a show called “Make it or Break It“. It chronicles the soap opera lives of a team of gymnasts, their morally challenged coach and their bizarre and obsessive parents. There have only been 2 episodes to air (the third is tonight) but as you would expect, I have a few…
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Choosing a place for your kids, Part 2
I had written a blog entry a few weeks ago helping parents to choose a gymnastics, or any other sport activity, club for their child. I promised more insight and I had a few questions from parents that come to the gym. I figured that I needed to make good on my promise and finish…
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