Myths About Kids and Gymnastics: Busted

Gymnastics really is a sport suitable for both boys and girls, for both toddlers and teens and for young bodies of all shapes and sizes. There are, however, some ongoing myths and misconceptions about gymnastics that prevent parents from encouraging, or even considering, allowing their child to enroll in a gymnastics class. And that’s a…

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Are Your High Expectations for Your Kid Unreasonable?

Raising children can be a hugely rewarding, life-enriching experience but it can also be a huge source of stress and sometimes even despair. There are those who will wax lyrical about how every moment of child-rearing is a joy, but any realistic parent knows that those people are liars. Children lie to their parents. They…

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Back to School Tips for Balancing Academics with Gymnastics

Young gymnasts perform some amazing feats every time they step into a gym. However, as back to school time rolls around again and a new school year begins young gymnasts begin trying to master a balancing act that has very little to do with a four inch beam; balancing their school work with their athletic…

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Great Holiday Gift Ideas for the Young Gymnast(s) in Your Life

Believe it or not, it’s not too long until the big holiday season rolls around again. If you are an organized, savvy holiday shopper – as most of us do try to be every year – no doubt you’ve already at least started thinking about your shopping lists and what should be on them.

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As an Era Ends, a Look Back at Martha Karolyi’s Gymnastics Legacy

If you followed the gymnastics competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics – and we’re sure you did to at least some extent – the you probably know that at the end of the women’s competition, when the US’ ‘Final Five’ emerged even more triumphant than many people had expected, it was a slightly bitter sweet…

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Most Memorable Moments from the 2016 Olympic Gymnastic Performances

The 2016 Olympic Gymnastics competitions in Rio were some of the most spectacular, memorable and most watched of all time. Over the course of the competitions nearly 200 hugely talented gymnasts, male and female, flipped, leaped, twisted and soared for the crowd, a crowd that was enthusiastic – and vocal – every second of the…

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Meet the Men of US Gymnastics in Rio to Redeem Their Reputations

In the run up to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, which are now finally here, the Women’s US Gymnastic team has received a huge amount of attention. And not just from the US media either. The ladies are considered hot favorites to scoop up the golds, especially 19 year old ‘supergirl’ Simone Biles and…

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Remembering The Magnificent Seven Twenty Years Later

Many of the gymnastics fans rooting for the US Women’s Gymnastics team in Rio vividly remember their predecessors, The Fierce Five. Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber famously scored a team gold in London in 2012 and became the darlings of the international media and some of the most recognizable…

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Four Gymnasts to Watch in Rio Who are Not Simone Biles

Anyone who has even the slightest interest in gymnastics knows that in Rio in August all eyes are going to be on the 19 year old Texan phenom that is the hurricane known as Simone Biles. Many pundits and even former Olympians feel she now has what it takes to make the kind of impact…

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