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Age Group 5 - 10 years old

 

This is an accelerated class solely for the child that loves gymnastics, has fun doing gymnastics, and desires to someday compete on the gymnastics team. Mighty Midgets and Hot Shots are a Pre-Team class. We are not asking that you and your child be ready to make the team commitment today, however, you feel in the next year or two your daughter and you would be excited to join Dynamite’s Competitive Gymnastics Team. Now, no one has a crystal ball to see into the future. So, if your daughter really enjoys coming to Dynamite and doing gymnastics, that is the best indicator. If your daughter, later on her gymnastics journey, finds that she wants to do other things besides gymnastics, then that is alright. I just don’t want that to become the norm. The reason that I feel so strongly about these pre-team classes and the child’s desire to someday compete, is because each class has limited space and they feed our team. For example, if there are 8 Pre-Team gymnasts and 4 gymnasts end up going to team and the other 4 don’t want to join, then half of the foreseen team is now empty. Also those 4 spots could have been filled with 4 gymnasts that would have gotten the pre-team training and would have loved to join. Once again, please don’t fret over the decision. If your gymnast has fun and enjoys gymnastics, looks up to the Team Girls hoping to someday be able to flip like that, and the coaching staff sees good potential then ….Go For It! One last note: My staff and I cannot predict your child’s performance, therefore, there may come a time in which we feel a certain gymnast has good potential and a future being in the sport, but for whatever reason (fear, strength, and/or drive) they seem to be at a stand still or moving backwards. In that case and under these individual circumstances and a child specific solution would be found. It is the goal of all coaches at Dynamite Gymnastics to teach happy, healthy children the joy of gymnastics through encouragement and self-pride. This program is designed for accelerated athletes to harness their ability and help them to love themselves and gymnastics through hard training and lots of fun.

ABOUT THE CLASS:

Pre-Team consist of one year of training.  When training is accomplished they would then join the gymnastics team. The Pre-Team will focus on strengthening and flexibility. The TOPS1 Program will also be used for strength, flexibility, training and testing. The Pre-Team will be training to perfect basic gymnastics skills and the skills/dance leading up to Team / Level 4.

CLASS SCHEDULE:

Mondays 4:00 - 5:20PM & Wednesdays 4:00 - 5:20PM
Cost: $120.00/mo

 

1 TOPS (Talent Opportunity Program)- USA Gymnastics has been using the TOPS program for the last 15yrs. It has proven to be very successful in producing strong gymnasts.


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