The warm up is the key to preventing injury and increasing the gymnasts strength, flexibility and power, which is done to improve performance and aid in skill acquisition. This can only be done through proper training in the warm up. If your daughter needs to tape or do extra stretching before workout, please keep that in mind when setting up your arrival time. Late gymnasts can be a distraction to their teammates and coaches, and must still do the warm-up on their own. It is important for each gymnast to maintain discipline during practice to achieve their goals both individually and as a team group.
Gymnasts learn quickly that hard work can be rewarding and fun.
If it is necessary to pick your daughter up early on occasion, please have her notify a member of the coaching staff before practice so appropriate workout alterations may be made if necessary. A gymnast who can run, jump, leap and flip with grace and efficiency. Gymnasts are like no other athletes, therefore they require extra education and support. This especially important to the younger team members. They are to instill the responsibility of eating sensibly.