It's like an excitement you can only feel. He thought it was the greatest thing. Stacy Maloney, the Hamm brothers' gymnastics coach, said the number of boys enrolling in gymnastics has nearly doubled at his gym since Olympics fever began in August. Boys' classes at the Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy in West Allis used to average about four or five participants in each of six classes. Since Aug. 21, enrollment has jumped to the maximum of eight in each of the classes, Maloney said.
Parents are really busy and . . .
Sometimes, they need that little bit of impetus to get them out the door - I think the Olympics does that. At the Schroeder YMCA in Brown Deer, aquatic director Jay Buckmaster said enrollment in swimming and diving has reached an all-time high. But in September, that number grew to about 575, Buckmaster said. Some students signed on for additional swimming and diving classes after getting caught up in the Olympics excitement. And just as enrollment rises predictably every four years after the Olympics, some of the new participants won't last long in their newfound avocations, Buckmaster said.