Episode 9: Planning special event in your gym.

02/14/24 • 28 min

pod(CAST HANDSTAND): Gymnastics & CrossFit

Happy Valentine's Day. In honor of today's special holiday, I'm discussing how I plan special events in the gym.

I give all my secrets for how I strategized in creating, scheduling and planning special events. I have separated these special events into three categories:

1. Weekly: Includes open gym and birthday parties.

2. Monthly: Parents night out.

3. Annual: Recreational Olympics (our yearly "recital").

I give you key components that made these events successful and welcome any additional questions you may have about how I planned these events. I hope this assists any owners or gym directors out there who are looking to elevate their gym revenue and create more opportunities to get kids in the gym.

Are you looking for assistance with programming your preschool gymnastics classes? I now provide customized preschool planning based on your gym's specific needs. Totally customized and totally fun. This is a great way to take the stress out of your job and leave it to someone who has over 30 years coaching experience. Want to try it our for free? I will give you two weeks of programming if you message me on social media HERE.

Have questions? Write me a message @jrthegymnasticscoach on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook, or on my YouTube channel.

Please make sure you RATE the podcast and help me get the word out. Leave comments and share with all your gymnastics friends and family.

Happy Valentine's Day. In honor of today's special holiday, I'm discussing how I plan special events in the gym.

I give all my secrets for how I strategized in creating, scheduling and planning special events. I have separated these special events into three categories:

1. Weekly: Includes open gym and birthday parties.

2. Monthly: Parents night out.

3. Annual: Recreational Olympics (our yearly "recital").

Have questions? Write me a message @jrthegymnasticscoach on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook, or on my YouTube channel.

Please make sure you RATE the podcast and help me get the word out. Leave comments and share with all your gymnastics friends and family.

Previous Episode

Episode 8: Building a strong preschool gymnastics program.

Today I talk about building a strong preschool gymnastics program. What exactly does it take to create a successful preschool program that not only provides a fun learning atmosphere, but one that allows these children to truly thrive?

Important factors to consider:
1. Have you created skill sheets for each level of your preschool program?

2. Who is creating your preschool programming? Hopefully someone with a large gymnastics knowledge base.

3. Who do you have teaching your preschool classes? If your answer is all high school kids, then you're doing it wrong.

4. How are you setting up your circuits and stations? Knowing the developmental stages for preschool-aged children will go a long way to creating a successful program.

5. Continue to build relationships with parents/families. A good preschool coach knows parents, grandparents, or other care givers fairly well. You should know their names, what they do for a living and other important information that creates RELATIONSHIPS.

Are you look for assistance with programming your preschool gymnastics classes? I provide customized preschool planning based on your equipment list and skills. To start you'd provide me a list of your preschool supplies and skills and I provide 3,6 or 12 months of programming. It's a great way to take the stress out of your job and leave it to someone with over 30 years coaching experience. Want to try it out for free? I will give you two weeks of programming free if you message me on social media.

Have questions? Write me a message on social media; @jrthegymnasticscoach on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Youtube.

Please rate the podcast and help get the word out. Leave comments and share with all your gymnastics friends and family.

Next Episode

Episode 10: Managing parent expectations.

Welcome back to another episode.

Today JR discusses reasons why parents initially enroll their children in gymnastics and how those original expectations can quickly shift to something much greater.

At the beginning of your child's gymnastics journey the usual reasons for enrolling your child in class was to create better socialization skills, manage your child's abundance of energy, or hone a natural skill you saw in your child. At what point were those reasons no longer satisfactory? Many times parents get "team eyes" and want their child to move from a recreational program to a competitive program.

Today let us discuss how and why this occurs.

Are you looking for assistance with programming your preschool gymnastics classes? I now provide customized preschool planning based on your gym's specific needs. Totally customized and totally fun. This is a great way to take the stress out of your job and leave it to someone who has over 30 years experience. Want to try it out for free? I will give you two weeks programming if you message me on social media. HERE

Have questions? Message me @jrthegymnasticcoach on IG, Tik Tok, Facebook, or on my YouTube channel.

Please rate the podcast. Leave comments and share with your gymnastics friends and family.