Gymnastics

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
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The Licking County Family YMCA offers a full gymnastics curriculum.
Each level is designed to advance gymnasts in a safe, consistent
and productive manner teaching safety awareness, body awareness,
values and skill instruction.

Licking County Family YMCA gymnastics programs are designed
to provide a safe, nurturing environment for children and youth to
develop gymnastics skills as well as the four YMCA core values of
caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. We teach kids to tumble,
run, jump, and twist in our gymnastics programs.

From two years of age and up, kids learn movement skills, fine and
gross motor skills, tumbling skills and advanced gymnastics elements
in our progressive-based classes. gymnasts who are ready to take
their skills to the next level can get involved in competitive gymnastics
where the whole person is developed and competition and winning
are kept in healthy perspective.

Preschool Gymnastics

Preschool gymnastics is for children ages 12 months through
6 years of age. These programs provide children a fun way to
learn about body movement while gaining increased motor skills
and develop social interaction skills.

Baby & Me
(12 Months to 24 Months with Parent)

Have a limited amount of time, but want to have quality time
with your child? Baby & Me emphasizes social interaction,
cooperation, flexibility, gross motor activities, and fun.
Post-Partum mental and physical wellness for mom and baby
is equally as important as pre-natal wellness. Baby & Me is a
program that connects mother/dad and child in a relaxed
and nurturing environment.

Mom/Pop & Me
(2 year olds)

This 30-minute program is designed for a child and parent.
It emphasizes basic coordination skills, apparatus awareness,
social interaction, and gross-motor development. Children
have organized activities incorporated into an open forum.

Preschool Gymnastics
(3-4 years)

This 30-minute program is for the child who is ready to
participate without a parent. It offers a variety of fun and
challenging activities with an emphasis on coordination skills
and basic progression skills on the beam, bars, vault, and floor.
It also focuses on instructional discipline and social interaction.

Preschool Gymnastics Plus
(3-4 years)

This 45-minute program is for the child who is ready to
participate without a parent. It offers a variety of fun and
challenging activities with an emphasis on coordination skills
and basic progression skills on the beam, bars, vault, and
floor. It also focuses on instructional discipline and social
interaction. Prerequisite of at least two (2) sessions of
YMCA Preschool Gymnastics is required.

Young Basics
(5-6 years)

This 30-minute program emphasizes more advanced
coordination skills, an introduction to gymnastic basics,
listening skills, turn taking skills, instructional discipline,
and social discipline. It focuses on the gymnast who is
interested in learning basic skills.

Flippers
(5-7 years)

The one hour flipper level is physically and mentally
challenging program. As gymnasts learn more complex
skills and combinations, mastery requires concentration
and self-discipline. A more intense program of training will
be followed, with the goals of increased strength and
flexibility combined with the development of basic routines
on each piece of equipment. Prerequisite of at least two (2)
sessions of YMCA Young Basics is required.

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Progressive Youth Gymnastics

Youth Progressive Gymnastics program is for boys and girls
ages 7 and up. The Licking County Family YMCA gymnastics
program follows the guidelines of the National YMCA Progressive
Gymnastics program and the USA Junior Olympic Gymnastics
Program. We work to develop children's coordination, balance,
strength, flexibility, and most importantly self-esteem. We focus on
safety, encouraging kids to do their best, and to believe in themselves
while instilling the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect,
and responsibility.

Rollers

A one hour, beginning level class for gymnasts who want to
have fun while learning basic gymnastic skills. Gymnasts focus
on form, progression, and instructional discipline. Gymnasts
learn skills using the vault, bars, beam and floor exercises.

Swingers

An intermediate level one hour class for gymnasts to explore
their potential in gymnastics. Gymnasts need to have some
previous gymnastics experience. This progression focuses
on improving previously learned skills as well as incorporating
new skills.

Kippers

An intermediate/advanced level that incorporates new
progression skills while gymnasts have fun. Strength, potential,
and self-discipline are the focus of this class.

Gymnastics is progressive by nature. Classes build on top
of one another. It is very important that parents understand
that it takes a long time to achieve all the skills, strength, and
flexibility necessary to advance to the next level. Gymnastics
takes time, patience, repetition, and a love of the sport in
order to succeed.

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Team Preparation Gymnastics
(These classes are by invitation only)

This program is designed for gymnasts of all ages who possess
the desire and ability to compete. These classes are by invitation
only. The gymnast must perform certain skills to quality for each
of these levels. Classes are grouped according to socialization skills
(not skill level).

Super Stars
(3-4 years)

This one-hour class is for boys and girls who have had
experience in our basic preschool program.

Hot Shots
(5-6 years)

This 1 1/2 hour class meets twice a week. It is for children
who love to flip, tumble and have fun. Advanced level must
be recommended.

Level 3—Pre-team
(7 years and up)

Preparatory class to leading to competitive gymnastics.
Participants develop skills using vault, bars, beam and floor.
Classes meet twice a week for 1 hour. Instructor’s permission
is needed to register.

Level 4—9
(7 years and up)

Licking County Family YMCA Gymnastics Team is designed
for USA Gymnastics Level 4—9 students who have successfully
completed the intermediate level class. Team practice consists
of quality time working on tricks and routines designed for
competition. Participation is by invitation only-based on ability,
dedication, potential, and approval.

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Cheerleading/Tumbling
(Ages 8 and up)

The Licking County Family YMCA offers classes to both boys and
girls that focus on incorporating gymnastic tumbling into cheerleading.
Jumps and moves are taught, but actual cheers are not offered.
Basic advanced floor exercise skills are taught by a YMCA trained
cheerleading/tumbling coach.

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Cheer!

This high school level cheerleading class is designed to work on
moves, jumps and tumbles used by high school cheerleaders.
All schools are welcome to join this one-hour class.

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