Gymnastics: College offers a chance for creativity (The Daily Utah Chronicle) Attending college brings new responsibilities and a new independence with it. Students pick classes, majors, new friends, and some of them pick their gymnastics routines. Utah gymnasts know that college gymnastics is much different than any other level of competition of which they've been a part. Publish Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:49:58 GMT Read more...

[quote]Duke said that she was force-fed routines in her club training. She said she loves her former club coach and understands that is the way gymnastics is taught. The system helped her win the National Junior Olympic all-around competition in 2002, but she enjoys having an active role in creating her performances. "That's the difference between coaching young women and little girls," head coach Greg Marsden said. Thirty-four years ago, Marsden spent time coaching club gymnastics at the Utah Academy of Gymnastics. He said he used a similar style of coaching that Duke attested to experiencing in club competition. His athletes' maturity and experience enable them to contribute to their routines. Club gymnasts usually have too much to learn to be able to construct a routine for themselves.[/quote] Every club isn't like that to tell you this is your routine, and that's it. Here's another thread on picking your floor music and choreographing your floor routine: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=23679#23679 And also: "Who's making your floor routine": http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=32