[quote]SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Shawn Johnson parked herself on Alicia Sacramone's lap to watch the end of the meet, looking every bit the kid she still is.[/quote] weird lol. no other seats available? maybe they will show it on Sunday's NBC coverage of the Visa Championships. [quote]"It's funny to watch her because she looks so mature and centered and focused," Sacramone said. "Then when[ Read More... ]

We do splits and then oversplits in warm-up and again at the end of practice, more oversplits at the end than in the beginning. Plus a bit of conditioning in warm-up too. Besides running, stretching, etc. Do you guys do some conditioning in warm-up too?

you could also put on waist weights - the kind that are flat metal are good, don't stick/jab into you.

Maybe it's different at a ymca vs. a gym club? More classes / coaching positions to fill at a gym club? You hear a lot of clubs constantly looking to hire for rec. classes. My previous club hosted the high school teams for free just so they could get them to work there later on, and asked the coaches to help out (in another words volunteer) with coaching the high school team girls because of it.[ Read More... ]