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Alicia Sacramone drives 1 hour each way to her gymnastics practice and she attending Brown University too, but she quit the college gymnastics this year to get ready for the Olympics. http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?p=3100#3100 She's getting ready for the Olympics, so she's more likely to sacrifice 2 hours driving - it's important to be at a good gym and one that you like[ Read More... ]

15 minutes drive to your gymnastics class is really good - considering that really there usually aren't that many gymnastics clubs in one area that is for rec./competitive - like that aren't just for the toddlers like the Little Gym, etc. 20 minutes is ok too, 25 minutes is ok also if you really like your club. More than that it would be easier probably if your class is for 3 hours or more, like[ Read More... ]

it depends on how long the practices are, cause i drive for 15 minutes to 2 1/2 hour practices..thats not really bad but if ur driving a long distance it might be eaiser if the class was at least 3 hours

It depends also on how long the class is also - like for a one hour class more than 30 minutes drive each way would mean you're driving longer than you're in the class. For a 3 or 4 hour class, then it might not be as bad - plus if your class is for that long it prob. means you're at a higher level and it does make esp. a bigger difference that you're comfortable with the gym equipment and the[ Read More... ]

I do gym at the local YMCA and we still have girls driving 45 minutes to get there. The Ymca they were at closed the gymnastics program, so a lot came here.

How far would you say that it is too far to drive to gymnastics practice - 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour? There aren't that many gymnastics clubs to choose from in an area, especially ones that have good equpment - that is actually state-of-the-art not like tkatch's post on that lol (read at http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=1280 ). Even if you're 'just' doing recreational or[ Read More... ]