Text Box: Emerald Girls, Ages: 5+ Cost: $40 per month *Skills listed are only samplings of a much larger curriculum! Emerald classes are for beginning gymnasts learning the basic skills of gymnastics including how to control body movement. USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Level 1 skills are followed. Classes are one hour long. We take no more than 8 children per teacher. Skills mastered in this level include: Basic body positions; cartwheels; handstands; vaulting approach; pull overs on the bar; various walks and jumps on the beam; and many strength and flexibility skills. Text Box: Gymnastics Text Box: Recreational Gymnastics Classes Boys and Girls (Separate Classes) Ages: 5-18 years Each class will begin with a warm-up time and end with a conditioning time to strengthen the muscles used in gymnastics. Our aim is to teach self-confidence and body control/awareness. The goals of the program are learning essential basic gymnastics skills and then more difficult progressions of those skills. We follow the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic progressions and curriculum in every class. Children who begin our program without any gymnastics experience will begin in an Emerald or Boys Class. If your child has past experience, we will evaluate your child to determine the class that will be the best fit. Each week in the girls’ class we will work on tumbling skills and two other events. The lesson plans rotate between working on Bars and Tramp one week and then Vault and Beam another week. The boys’ class alternates between High Bar, Parallel Bars, and Rings one week and Pommel Horse, Mushroom, and Vault another week, working on tumbling every week. We strive to challenge the skill level for each student, so whether new to the class or nine months into the program, our staff will work with your child on the skills he or she is ready to learn. Our staff evaluates the gymnasts on an ongoing basis to be sure they are in the appropriate level. We send home written evaluations four times per year to allow families to know how a child is progressing through his or her level. We want students to feel comfortable, be challenged and HAVE FUN! Text Box: Sapphire Girls, Ages: 7+ Cost: $49 per month, By Evaluation Only *Skills listed are only samplings of a much larger curriculum! Sapphire classes are for students with an intermediate skill level working on USAG Level 3 skills. Sapphires have a 1 1/2 hour class so they can focus more time on advanced skills and drills. We take no more than 8 children per teacher. Sapphire students will be invited to the performance show team and may be invited to the Xcel competitive team. Skills mastered in this level include: Front and back handsprings; handstand flatbacks on vault; glide kips drills on bars; handstands and handstand dismounts on the high beam; cartwheels on the low beam; and increased flexibility and strength drills. Text Box: Ruby Girls, Ages: 6+ Cost: $45 per month, By Evaluation Only *Skills listed are only samplings of a much larger curriculum! Ruby classes are for gymnasts who have mastered the basic skills of gymnastics and have a minimum of one year of gymnastics experience. USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Level 2 skills are followed. Classes are one hour and 15 minutes long. We take no more than 8 children per teacher. Skills mastered in this level include: Added body positions; back walkovers; round offs; front limbers; handspring drills on the vault; back hip circles on bars; forward rolls and handstands drills on the beam; and increased strength and flexibility skills. Text Box: Diamond (Junior & Senior) Girls, Ages: Junior 6-8, Senior 8+ Cost: $58 per month, By Evaluation Only *Skills listed are only samplings of a much larger curriculum! Diamond classes are for students with an advanced skill level working on USAG Level 4 skills or above. Advanced students will also work on skills needed to enter competitive gymnastics should he or she desire to do so. In the advanced class we take no more than 9 students per teacher. Skills mastered in this level include: Round off back handspring and side aerials; handspring vault; glide kips and long hang pull overs on bars; cartwheel on the high beam; back walkover on the low beam; full splits and advanced strength drills.

What else is available?  Preschool Gymnastics, Recreational Gymnastics, Tumbling & Trampoline, Cheerleading, Competitive Gymnastics Teams

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1201 S. 17th St. | Clinton, IA 52732

563-243-3848 | office@mvatc.net

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Text Box: Non-Competitive Boys Boys, Ages: 5+ Cost: $40 per month *Skills listed are only samplings of a much larger curriculum! Boys classes are designed specifically for the extra energy and physical needs of the average boy. Our staff knows and understands that young boys generally do not want to stand still. The Non-Competitive Boys class will use the boys’ endless supplies of energy as a training tool for gymnastics. With games and constant activities, boys thrive in the gymnastics environment. Included in the curriculum is the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic progressions from the Men’s Program. We allow a maximum of 8 boys to one instructor. Skills mastered in this level include: Basic body positions; cartwheels; handstands; vaulting approach; pull overs and swings on the high bar; parallel bar walks and swings; various walks and jumps on the beam for balance and coordination; beginning swings on the pommel horse and rings and many strength and flexibility skills.