Comments on: COST gymnastics Floor routine?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:26:33 +0000

I have been doing choreography for 8 years and charge $100 to $250 depending on the level of the athlete. $100 for a beginner routine 60secs or less, $175 for an intermediate or top prvincial or state level athlete, $250 for a national athlete.

I have done beam routine in the past and only charge if the club charges me to rent the space to work with the athlete (which is typically not the case).

By: Coach S

Coach S — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:59:10 +0000

Our girl coaches teach the routines in class. If necessary, we’ll bring in an extra coach to work with the kids that are working on other things.

We have 30 boys in our club and each has 6 different routines. Gymnastics seems expensive enough as it is without asking parents to pay for routines.

By: UK coach

UK coach — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:22:19 +0000

As coach S, floor routines are free. Many clubs have one specific coach who does them. As all our levels have optional routines, yong gymnasts at low levels often all use the same routine from one club. Then all coaches tend to know it and it can be taught to many at once (I imagine like set routines).
For individual routines the coach will have the routine completely formed before the gymnast is there. It usually means the coach and the gymnast for 15 minutes 3/4 times on their own in the dance room to get most of it. Then in normal routine training the rest is sorted.

By: JO

JO — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:08:52 +0000

Yeah well there are usually 10 optional boys with one floor routine and 40 optional girls with two routines each to put together.

By: PolyisTCOandbanned

PolyisTCOandbanned — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:44:16 +0000

Men seem to learn routines from coaches fine.

All that handwaving on beam is silly, too. Get rid of it.

By: Justin Powers

Justin Powers — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:26:38 +0000

I charge $30 for floor. $15 for beam. The normal price around here is usual double what I charge.

By: TippingCows

TippingCows — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:00:34 +0000

I charge depending on the economics of the area. If I work at the gym I don’t charge more than 100-125 but if I am coming in freelance I charge 150+. I can’t see getting into the $250 range unless my reputation grew.
Teaching routines during training time is just a no-no. It takes so much time to perfect and detail out the nuances of a floor routine. There is so much of ME that goes into it and you have to get the kid to “get it” that it takes many hours and multiple visits (with some exceptions).

By: Katrina Burton

Katrina Burton — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:10:22 +0000

Coach S… who pays the coaches? Or are these coaches volunteering their time?

I am completely AGAINST the girls learning their floor routine during training hours. Its takes me about 10-20 hours to make up, teach, and perfect an athlete’s floor routine. What are all of the other girls doing while you are teaching a floor routine to someone else?

10-20 hours x 20 gymnasts needing a new one per year = 200-400 hours of instruction

That’s alot of hours to be volunteering or ignoring the other athletes while you teach a routine.

By: Coach S

Coach S — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:52:24 +0000

People pay for a floor routine? The girls at our gym get their routines from their coaches.

By: AM

AM — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:56:26 +0000

Around here people have actually paid Geza for a Level 7 routine.