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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not every gym in the area has open gym for children. Some insurance restricts it heavily. Common sense should restrict it as well, but not my circus I guess. Maybe they are just lucky so far. I’m personally not in favor of open gym but I think the county could hire more staff to teach more instructor led gymnastics programs if they really wanted to. [/quote]
I love all these opinions from folks who haven't been and observed.  Lots of arm chair warriors making tons of wrong assumptions.  They're not a circus and gymnasts are well behaved.  Usually the staff mostly help to make sure the kids have the mats and equipment adjusted properly.  I've never seen a behavior issue.[/quote]

I guess our opinion just differs because I’m a professional gymnastics coach who has been to and observed nearly every type of gymnastics program for more than 30 years. Including the program in question. This is besides the point but I was just pointing out that there could be an insurance barrier.

I don’t think they need open gym and I don’t agree that every gym in the area has open gym for children. You have a different opinion on that, and clearly some gymnastics professionals do since some gyms do have it. But other profitable gyms don’t. So it’s certainly not the only path forward if there are barrier. Other than that we’re probably on the same side. [/quote]

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