First post!

Woohoo!  I am dragging my buns into the 21st century at last, with the first ever Diablo Gymnastics Blog. I hope we can keep people "in the know" this way!

Here is a photo (for you ex-athletes and Mr. Gault who live far away) to show the results of our beautiful summer remodeling project... how wonderful to have that finished. Well, nearly finished. there's just that one ugly mat stack that needs to disappear from the vault corner. Notice I didn't show that in the photo... haha!

New for Fall:  we have a new warmup structure for the after school recreation classes, incorporating more cardio and less static stretching, more fun and less pained looks on children's face, hopefully.  AND, we have a new recreation program director, Ashlyn Aneloski. Well, she's not new, since I started teaching her when she was four years old, but now she's home from Arizona State with a degree in nutrition and a sideline in fitness, and she is making us work!  We also have an updated tumbling curriculum, courtesy of Jerry Wehry, who co-coaches the level five team girls. 

The level five team took third place in their first meet of the season at Golden Gate in Concord, and the brand new level fours took fourth in the very first meet of their lives!  Team program director, Amy Silay, was so pleased with the comments she received from other coaches about how well our girls did.

We are all happy to have survived the first week of Fall classes, and we look forward to teaching your kids many fun skills this year!

TTFN, Michelle GO DIABLO!