If a gym is charging 70 dollars for privates ask them if the instructor is keeping all of the money. If so then you are probably paying to much. Some gyms do take a cut of what the instructor recieves and that covers: insurance, gym fees and electricty. Ask questions!

Some gyms promote the privates in 30 minute increaments, so make sure you know if that price is for 30 minutes or 60 minutes.

My our gym charges $40/hr or $25/half hour.

I have paid up to $50.00 an hour for a private, but that was for a very established coach. Most coaches I would pay between 40-45 an hour.

New gym in Livermore, Ca called springtyme...they do tumbling and trampoline and double mini ..... good tumbling coach there who will do privates!

Oh, but @ our gym dont even think of asking coaches to spot you unless you pay for a flip'n private, ha ha ha. What a joke. Read the newsletter. Your getting paid to do your job, do it! Its all about money.



P.s. Dont erase my post either, i stated nothing but the truth and my/our opinion, unless of course your afraid of the truth, the truth hurts sometimes Huh, So Sorry!

No, don't erase that post. LET them tell lies and stretch the truth MAJORLY. And besides, I bet that parent also saves seats, talks bad about other teams, complains about their kids placement on the team when he/she isn't all that great anyway (we can tell cause they need a spot) and so on.

Motions: keep your friends close, your enemies closer. This post was PERFECT. And I will bet ANY MONEY you know EXACTLY who that poster is.

Just responding to the post about not spotting at Motions and taking privates to get spotted.

That's me and only me. I don't spot unless you take a private with me. Reasoning? Simple, I spot rarely, and I mean rarely. Ask the kids that do take private lessons with me, they'll tell you the same thing. To me, I believe most spotting actually sets the athlete back.

In the past, I spotted all the time. Whether it was standing handsprings or full twisting layouts, I spotted you. But as I progressed with my teaching and began learning more from others, I realized that spotting skills wasn't neccessary and in reality actually held athletes back, as they became dependent on my being there to assist them through the skill ("just stand there").

Now I use the equipment to guide the athletes through the skill. I'm able to progress athletes through the techniques while at the same time having them become less dependent on me. I'm also able to see more of the skill and give better corrections. I still spot on occassion, but the athletes who work with me know that if they want to throw a skill, they'll be doing it on their own unless I tell them I will be spotting them. Whether its on the track, down a wedge, etc., I believe that the athletes doing the skills on their own will make them a stronger tumbler.

Two more things to point out here.

1. Just because I'll make the athlete do it by themselves without a spot doesn't mean that I'll throw them to the wolves. For example, before attempting a back handspring on their own they'll need to show me they can hold a correct handstand, fall to bridge with a kick over, a back walk over and an assisted back limber as well as several drills I have.

2. Although I don't spot the actual skills I am very hands on. When doing drills I always place the athlete into the right body position so they get a better feeling of where they are supposed to be.

Nelson de Dios
Gym Director
Motions Cheerleading Gym

I have to agree 1000000 percent:)