West Wind Gymnastics Club
245 10 Street North T1H 0H6 Lethbridge, AB, Canada

Snow day tomorrow! Gymnastics will be cancelled following suit with the school district’s decision. Please use jack rabbit to book your make up class at your earliest convenience and we will see everyone TUESDAY!

Important update regarding parent drop off and pick up procedures. To ensure our members health and safety as well as the operations of the club, we are reverting back to only allowing athletes into the facility. Our membership should have received this update to your email address on file this afternoon. ... Thank you for continuing to be a valued member of WWGC

Congrats to our 50/50 Winner! Ross picked up his FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR cheque today! Thanks to everyone who participated in our fundraiser!!

Registration is open for all of our PD Day camps. First up we have our Mission Impossible camp Friday, October 9th followed by our week long Game Show Mania camp Tuesday, October 13th to Friday, October 16th. Join us for super fun themed games, crafts and lots of gymnastics! Register online @ www.westwindgym.com or give us a call @ 403-320-1373.

The huge smile after landing a new skill is the best thing about being back in the gym! Well done Shaylyn! #wwgc #wwgcteam #yqlkids #yql

We wil be giving away $5000 dollars tomorrow @ 10am. Tune into Facebook live to watch the draw!

We just emailed everyone this reminder of our mandatory mask policy. Thank you for your continued cooperation as we are doing everything we can to ensure the health and safety of your family and ours. We are open this weekend but closed on Monday. Happy Thanksgiving!!

CONTEST REMINDER Don't forget to send in your coach nominations!! We are taking nominations in until this Thursday. To see the contest details please visit... http://ow.ly/aUTI50BqhG5 . . . #ThanksCoach #NationalCoachesWeek #Celebrate #AlbertaGymnastics #AGFCoaches #AGFCoachAppreciation See more

We have some pretty spectacular coaches at WW. Why do you love your coach?

Open gyms kick off TODAY! Wednesday’s from 1-3 & Friday’s from 9-11 .... Pre-Registration is required to ensure we are within capacity restrictions. Open gyms are billed monthly with one month's notice to withdraw. $60/month for non-members $45/month for kiddos already enrolled in a class! $15/month sibling discount or sign up one day at a time for $20 per visit Discounts do not apply to single-day sign-ups and cannot be combined. Please make sure to complete a waiver for your athlete as well as the participating adult! Register online or by calling our office @ 403.320.1373 https://westwindgym.com/open-gym/

It’s not too late to register! Fall session begins Tuesday, September 8th. Please check out our website for more information! We can’t wait to see you! #westwindgym #gymnasticsregistration #lethbridgegymnastics #lethbridgekids #lethbridgefun #lethbridgesports

Registration is open for our 2020/2021 PD Day camps! Each camp is filled with fun themed games, crafts and of course lots of gymnastics! For more information and to register visit our website www.westwindgym.com or give us a call @ 403-320-1373.

Fall registration is live! We have changed our tested classes to monthly billing running from September 8th to June 21st. Please check out our website for more information! We can’t wait to see you! #westwindgym #gymnasticsregistration #lethbridgegymnastics #lethbridgekids #lethbridgefun... #lethbridgesports See more

https://westwindgym.com/our-classes/ Fall Registration is LIVE for recreational classes! See our website for more information on our switch to monthly billing. ... Open Gym registration will be live by Friday!

Part of the process in becoming a NCCP Certified Gymnastics Coach is completing a video showing the coach instructing a class to be evaluated by a NCCP Course Conductor. All of our Coaching Staff are NCCP Certified and are continually looking to provide a higher level of instruction and safety to all of our athletes!

Here is an update from the City of Lethbridge in regard to the Fee Assistance Program! Due to ongoing closures of all floors of City Hall except the first floor to the general public, I have moved the Fee Assistance Program to an online application, like Jumpstart and Kidsport. For individuals to apply they need to go to www.lethbridge.ca/feeassistance and click on the link to apply.

Our athletes are jumping for joy at our new 50 foot trampoline! #wwgc #yql #yqlkids #gymnastics

Clean. Careful & Committed to excellence in our programming and keeping our community safe.

This cutie patootie came in for a private lesson today with Coach Lindsay. No fun was had having the gym and coach to herself Contact us if your athlete is interested in one on one training for skill development OR if you aren’t ready to join a group class!

Aubs workin those layouts way to go girlie

A glimpse at a private lesson today! This athlete is a cheerleader working to improve and advance her tumbling. Contact us if your athlete is interested in one on one training for skill development OR if you aren’t ready to join a group class!

Return to Play Overview Sometimes we hear that families do not get our emails. Emails are sent through our software program, Jack Rabbit & can often get pushed to a junk folder or blocked. To prevent this, please add our email addresses as contacts. You can also see any sent emails in your Parent Portal! In case you missed it, below is our return to play letter that has been going out for our classes that are starting this week! ... This letter is different than our summer camp letters that go out each Friday for the upcoming week’s camp!

Here are some great resources for school supplies!

Last night was the first summer session class & it was a success! . Super proud of our wonderful coaching staff maintaining social distancing with 3&4 year olds @ West Wind Gymnastics Club

A few clips from our aerial clinic today! There are still openings for our back walkover clinic happening Next Wednesday!

Summer Camp Fun

Lots of exciting things happening! We are Kicking off summer with a 6 week Rec. Session. Registration is now open, space is limited. ...annnnnnnnnd Alberta Gymnastics Federation just let us know that TRAMPOLINES are once again included in our insurance! ... Can’t wait to set up our 50 ft tumble track again

More camp fun this week! @ West Wind Gymnastics Club

Socially distanced is easier to maintain if we land on the beam these campers are having fun and doing awesome with our new safety measures!

Canada Day Camp Sale!! . . All of our summer fun camps are BUY 1 GET 1 50% off! Discount is automatically applied at check out. We offer camps for kiddos ages 4&... . . We split up athletes into groups for our day camps by age and ability! Sign up online at Westwindgym.com See more

Happy Canada Day! We still have a couple single day spots available on Thursday July 2 and Friday July 3 in our Celebrate Canada theme day camp! www.westwindgym.com

We have just added SINGLE DAY OPTIONS to our camps! Ages start at four but we do separate campers by age AND gymnastics ability for our camps. Limited spaces available for single day sign ups due to AB Health & Safety Capacity Guidelines

Our gym is clean, set up and ready to welcome all of our summer camp kids on Monday! West Wind Gymnastics Club is prepared to offer a fun and safe camp experience for Lethbridge youth. Watch this short video to prepare you for what to expect when you arrive!

Upcoming SKILL clinics! all athletes are welcome, not just gymnasts! register by phoning the gym, going online or by downloading our app! tumbling clinics do have prerequisite skills, if you are unsure if your child has these, please email the gym and we can help! @ West Wind Gymnastics Club

We will be offering the following Summer Skill Clinics in July & August! Skill clinics are either 1 or 3 day intensive workshops for specific skills or events! Flexibility Aerials Back & Front Walkovers... Back & Front Handsprings Trampoline & Tumbling Bars (this is for athletes who do not yet have a Kip) Head on over to our website for dates and to register! You do not need to be a member of our club to join! https://westwindgym.com/day-camps/

Summer Camp Registration is LIVE! Gymnastics camps will start June 26th! - Full and Half Day Options -Sibling & Multi-Camp Discounts... -All 9 Weeks for the Price of 7! - Skill Camps are still being scheduled* *we are slowly adding recreational classes for our two week mini-session starting on Monday, but this is taking a bit more time to schedule classes and staff, so we will be continuously adding classes over the next day or two!* https://westwindgym.com/day-camps/

**UPDATE** We are still offering classes for our mini session, but instead of designating which two days and times per week, we are simplifying it and encouraging parents to just sign up for more than one day per week and utilize the multi class 10% discount! WWGC is very excited to announce that we will be running recreational gymnastics classes again starting MONDAY for a short two week mini session before summer day camps kick off in July!... To ensure we can maintain proper relaunch protocols we will not be offering preschool classes at this time. If your child is under four years old or not potty trained, we will have Parent & Tot classes for your littles for the time being! Stay tuned for links to register for our June mini session, day camps, as well as new parent and athlete protocols. Can’t wait to see everyone again!!

Team final from the '96 Olympics was one of our favorites

We are excited to announce that we will be offering private and semi private gymnastics lessons outside in our parking lot in accordance with Phase 1 Guidelines. At this time, we are only allowing athletes living in the same household to book semi-private lessons. Coaches will not be spotting or have physical contact with your athlete unless there is an emergency situation in which the parent cannot assist with. Lessons will focus on drills and skills to help athletes be a...ctive, gain strength, flexibility and progress on their own, without the physical spotting of a coach. A few things to note about our outdoor lessons: These will be facilitated outside in the WWGC Parking Lot. We will ensure there is LOTS of matting around the equipment for safety measures. Equipment and matting will be properly disinfected between lessons and hand sanitizer will be supplied as well. Parents will be required to stay and park their car in a way to block any potential cars passing through, as will a coach. We will also use orange safety cones as a perimeter in the parking lot. We will bill lessons via our Jack Rabbit Parent Portal with credit card or direct withdraw at the time of booking. In order to receive a credit for a cancelled lesson, you must cancel via email to [email protected] no less than 48 hours before your scheduled class. If the lesson must be cancelled due to weather, we will re-book you at no additional cost. Athletes ages 4 and under will most likely have to have a parent assist them like in a parent and tot class. Our coaches will make this fun and easy to do! Prices are per athlete per half hour: Option 1: 1 athlete - 30 minutes - $30 Option 2: 2 athletes - 30 minutes - $40 Option 3: 3+ athletes - 30 minutes - $50 Option 4: Buy 4 of any option above and receive a 20% discount Non-Gymnastics Athletes please note: If you have not been in a program since July 1, 2019, you will be required to pay the $50 Alberta Gymnastics Annual Membership and Insurance Fee to participate in lessons. This is an annual fee that will be required again July 1, 2020 to continue for the following year, as per Alberta Gymnastics By-Laws. To book, follow this link to complete the google form to help us know what type of lesson you would like to book. Someone will be in contact with you shortly after this to arrange a time and day! We are not consistently at the office to answer phones at this time so if you have any questions please email our Executive Director at [email protected] https://forms.gle/jGAhGraZXLRScBACA

REGISTRATION LIVE DAY CAMPS starting JUNE 1st! For more information, to register or to see our relaunch guidelines to maintain social distancing and support distance learning, please visit us at: ... https://westwindgym.com/day-camps/ we are also looking for donations of gently used classroom items that can be easily disinfected!

Our gymnasts definitely have talent! We would love to see some submissions!

CARDIO WORKOUT Its beautiful outdoors so this one is perfect! Time to work on our speed for vault and floor... For 20 minutes, alternate between 30 sec of sprinting followed by 1 min of walking for recovery. Keep alternating until you reach 20 minutes total! #wwgcteam #wwgc #fitness #speed #sprint #strong

GYMNASTICS HISTORY Svetkana Boginskaya is a former artistic gymnast for the USSR and Belarus best known for her height and artistry on beam and floor. She is a three-time Olympic champion, and competed in 3 Olympic Games (1988, 1992, 1996). Interesting fact: Coach Katrina met her while she was a gymnast at the 1996 Wild Rose International and got her autograph now displayed on the wall at the gym ... Watch this video of Svetlana competing at the 1988 Olympics. Did you know back then all gymnasts had to compete Compulsory routines as our young athletes do today! https://youtu.be/oaKxA0fZvHc #gymnasticshistory #olympics #compulsory #throwback #wwgc

Part 2 Exercise Demos for WACKY WORKOUT

WACKY WORKOUT Watch the videos for complete instructions and exercise demos for this one, but in short the workout is: As Many Rounds as Possible in 30 min: 20 Frog Jumps 15 Box Dips... 20 Power Lunges 25 Chest Tap Pushup 10 Tuck Jumps HAVE FUN! And don't forget to tag us in your pictures and videos! #wwgc #wwgcteam #gymnastics #gymnast #Conditioning #workout #exercise

GYMNASTICS HISTORY Oksana Omelianchik born 2 January 1970) is a retired Soviet gymnast and the all-around gold medalist of the 1985 World Championships. Omelianchik was most known for her enthusiastic showmanship, difficulty and originality, including pioneering back-to-back tumbling. #gymnasticshistory #gymnasticsgreat #pointyfeetwinthemeet... https://youtu.be/1bkzn3O2R_0

DESIGN A COOL GYMNASTICS T-SHIRT It's your turn to create a new shirt for our pro shop! Funny sayings, neat graphics, or unique image placements. What can you come up with? #wwgc #wwgcteam #proshop #gymnastics #gymart #activitiesforkids #yqlkids #drawing

GYMNASTICS HISTORY Vanessa Atler was arguably the best US gymnast left off the Olympic Team in 2000. She was known for her incredible power and unique combinations on the floor exercise. #gymnasticshistory #power #gymnastics #doublelayout... https://youtu.be/lG8WiZzbScQ

Time to get outside!!! Swipe to see all of the items to find. Take a screen shot and check the items off as you find them. Bonus points if you take a gymnastics themed picture with one of the items and tag us! #wwgc #wwgcteam #scavengerhunt #outside #activitiesforkids #covid19 #makingmemories #yql #yqlkids

DECK OF CARDS WORKOUT Find a deck of cards. Give it a good shuffle and flip over the top card. Perform the associated exercise and reps. Once done, flip the next card and continue this pattern until you made it through the deck. For younger athletes, modify to 1/2 of a deck of cards. #wwgc #wwgcteam #deckofcardsworkout #workout #gymnastics #conditioning

Fun contest from Alberta Gymnastics Federation this week!!!

Dont forget to keep up with your flexibility during this time away from the gym. Here is a great video from one of our favorite coaches from the USA!

Did you know Women's Uneven Bars started out as Parallel Bars?

GYMNASTICS HISTORY Today's gymnast is Andreea Raducan from Romania. She competed at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney which was filled with much controversy, and despite not having the gold medal she is recognized by fans as the Olympic AA Champion. What interesting facts can you find out about Andreea Raducan? #gymnasticshistory #gymnastics #olympian #controversy... https://youtu.be/hw-ZqurGLrE

Submit your creation by 4:00pm tomorrow!!

Flip a Coin Workout!!! Start by flipping a coin and perform the exercise associated with if it lands on heads or tails. Continue until you've completed all rounds. Too easy? Go again for round 2! Don't forget to tag us in your photos and videos! We miss all our athletes! ... #wwgc #wwgcteam #gymnasticshomechallenge #gymnast #workout #activitiesforkids #yql #yqlkids See more

Hey all you cool cats & kittens @westwindgymwag challenged me to a splits competition. Besides feeling like my legs were in an explosion it was a nice excuse to get out of my afternoon pyjamas and into some active wear...... Timeline video shows some tips for improving your splits at home.... 1point and flex your toes several times in each stretch 2the trick is to hold each stretch for short amounts of time with LOTS of repetitions. If I wanted to get lower in my splits I would do this entire video on each leg, 3-5 times and you should see your split inch down lower each time you go through it. 3repeat this 3 times per day 4if you are all the way down stack towels, use stairs etc for added height! 5most athletes struggle improving flexibility in their back hip flexors and this prevents their splits from improving...this is why I continuously pick up my back leg! 6If you struggle to hold your back leg up yourself, ask a family member to do so for you, or you can put it up against a wall! The more you bend your back leg towards your back, the better the stretch! Let’s see yours!

Gymnastics History Canadian, Yvonne Tousek, was known for her originality and unique expression on the floor exercise. She represented Canada in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2000 Sydney Olympics. Yvonne has one skill named after her in the gymnastics code of points.... What event is it on and what is the description of that skill? https://youtu.be/szCySH9jdZM

Tumbl Trak is hosting a Facebook LIVE Homenastics Dance Party at 10:30am today! Head over to their page to participate with them!

We miss all of our athletes <3 Here's a fun movement activity geared towards kids aged 18 months to 5 years old (our Parent & Tot, Preschool, and Kindergym kids) lead by Coaches Emma and Katrina Let us see how you're staying active at home... share your photos in the comments!

Too funny not to share. Who is just loving 100% quality time with their kids out of school with zero social or physical stimulation The situation is horrible, but there are so many people rallying to help others, it is really wonderful to see....annnnd some quality memes out lately. ... Drop us your fave home school or quarantine meme

We are hoping to be able to put together some YouTube videos of at home stretches, workouts and games for your littles when they are in need of some movement! Until we have those resources put together, I thought I would share this fun idea to keep afternoon walks entertaining for the kids! But I don’t see why we have to limit this to the kiddos, I hope to see some mommy colouring book masterpieces too

West Wind Gymnastics will be closing indefinitely, following suit with the school closures. Emails will be going out soon. Please stay safe! Best in health