Palatine Gymnastics - The Program
 The Palatine Park District
Gymnastics Program offers gymnastics instruction for boys and girls
from preschool through high school. The primary goal of the Palatine
Park District Gymnastics Program is to provide high-quality gymnastics
instruction to as many young people as possible, on the most individual
basis possible. The secondary goal of our club is to prepare gymnasts
to compete in USAG level meets and on their high school gymnastics
team. The Palatine Park District Gymnastics Program is divided into two
basic programs: Recreational and Competitive.
 Recreational:
This program is recreational and comprises approximately 94% of our
total membership. The recreational program has beginner classes through
prep squad. After the pre-school level the boys' program and the girls'
program are separate. There are numerous subdivisions within each
category based upon age and ability level. Our recreational program
provides our team with a strong foundation. See the Park district catalog for a list of classes or their web site.
 Competitive:
Our competitive program (Palatine Gymnastics Club) participates in
meets that are sanctioned by the United States Gymnastics (USAG) Junior
Olympic Program. Gymnastics is very demanding (both physically and
mentally). Success in meeting these demands makes gymnastics
participation one of the most rewarding experiences possible for a
young person; however, because of these demands few gymnasts make it
all the way to the top. Therefore, in keeping with the spirit that the
club was founded on, we groom and prepare gymnasts to be successful on
their high school teams as well as our USAG teams. Palatine and Fremd
High Schools have very successful high school gymnastics teams in part
due to the success of our Palatine Gymnastics Club.
 The USAG
provides a training system with progressively advanced levels of
competition: Level 1 (Beginner) through Level 10 (Advanced) to the
Elite Level, with competition beginning at Level 4. All team members
must be registered with USAG before they can enter a sanctioned meet.
We have six competitive team levels (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9). The
gymnasts can progress from one level to the next any time during the
year when they have fulfilled the level requirements for the next
level. Our level requirements are more stringent than those required by
USAG. This prepares the gymnast so that she may experience success at
the next level, while maintaining the quality of our program.
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