Wildcard Gymnastics was voted Best Sports Complex by WISN’s A-List. Kidd O’Shea visited Wildcard last week to offer congratulations! Thanks for all who were able to come. A giant thank you goes out to all of you who voted for us! You are what makes Wildcard Gymnastics an amazing place.
Upcoming Events
June 25th – Sokol Opening Ceremonies – location moved to West Allis Central. Rehearsal at 5:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies start at 7:00 ish. (Cost $16 for spectators!) No Gold Bugs Practice or Girls Team Practice!
June 26th – Hales Corners Library Performance 10:30 a.m. * Arrive at 10:00 to stretch. Wear your NEW exhibition leotard. No Morning Team practice!
June 27th – Levels 5-9 Competition Sokol Gymnastics Meet held at State Fair Park No Morning Team practice! Come cheer on your teammates!
June 29th – Levels 3-4 Competition Sokol Gymnastics Meet held at State Fair Park
June 30th – Team Banquet at Country Springs 12 noon.
July 4th – Tosa Parade and Brookfield Parade (Teams will be split) *
Brookfield starts at 10:00 a.m.
Wauwatosa usually starts at 9:00 a.m.
Family Fest at 6-9 p.m. at Mitchell Park; shows at 6:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. *
INFO now posted!
July 5th or 6th – No TEAM practice
July 17th – Waukesha County Fair – Jr Gold Bugs, Gold Bugs 1 & 2, Level ⅔, Level 3 & Level 4 Exhibition at 4:00 p.m. in the Children’s Tent
July 19th – Waukesha County Fair – Boys, Girls Levels 5-9, Jr Gold Bugs
Exhibition at 3:00 p.m. in the Expo
July 20th – Bethany Calvary show (time TBD)
July 27th – US Classic in Chicago
July 31st – Aug 2nd – Junior Olympics in Michigan 10th – Summer Spectacular / Open House Events
Aug 6th – National Night Out Tosa (at Hart Park)
No team, Gold Bugs, Fast Track practice. Show times TBD
August 24th – Washington Heights Blvd Bash 2-8 p.m. *
Show times TBD
* Denotes – all teams: Jr Gold Bugs, Gold Bugs, Fast Track, Boys, & Girls Level 2-9.
To Be Determined:
State Fair August 1-11 TBD?
Tosa Fest – Sept 6th & 7th
Harvest Fest – Sept 27-29 TBD
West Allis National Night Out – July 22nd 5-9 p.m.
Chillin on the Ave – Sept 14th…. TBD
Apparently Wildcard is a finalist for the WISN A-List. Supposedly, they are most likely coming to film a 2 min. segment at Wildcard around 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Like the last time we were on TV, we have no idea what this is going to entail. Something fun, lighthearted and probably us teaching Kidd O’Shea how to do some gymnastics.
If any of our Fast Track, Gold Bugs, Jr. Gold Bugs, and Girls’ and Boys’ Team gymnasts are available for this hour, that would be great. Again, we have no idea what to expect, but he said if we had kids here flipping in the background, that would be great. I can not guarantee that your child will be on television or that they are even for certain coming, but it sure sounded like they are.
If you are able to come, please be here around 10:30 a.m. Feel free to call 262-923-7418 email, or comment on the blog if you are able to come. Thanks!
AAU NATIONALS: For those of you planning on competing at AAU Nationals, we need to have your payment for registration in by May 4. The deadline for registering for the AAU Nationals meet is the following week and late entering this meet is very difficult due to its competition size. If you plan on attending AAU Nationals, please let us know ASAP. The cost for AAU Nationals is $85.
AAU has updated its competition schedule, which is slightly different than what they previously announced. The following is its overview schedule (the daily schedule runs from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.):
A session-by-session schedule will be available later in May.
For hotel arrangements and Disney theme park options through AAU’s travel provider, click here. You do not need to book your hotels or theme park tickets through this link, but there are some savings offered on Disney-owned and other Disney-area hotels. There are also some savings on Disney World tickets. These savings are unavailable through any other means. For example, an adult 7-day, park hopper ticket is regularly $367 and through this link its $306. Not all tickets are discounted, however. A night at Disney’s All-Star Sports will normally run $150 per night before tax. Booking through this link, a night in All-Star Sports will be $95 per night before tax.
Ordinarily, we would be arranging a practice for those planning on competing at AAU Nationals, however, given the proximity of the end of school, we will not be arranging a practice.
SOKOL NATIONALS: The 2013 National Sokol Festival will be held in West Allis and Wauwatosa this summer and local area gyms have been given the opportunity to compete. Sokol is a national social and athletic organization with local chapters and they hold a national sports festival with competition in multiple sports. They have graciously allowed us to participate with their organization without becoming members. They use USA Gymnastics routines and will have competition for both boys and girls. The festival will be held June 25-29 with the gymnastics competition taking place at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis. The cost of this meet is $45. We need to have payment and your child’s intent to participate by May 10 to meet their deadline. If you wish to register after the deadline, the cost is $90. We recommend that all of our boys’ and girls’ team members in all levels (including optionals) participate in this meet.
The schedule for the competition is as follows (the descriptions are from the Sokol organization):
Next Friday, April 19, the Level 2/3s will practice from 4:30 – 7:30 pm. They will not practice on Saturday due to the AAU District Championships in IL.
Let’s have an awesome District meet!
Last year, Wildcard was voted best Sports Complex in the Milwaukee area! Help Wildcard win that title again! Simply login and vote at http://wisn.cityvoter.com/best/milwaukee. Let’s make sure everyone knows Wildcard Gymnastics is that place to be!!
AAU Central District Championships
April 20-21, 2013
Fusion Sports Facility
7135 Clinton Rd., Loves Park, Ill.| MAP | 86.8 mi., 1 hr., 35 min.
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
GIRLS’ LEVEL 4s – Bradyn, Maeggan
Arrive – 10:30 a.m.
Stretch – 10:45 a.m.
Meet Begins — 11:12 a.m.
Awards — 1:20 p.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 5s – Elie, Eden, Jordan M., Lia
Arrive – 1:30 p.m.
Stretch – 1:45 p.m.
Meet Begins — 2:12 p.m.
Awards — 4 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 21
GIRLS’ LEVEL 3s – Abby, Aniyah, Sophia, Rebecca, Emily G., Adrianna, Nadia, Vanessa, Ella, Aaliyah, Vanesa, Ayanna, Nora, Mariyah, Emma L., Emma M., Tania, Valentina, Jordan S., Norah, Brooke, Ryann, Kamryn
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:22 a.m.
Awards — 9:45 a.m.
GIRLS’ LEVEL 7s – Emily B., Erin, Dosia, Anastasia, Emma S., Khalizstall
GIRLS’ LEVEL 8s – India, Rose, Ava G., Bella, Heidi, Glenna, Crystal, Ashley
GIRLS’ OPEN – Hallie
Arrive – 11:45 a.m.
Stretch – noon
Meet Begins — 12:32 p.m.
Awards — 2:45 p.m.
BOYS’ LEVEL 3s – Andy, Eli
BOYS’ LEVEL 4s – Max
Arrive – 11:45 a.m.
Stretch – noon
Meet Begins — 1:25 p.m.
Awards — 4 p.m.
COMPETING TEAMS – BIG, Copper Country, CSA KIDS, EGGS, Elite Sports, Elmhurst, Flip Star, Geneva, I&M, IGI, IK Gym, Itasca, Kid Spot, North Suburban YMCA, Palmers, Riverside, Rolling Meadows, Sokol, Spring Hill, St. Charles, Starz, Team Oswego, Tri-Star, Turners, Viking, World Class,
Region 4 Women’s Gymnastics Championships
April 14, 2013
Highlands Arena, Lindenwood University
209 S. Kingshighway, St. Charles, Mo.| MAP | 393.2 mi., 6 hrs., 30 min.
SUNDAY, APRIL 14
GIRLS’ LEVEL 8s – Hallie
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:25 a.m.
Awards — 12:05 p.m.
Congratulations to our Boys’ Team and Girls’ Optionals that had a fantastic finish at the Wisconsin State Gymnastics Championships! We are very proud of you! Results are posted on the Wildcard website.
Please note that Wildcard Gymnastics will be closed for Spring Break from March 29 – April 5. There will be no rec. classes, Jr. Gold Bugs, Fast Track, or Gold Bugs practices.
Girls’ Team gymnasts will NOT practice Friday, March 29 or Saturday, March 30. There will be no regularly scheduled practices during until April 6. However, the Level 2/3 – Level 9 Girls’ team may come in for an “Open Workout” on Tuesday, April 2 and Thursday, April 4 from 4:30 -7:30. This will not be a structured workout per se. Gymnasts are to come in and work on skills that they need for their new levels or skills that need to be perfected from prior levels. This is not an Open Gym or play time. Please do not send your gymnast, if they won’t be able to focus and work independently for that practice time. There will be coaches here to spot and assist with skills. The Level 7-9 Optionals may also come in on Wednesday, April 3 from 9 – noon for another Open Workout. Regular practices will resume on Monday, April 8th. NO Level 2/3 Practice on Saturday, April 6th.
For the Boys’ Team there will be NO practice March 30th or April 1st for Easter. Wednesday practice will be held 9am-12pm instead of in the evening (all Boys’ Team levels). Otherwise, normal Boys’ Team practices will resume on Saturday, April 6th.
We are aware that many of the team gymnasts will be out of town or missing practices. We insist that the gymnasts are doing some sort of working out during this time! Here is a conditioning workout that can be done at home or on vacation over Spring Break. This may be supplemented with concentrated workout (30 min. of lap swim, 30 min. run, 30 min. aerobics, 40 min. bike ride, etc.). But please be sure to do some sort of working out at least six of the days!
Do this full workout or some sort of intense cross training at least 6 days!
Level 2/3s and Level 4s-
*Run for five minutes
Fifteen frog jumps in a row or two sets of ten frog jumps
Twenty jumping knee lunges
Thirty second wall sit x2
*30 crunchies
15 push-ups
15 V-ups
20 second hollow hold x2
20 second supergirl hold x2
15 sit-ups
*Stretch(hold each stretch for thirty seconds):
Pikes
Straddles
Bridges x2
Right leg splits x2
Left leg splits x2
Middle splits x2
Level 5s and 6s-
*Run for ten minutes (DON”T STOP! If you cheat you’re only cheating yourself of your full potential.)
Two sets of twenty frog jumps
Two sets of twenty jumping knee lunges
Forty-five second wall sit x2
*50 crunchies
15 push-ups x2
15 V-ups x2
35 second hollow hold x2
35 second supergirl hold x2
30 sit-ups
*Stretch(hold each stretch for forty-five seconds):
Pikes
Straddles
Splits
Bridges
Levels 7 and 8-
*Go for a fifteen minute run (DON’T STOP! If you cheat on conditioning you’re only cheating yourself from reaching your full potential!)
Two sets of thirty frog jumps
Two sets of 25 jumping knee lunges
Sixty second wall sit x2
10 one leg roll-up straight jumps on each leg
*100 crunchies
100 push-ups (25 normal, 25 V, 25 army, and 25 either wide or diamond)
50 V-ups
50 Straddle-ups
Sixty second hollow hold x2
Sixty second supergirl hold x2
100 sit-ups (50 in a straddle and 50 normal)
25 handstand shoulder shrugs
10 handstand push-ups
*Stretch(hold each stretch for 1 min.):
Pikes
Straddles
Splits
Bridges
Shoulder stretches
Handstand holds x2
Find Insane Abs or Cardio Abs on the computer and do that!
2013 Men’s Region 4 Championships — TENTATIVE
April 12, 2013
University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion
1925 SE University Ave, Minneapolis, Minn.| MAP | 329.1 mi., 5 hours, 29 min.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
BOYS’ LEVEL 5s — Myles, Bryce
Arrive – 10:45 a.m.
Stretch – 11 a.m.
Meet Begins — 1:20 p.m.
Awards —3:45 p.m.
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COMPETING TEAMS —Air Force, Altius, Cahoy’s, Cedar Valley, Chow’s, Classic, Elite, Gold Medal, Great Northern, IGM, Infinite, Jam Hops, JETS, KAATS, LaFleurs, Madtown Twisters, Midwest, Minnesota Valley, Mini-Hops, North Shore (Minn.), Omega, Oshkosh, Red River Valley, Salto, Scamps, Starz, Swiss Turners, Synergy, TAGS, TNT (N.D.), Twin City Twisters, University of Nebraska.
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