OUR FACILITY

Ascension Athletics, located inside the Igloo Recreational Center, is a gymnastics and tumbling facility over 5,900 sq ft. Our fine facility includes an array of gymnastics and tumbling equipment available for all our students to enjoy. Our preschool students enjoy a dedicated area filled with gymnastics equipment sized just for them. Parents are able to watch their children's progress from the courtesy viewing area outside the gym. Recreational and competitive students alike enjoy an above ground tumble-trak, spring floor, large bar training area, beams of all sizes, and dedicated vault area .

OUR STAFF

OUR TEAM

Monica Kirby

Owner and Head Coach

Lilly Taylor

Instructor

Sonya Beck

Team/Event Coordinator

OUR RULES

Student Attire

1. Students are required to have bare feet. Socks, tights, or footed leggings are not allowed as they pose a safety hazard.

2. Jewelry, including watches, rings, necklaces, and large earrings, are not allowed. These can pose an injury risk to the gymnast.

3. We encourage leotards as the acceptable attire for female students, however tight fitted shorts, leggings and shirts are acceptable. Boys should wear shorts or sweats and a t-shirt.

4. Clothing with buttons or zippers is not allowed.

5. Longer hair should be securely pinned back and out of the student's face. Please no bows or clips with metal clasps.

6. We have cubbies for the storage of clothing, shoes, jackets, water bottles.

7. Please supervise children when in the front desk area, waiting for class to begin or watching in the viewing area.

Gymnastics Rules

1. No student is allowed in the gym areas or on any equipment/mats without an instructor present

2. Please be on time. The warm-ups are important to your child’s safety. Warm-up prior to all strenuous gymnastics participation is required.

3. No Horseplay!

4. No running anywhere in the facility unless directed by your instructor.

5. Children must follow the instructions of the instructor for their own safety.

6. Proper gym and social behavior is expected of all students. Please be respectful, polite, and always show good manners. Failure to act in an appropriate and safe manner may result n your removal from class.

7. No glass or glass bottles anywhere in the gym.

8. No chewing gum, food, or drinks in the gymnastics area.

9. No fighting of any kind.

10. Please put your trash into the trash receptacles.

Safety First

1. Safety rules must be followed by anyone entering the gym, including the gymnasts, their parents, siblings, and Ascension Athletics Employees.

2. All parents/guardians with a child in any gym program must sign a Waiver/Release Form before being allowed to participate.

3. NO STREET SHOES in the gym! Please remove shoes before entering the gym floor.

4. No valuable items should be brought to the gym. We cannot be responsible for lost or stolen items.

5. Make sure you have no objects in your pockets while in the gym.

6. Check for proper matting before using any equipment. Check equipment, matting and apparatus before use.

7. Never dismount off apparatus onto anything but landing mats or crash pads.

8. Crash pads, landing mats, and pits increase safety, but will not totally protect from injury. Use common sense and proper learning progressions.

9. Never dive land on your head or neck on a crash pad or landing mat.

10. Before crossing any dismount mat, tumbling strip, floor exercise mat, or any other apparatus mat, look around for other gymnasts. Always yield to gymnasts in the middle of doing skills.

11. Be alert for any physical hazards in the gym area, especially the bar cables.

12. Spotting is to be done by coaches only. No student or parent should be spotting other gymnasts.

Illness & Injuries

1. Advise the coach if you feel ill or have any symptoms if illness.

2. Children on medication which may affect their coordination skills should not be allowed to attend classes. Please advise the coach if your child is on medication.

3. Report any injury, unusual pain or discomfort felt during participation to your coach or instructor immediately.