Personally, I would not drive a hour to that gym. There are too many options in BR. However, there are people from BR and NOLA who do it. Mostly when girls are in upper optional levels. I don’t understand why. I don’t know if it’s because they are getting burnt out and need a change of scenery or what?

I was just making a suggestion based upon things I know from people who have gone there. You are right though. Not worth hour drive unless you’ve exhausted all options.

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re: Recommendations for Girls Gymnastics in B R area

Posted by bayoubella100804 on 6/21/19 at 4:33 pm to tigersbb

Just wanted to put this out there. Cypress Pointe in Ponchatoula does have a great name. They've had a few of their gymnasts sign on with SEC teams in the last few years. However, what most people don't know is that these gymnasts were at other gyms for many, many years before moving there. The most recent SEC gymnasts from there trained at other gyms until they reached level 10. Their compulsory program is so-so. I would train compulsory elsewhere and consider moving to Cypress Pointe after the gymnast has reached upper optional levels (this seems to be the trend there). It seems that going to a gym with a more rigid compulsory program tends to wear them out. However, if you choose a gym that is too relaxed, they won't get the core skills and strength that is needed to succeed later on. It seems like there really isn't one good gym that can start a gymnast from the beginning and take her all the way through to elite without either burnout or lack of training. It's a tough sport.

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