Meet the Team

Coach

From:

About:

Cheryl Jarrett

Austin, Texas

Cheryl Jarrett is currently the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Committee Chairman for Region 3 as well as Director of Education for Gymnastics Association of Texas-(GAT). She has coached and worked with the United States Olympic Committee. Cheryl has co-authored several manuals on education for gymnastics as well as several publications with USA Gymnastics and GAT.

Colorado Springs, Co

Tom speaks around the country at various gymnastics seminars for business and coaching. He has coached many athletes onto the USA Gymnastics National Team since 1993 and has had athletes compete in a variety of international meets including American Cup, Pan American Games and several World Championships. Tom and Lori’s gym Aerials Gymnastics is located in Colorado Springs, CO.

Beth Gardner

Temple, Texas

With an extensive background specializing in preschool gymnastics, Beth is one of the authors and directors for the GAT Instructor Training Program (ITP).  Beth is a National KAT and MELPD Instructor as well as being a USAG National Congress presenter. Her articles and her publications include preschool and boys' gymnastics.  Owner of Heart of Texas Gymnastics located in Temple, Texas and 1983 graduate of Texas A&M University.

Jim Jarrett

Austin, Texas

Jim Jarrett, better known as "Jimbo" is CEO for several companies including Capital Gymnastics, Inc in Austin, Texas. For more than 25 years, his love has been helping others learn the wonderful sport of gymnastics. Jim has a degree in Physical Education and teaching (1st-12th grades). He operates 4 gymnastics facilities in Austin with more than 80 employees. Jim has coached  elite gymnasts and has traveled throughout the country as a clinician. He still finds his roots in pre-school and recreational gymnastics.

Annette Thomas

Georgetown, Texas

Doug James

 Columbus, GA

Lynn Moskovitz

Philadelphia, PA

Albuquerque, NM

Robyn McNicholas has been involved with the sport of gymnastics for over 20 years. She attended San Jose State University in Northern California and graduated with a B.S. in recreation. Robyn has attended many region 1, 3 and national congresses. She has coached many regional and state gymnastics camps. Robyn has coached ALL levels of competitive, recreation and preschool gymnastics.  Since moving to New Mexico she has trained optional level gymnasts with many state champions. While coaching optional level gymnasts she continues to teach recreation and preschool classes.  Robyn is a member of USAG and NAWGJ and is level 10 gymnastics judge. She is a national safety certified and has her USA gymnastics background check completed.  Robyn feels gymnastics is a great foundation for kids and is enthusiastic to share her creative ways of teaching

Austin, Texas

Robin Pearson has been coaching for over 20 years. Her coaching career began in central Illinois prior to attending Southern Illinois University. She moved from Chicago to Florida where she focused on competitive gymnastics. She now lives in Austin, TX and is the recreational director for 4 gyms. Robin has great ideas to teach vault, running drills and conditioning in an enthusiastic way. Her technique allows the coach and gymnast to have fun Robin enjoys motivating kids to get strong and love the sport!

A former competitive gymnast with a 30-year competitive background in gymnastics. Tim has 10 years collegiate, 12 years of national team coaching experience and was previously the director of men’s gymnastics for the State of Illinois and has worked with the men’s Junior Olympic gymnastics program. Including seven USA national team members and three national event champions at the USA Junior Olympic level. In addition to his extensive history in competitive gymnastics, Tim has an equally impressive background managing and developing private gymnastics centers throughout the United States. Tim’s experience includes consulting, training and lecturing on program development, as well as designing lesson plans for all age levels with a specialty in preschool development (ages 18 months to 6 years). Tim has bachelor’s degree in physical education, with minors in sport psychology and sport medicine and attained a master’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Michigan.

Quin Shannon is the gymnastics director of the Magdalena Ecke YMCA Gymnastics Center in Carlsbad, California. The program presently serves over 1500 students per week and has a coaching staff of over 45 instructors. Quin has been teaching gymnastics full-time since 1984 and has taught ALL levels of the sport, from owning and operating a mobile preschool program to coaching Elite and division I College gymnastics. His latest passion is teaching beginning and intermediate level instructors new drills and techniques. He is a frequent summer camp coach at camps all over the USA..

Quin has presented at Region One, Utah, New Mexico and Southern California Coaches Congress. He lives in Oceanside California, is an old married guy, and has two grown up kids.