Enriching life through gymnastics
Gymnastics has been a huge part of my life since I was 3 years old. My parents dropped me off in a preschool gymnastics class and before they knew it was training 4 - 5 days per week, traveling the nation to compete and perform and flipping all over the house and backyard. As I grew, so did my love of coaching and in late 2019, I took a giant leap and my family and I started Balance Gymnastics Center in downtown Fergus Falls. It has been a whirlwind of excitement, joy, hard days and big smiles ever since!
I am blessed by the support of my wonderful husband, 5 beyond special daughters, my extended family, my community and my gymnastics family that puts up with me and my antics day after day.
I thoughtfully chose the name BALANCE GYMNASTICS CENTER. Here's why:
BALANCE: 3 Reasons :)
Finding BALANCE in life is the ultimate goal. Give a little here, take a little there. When we say yes to something we are saying no to something else. Keeping all life's opportunities balanced is a challenge and our name reminds me daily of how important this is.
I spent the final 4 years of my gymnastics career traveling and performing with the FM Acro Team, literally from sea to shining sea, flipping upside down and entertaining thousands by BALANCING on my hands.
Gymnastics historically has a reputation of ALL GYMNASTICS ALL THE TIME for participants. I am proud to be a part of this generation that is working towards adjusting the rules of gymnastics so it can be an important PART of children's lives, but no their WHOLE life. We believe you need to put in the hard work to learn the challenging stuff, but BALANCE is key. The sport is constantly evolving to accommodate a more BALANCED lifestyle, even for the most talented and high level athletes, and I am proud to be a part of this movement.
GYMNASTICS: It's at the core of all that we do. Gymnastics is the ultimate sport that has been going strong since the first Olympics. It's evolved. It's changes with the times. It keeps being awesome.
CENTER: My dream is that my community sees our facility (that we have poured blood, sweat and tears into!) as a place where our youth can gather, learn, and grow! CENTER reminds me that the physical atmosphere is important and that we should work constantly to keep our facility top notch for generations to come!
A special thank you to those of you who have shared kind words along the way. I hold them in a special compartment in my heart that helps me keep on keeping on...
With appreciation,
Tiffany Jennen