Program areas at USA Gymnastics
Program services - USA Gymnastics has the responsibility to select, develop and train the Gymnastics national and olympic teams. Expenses include travel to international competition, training camps, athlete and coach support, apparel, judges, development and training and early talent identification. The five program disciplines include women's artistic, men's artistic, rhythmic, trampoline & tumbling and acrobatics.
Hosted competitions - as the national governing body of the sport of Gymnastics, USA Gymnastics conducts regional, national and international competitions, including the national championships and olympic trials. USA Gymnastics incurs all expenses related to the events, including but not limited to, travel, arena rental, promotion, staffing, awards and television production.
Member services - USA Gymnastics has over 200,000 members affiliated with over 2,500 independently operated organizations to which it provides a variety of services and benefits. Benefits include participant accident insurance coverage to competing members, and liability coverage to hosts of sanctioned competitions. USA Gymnastics also conducts safety certification which is required of professional members, develops rules and policies that govern the conduct of events and conducts the ongoing operation of administration. USA Gymnastics supports and promotes the sport of Gymnastics though athlete and coach development, event sanctioning, safety and education.