Learning from the best: Gators gymnasts host youth gymnastics clinic

Elliana Rollin, 8 months, enjoys a cookie and her sisters clinic with mom Danielle Rollin as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Caci Jones, 7, gets team member autographs as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Team member Rachel Baumann teaches a floor exercise as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Team member Rachel Baumann teaches a floor exercise as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Kinley Wright, 11, gets a selfie with team member Payton Richards as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Breezy Yonkers, 9, stretches out with team member Leanne Wong and the rest of the team as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Team member Payton Richards leads warm ups as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Team member Trinity Thomas leads an exercise as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

Team member Trinity Thomas signs the suit of Marcy Krautstrunk, 7, as the University of Florida gymnastics team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]

The University of Florida gymnastics team leads the young gymnasts in a “Go Gators” as the team put on a gymnastics clinic at Balance 180 gymnastics in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, March 25, 2023. More than 100 young gymnasts learned gymnastics training and routines. They also met the gymnasts to get autographs and pictures at the NIL Gatorverse event. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]