New Lecture Series starting 2026!
We are proud to announce this new addition to our competition, coaches education! This allows coaches to learn from the best without the additional travel!
Pikes Peak Cup Lecture Series
Join us at the 2026 Pikes Peak Cup for a special lecture series designed to inspire and educate gymnastics coaches of all levels!
Lecture Details:
ROOM 111 Behind the head table
Tom will be presenting his lecture, "How To Get Your Gymnasts To The Next Level", each day of the Pikes Peak Cup, ensuring all coaches have the opportunity to attend regardless of session schedules.
Thursday 7:00pm
Friday 4:00pm
Saturday 12:00pm
Sunday 10:00am
Cost: $40.00 per coach
Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to learn from one of the nation’s most experienced and respected gymnastics professionals.
Gain valuable insights into athlete development, and coaching philosophy that have shaped some of the best gymnasts in the country.
Location: Pikes Peak Cup Venue
Date: January 22nd-25th 2026
Registration: On-site at the coaches' table or in advance via ticket link below
Tom Forster
Former High Performance Coordinator for USA Gymnastics
Former Nationals Developmental Bar Coach
Founder of Bar Boot Camp
Founder of Aerials Gymnastics
Topic
"How To Get Your Gymnasts To The Next Level"
As you have probably discovered by now, it requires a lot of time and planning for your gymnasts to keep progressing. Some will progress and others won't, but what can be done to improve their chances? How do you organize their training time to maximize the potential for them to move up next season? Come and discover how many of the most successful coaches accomplish this.
Dragonfly Aerials Acrobatic Lecture
Lecture Details:
Increase Revenue & Diversify Programming with Aerial Acrobatics!
Incorporating a safety-focused, vetted aerial program, to your gym will add value, diversity, and multiple streams of additional revenue. Join the Dragonfly Aerial Company, with 25 years of experience in aerial instruction, for an exhibition of aerial performances by athletes of several different levels and ages on varied apparatus, followed by a brief lecture on how you can incorporate aerial disciplines into your class schedule. Our program provides resources for multi-level, multiple apparatus programming from classes, to camps, to performances and competitions!
Thursday: Exhibition & Lecture at 1:30pm & 5:30pm
Friday: Exhibition & Lecture at 10:30 am, 2:00pm & 6:00pm
Exhibitions & Lecture will be informal 30-45 minute sessions. You may enter late and leave early for other PPC events.
Cost: FREE. Location: Broadmoor Hall Date: January 22nd-23rd 2026
Mistia Fallon
After retiring from touring professionally, as a headliner, on several major cruise lines, Mistia explored renting space from gymnastic facilities to launch an aerial program. Mistia discovered that many USAG gymnastic facilities were adding aerial classes to their programming without safety standards, structural integrity and/or curriculums with pedagogy or skills adaptable to multiple demographics. Mistia set out on a mission to create a safer aerial industry. In 2016 Mistia joined the USAG, the American Youth Circus Organization, American Circus Educators, and the American Circus Alliance, later becoming a board member for the ACE Insurance committee with the intention of changing the guidelines for safety and policy in aerial studios and gyms nationwide. The Dragonfly Aerial Company now shares licensed programming worldwide, providing guidance from structural rigging to truss installs to detailed curriculums and program value adds. Dragonfly also produces an annual professional audition event, Elevate Pro Aerial, which brings together hiring parties from all over the world. Dragonfly Aerial Company can help you, too, build a safety-focused, profitable aerial program.
