Empowering gymnasts to walk out into the world and know their value. The only platform where recruiting & mindset training are all in one place.
About a decade ago the vision for Gymnastics Plus began as a few small thoughts inside Co-Founder Ryan Romano's mind. The journey began as a few small conversations with athletes and conversations on mindset for gymnasts.
Those few conversations ignited the mission of Gymnastics Plus which is to empower gymnasts to walk out into the world and know their value.
After spending the last 5 years working exclusively with college gymnastics programs and dedicating that time to building strong competitor mindset for gymnasts, it was time for the next piece.
Gymnasts across the country are frustrated, confused and lost when it comes to recruiting and so it was time to create a platform that is valuable to building the total gymnast.
The end-to-end recruiting plan. Most platforms tell you what to do. We show you when to do it and how to execute every step of the process.
The exposure side of the puzzle. A recruiting profile to market yourself and get in front of college coaches with videos, stats, and everything they need.
The mindset piece. Build an unshakeable identity through our programs that shows up confidently in gymnastics and life.
The tools and strategies needed to perform at your best, day in and day out. Stop hoping and start operating with certainty.
Plan is where your recruiting journey becomes intentional and knowing where to give your attention. Most families move through recruiting, reacting to things as they come up with camps, emails, videos and visits.
Inside Gym Plus there is a clear plan for exposure, communication, and timing. This includes understanding the recruiting timeline, knowing when to register with the NCAA Eligibility Center, when to start contacting coaches, when to attend camps, and how to position yourself for the most exposure.
Inside Gym Plus, we help athletes build that plan through our Custom College Tracker: a digital recruiting board where you organize the schools you’re interested in, the schools you’re actively pursuing, and the action steps required for each program.
Every school becomes its own journey with a checklist, notes and progress tracking so nothing so you stay organized.
When you have a plan, recruiting becomes less overwhelming and more strategic. You stop hoping to get discovered and start positioning yourself for exposure and set yourself up to be recruited. The Plan pillar is about clarity, organization, and taking control of your gymnastics future.
Profile is designed to do one primary thing: attract college coaches’ attention and make it easy for them to find you. Right now, most gymnasts rely on Instagram, but Instagram is built for entertainment, not recruiting.
Videos get buried, your information is hard to find, and it actually makes a coach’s job harder when they are trying to evaluate and contact gymnasts. The Profile pillar solves that problem by giving you a professional recruiting profile built specifically for college gymnastics recruiting.
Your profile includes an introduction video where coaches can see your personality, to learn about your values, not just watch your gymnastics.
You’ll also have a written bio, all your contact information, your club coach’s contact information, and any additional support team you work with like mental performance coaches, strength coaches, nutritionists, or physical therapists. This helps coaches see the full picture of who you are and the team around you.
More importantly, your videos are organized in a way that makes recruiting easy for coaches. Your videos are separated into routines, skills, and upgrades, and then organized by each event. College coaches can use search filters on our platform to find exactly what they are looking for and when they search, your profile and videos populate for them. This gives you real potential to stand out instead of hoping coaches see you.
Person is the pillar that everything else is built on. Inside this pillar, you get access to Ryan Romano’s Elite Operator Mindset System. An identity-based system that has been used with numerous NCAA programs including Alabama, Auburn, TWU, Oregon State, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
This is the same system that has helped teams win multiple National Championships, multiple Conference Championships, and helped individuals break dozens of personal performance records. The goal of this pillar is simple: help you become a powerful competitor and person.
This system helps you show up differently in every part of the recruiting process…on calls, in emails, on visits, and in competition. You’ll learn how to build confidence, handle pressure, communicate like a leader, and separate yourself from other recruits not just by what you can do, but by who you are.
College coaches don’t just recruit routines, skills and abilities. They recruit people and this pillar helps you become someone coaches want on their team and to help build their culture.
Arguably most importantly, the Person pillar prepares you for life beyond gymnastics. The same mindset, confidence, discipline, and identity work that helps you perform and get recruited are the exact skills that will help you land your dream job, lead a team, or even start your own business one day.
Inside this pillar, you’ll also get direct access to Ryan inside our private community for mentorship and support, along with additional resources inside our Performance Hub to help you continue developing into a strong, confident, and resilient competitor and person.
Performance is where everything comes together. This pillar is about conquering your dreams, continuing to raise your standards, and raising the standard of the people around you. We like to call this turning your ceilings into your dance floors!
The things that once felt like your limit are now just your starting point. This pillar is about embodying a true growth mindset and becoming addicted to preparation, because you’ve learned that preparation leads to powerful execution.
At this stage, you are no longer just learning the system, you are living it. You are stepping into competition, into big moments, and into pressure situations with confidence because you trust your preparation and you trust who you’ve become.
This is where the Elite Operator identity becomes real. You don’t hope you perform well, you expect to perform well because of the standard you’ve built and the work you’ve put in.
But Performance is also about more than just you. It’s about leadership. It’s about setting the tone, raising the standard in your gym, your team, and inside the Gym Plus community. When you reach this pillar, you begin to lead others, mentor younger athletes, and show people what’s possible through how you train, how you compete, and how you carry yourself.
This pillar is about execution, leadership, and continuing to raise the bar for what you believe is possible.
Co-Founder
Ryan Romano is a trusted performance strategist who has worked directly with elite athletes and top college programs across the country including Auburn, Alabama, Minnesota, TWU, Oregon State, Nebraska and many more...
Ryan has built his reputation on one thing: helping athletes develop the confidence, clarity, and identity required to win at the highest levels. His work is about building competitors who know who they are, what they're capable of, and how to show up under pressure.
What makes Ryan different is perspective. He gets a behind the scenes look with athletes and in conversations with college coaches so he understands both sides of the recruiting process.
He knows what coaches are actually looking for, why talented athletes get overlooked, and what separates those who get opportunities from those who stay stuck.
That's why his approach blends recruiting strategy with performance psychology and identity development.
Off the competition floor he's married to a gymnastics coach at Twin City Twisters, giving him a front-row seat to the daily realities athletes and families face.
He's also a proud dad to a daughter who loves puzzles, princesses, and figuring things out!
At his core, Ryan's mission is simple: empower athletes to stop hoping, stop guessing, and get out of the world of CHAOS and into CERTAINTY!
Level 10 Gymnastics Mom
Parent of D1 Commit
“When Ryan started working with my daughter, I could see a complete difference. I saw a complete switch in the way she showed up, carried herself and talked about herself. Piece by piece, working with Ryan fixed so many thing. He gave her new ways to carry herself through adversity, helped her build an identity and guided her to success. I am so lucky that she worked with Ryan!”
Mom of NCAA Gymnast
Mom of NCAA Gymnast
“Ryan helped my daughter in more ways than just athletic performance. He helped her strive to be the best version of herself. His guidance was more than sports based but focused on her as a greater person. He helped her continue to grow as a person and how she saw herself. Helping her focus on identity and being able to create the life she wants is something that is bigger than gymnastics but impactful for life.”
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