How to set up a high school gymnastics team website

A high school gymnastics team website has one job: give families, fans and sponsors one link that answers where the team competes, when to be there, and how the gymnasts scored. Gymnastics has its own wrinkles. Many teams train at a club gym rather than the school, programs often draw from more than one school, and families want to know when their athlete is up, not just when the meet starts.

This guide walks through setting one up in the order that matters at the start of a season: the basics, the schedule, tryouts and the roster, scores, sponsors, and who keeps it current. A setup checklist is at the end.

Start with the basics

Before anything else, put these on the first screen:

• the team's full name, and every school it draws from if it is a co-op
• the season, for example 2026–27
• the home gym's name and street address
• one team email address that someone reads

If the team trains or competes at a club facility, say so plainly. Visitors who drive to the high school will be in the wrong place.

The schedule

The schedule is why most people open the site. For every meet, list:

• the date
• warm-up time and meet start time
• the opponent, or every team at an invitational
• home or away
• the gym's name and street address

Invitationals and championship meets often run in sessions or rotations. If the host publishes the order of events or which session your team is in, link to it as soon as it's out. Post changes the same day, before or with the group text.

Use the official schedule as the source

If your state association or league publishes the schedule, link to it, and keep your site matching it. A site that copies from the official schedule by hand will drift.

What to expect at a meet

A short note helps families who are new to the sport: how long a meet runs, where spectators sit, and what the events are. Vault, bars, beam and floor are the usual four, and a gymnast may compete in one, a few or all of them.

Tryouts and the roster

Before the season, post when practice starts, where, what gymnasts need, and any paperwork such as a physical. Say who to contact with questions, and be upfront about costs like gym fees and leotards, so families can plan.

Once the season starts, post the roster. Name and class year are enough, and you can note which events each gymnast usually competes. Keep each season's roster separate.

Most high school gymnasts are minors. Leave off birthdays, phone numbers, addresses and anything else personal, and check your school's policy on student names and photos before posting either.

Scores

Gymnastics families follow scores closely. After each meet, post the team score and link to official results if the host posts them. A list of the season's best scores by event, kept current, gives gymnasts something to chase and families a reason to come back to the site.

Sponsors

Gymnastics programs carry real costs: gym time, equipment and travel. Local businesses are often glad to help if the recognition is visible. A sponsor section with each business's name, logo and a link to its website is something they can point to all season.

Group sponsors into two or three named levels, say what the money pays for, and include a clear way for a new sponsor to get in touch. For what to offer and how to ask, see How to ask local businesses to sponsor your team.

Give every section an owner

Team sites go stale because nobody in particular owns them. Before the first meet, pick one person for each part: schedule, roster, scores and sponsors. On most teams these are parent volunteers, not coaches. Then have someone check the whole site once a week in season.

Make sure those people can make changes themselves. If moving a warm-up time means emailing whoever built the site, it will not get moved.

That is the problem OurTeamSports was built for. It gives a team a website in its colors with schedule, roster, sponsor and event sections that coaches and parents update without a developer. To see a live team site, look at the H.H. Dow High Chargers hockey site, where it started.

Setup checklist

• The first screen names the team, every school in a co-op, the season and the home gym.
• The home gym has a street address and a directions link, and says if it is a club facility.
• Every meet lists the date, warm-up time, start time, opponents, home or away, and the gym's address.
• Session and rotation orders are linked as soon as hosts post them.
• A short "what to expect" note is posted for new families.
• The site matches the official schedule, if there is one.
• Practice start, gear, paperwork and costs are posted before the season.
• The roster shows name and class year, one season at a time.
• Team scores go up after each meet, with the season's best scores by event.
• Sponsors are listed by level, with what the money pays for and how to join.
• Each section has a named owner who can edit it, and someone checks the site weekly.