It has produced several teams and individual gymnasts representing the United States, the Czech Republic, and Canada in international meets, including the Olympic Games.
[2] It started as a backyard after-school workout program at the Strauss home.
[2] Former Mack Trucks CEO, Alfred Pelletier, helped the program move to a permanent home.
[2][3] The first Olympian produced by the club was Jody Yocum, who was named as an alternate for the 1976 Summer Olympics.
[2] In 2003, CNN aired a documentary, Achieving the Perfect 10, which contained some criticisms of the demanding and competitive nature of Parkettes's training program.