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  • Rick Mc 3:03 am on April 2, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    land like a “cat” 

    We’re often asking kids to land softly. Absorbing the impact force like a cat.

    The science is fascinating.

    Cats can famously fall from skyscrapers and only suffer the most minor of bruises, including the recent story of a cat surviving a 19-story fall in Boston with only a bruised chest. What’s the secret of this feline survival? …

    io9 – Why cats can survive falls that would kill any other animal

    That post was inspired by an article on BBC – How do cats survive falls from great heights?

    (via Gymnastics Coaching)

     

  • Rick Mc 11:04 am on September 7, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    ‘elephant vaulting’ over air mats 

    via Tumbl Trak:

    Parkour is super popular with boys right now. This is a great way to get them ‘vaulting’ (SPRING and LANDINGS) in a fun way.

    Air inflated mats are the mats of the future.

     

  • Rick Mc 12:27 pm on August 9, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    we MUST teach boys how to fall 

    Here’s why.

    That photo was taken by Nick Danziger, I believe.

     

  • Rick Mc 8:28 am on February 20, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    boy flying off a swing 

    This kind of accident is the reason we must teach excellent landing and falling skills at gymnastics. … The goal is to reduce the number and severity of injuries in the ‘real’ world.

     

    • AssivyDifs 3:13 am on July 31, 2011 Permalink | Reply

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  • Rick Mc 5:03 am on February 15, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    teaching landing and falling 

    The best material on this ESSENTIAL topic was written by Keith Russell from University of Saskatchewan.

    Keith’s system for teaching landings can be found in many of his coaching manuals back to 1979. Still on the internet from the 1990s:

    … The purpose of teaching Landings is to “make the child indestructible“…Landings are very important life skills which will ensure safe activity, once perfected.

    Up Down All Around: Gymnastics Lesson Plans. (Series A, Lesson 1). Ruschkin Publishing, 1994.

    Can we teach children to be indestructible on any landings in our facility?

    … we can try.

    This illustration is from one of his most recent manuals:

    Gymnastics Foundations – available from the Gymnastics Canada boutique $75

     

  • Rick Mc 5:04 am on January 28, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    gymnastics – Landing and Falling 

    A presentation by site editor Rick McCharles given at the USA Region 2 Gymnastics Congress, 2005, in Seattle, WA.

    The first and best thing we can teach kids is how to land and fall safely.

    Click over to Gymnastics Coaching to watch that slide show.

    It’s based on material written by Keith Russell from the University of Saskatchewan. That drawing comes from a Canadian education manual.

     

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