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From Ortona Gymnastics.
I love seeing kids on Rings. It’s one of the best upper body fitness activities.
Obviously we need good matting when introducing inversion.
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Flipping Education
Kara Thorpe, from P.A. Aerials, recommends Flipping Education.
That’s Linda Thorberg and Brant Lutska, Rec gurus from the States.
They offer a number of services and products, including this $8 poster.
Kara particularly likes their lesson plan subscription service, $120.00 / year.
Check it out for yourself – Flipping Education. Or click directly to a sample lesson. (PDF)
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My review at a glance:
Content of the sample lesson looks good. But the graphics and layout of the Up Down All Around lesson plans is far superior.
Leave a comment if you’ve tried the subscription.
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birthday party insurance?
Does your gym have it?
… there are things to consider when inviting visitors into your facility.
Guests, both children and adults, who aren’t familiar with gymnastics facilities can easily be injured during parties held on your premises.
And accidents can leave visitors with more than just a bad impression of your operation; they often result in costly lawsuits …
read more on a 2005 article from USA Technique magazine – Birthday Party Alert (PDF)
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Hannah
Oh definitely an important consideration.
After teaching rec gym 5 days a week for 7 years, it was still a gymnastics birthday party which brought with it the nastiest injury I’d had to deal with in the gym. It wasn’t a particularly dangerous activity – but that doesn’t really matter, kids will manage to hurt themselves on anything!
We had set up a circuit of jumping activities – mini tramps, squashy shapes, boxes etc. The last jump was down onto a crash mat off a box about 45cm high (yep, that’s all!). The kid seemed to trip over as she jumped and landed awkwardly on the mat dislocating her shoulder and breaking her elbow! Very, very painful stuff for a 7-year old at a birthday party!
Always a bad situation when there’s an injury, but more so at a birthday party with a hopefully ‘super fun’ atmosphere…
Anyway, her mother was watching from the sidelines, and while concerned and helping us to arrange an ambulance, she was very level headed about the whole thing (thankfully). She told us that at another birthday the year before her daughter had also managed to break her ankle at a soccer party… Just unlucky!
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coach Rick
Wow. How unlucky is that?
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Gymnaestrada July 10-16 Switzerland
14th World Gymnaestrada
Lausanne (SUI), July 10 – 16, 2011… some 20,000 gymnasts from 52 nations, registered for the 14th edition of the World Gymnaestrada. For the first time since 1969, delegations from Algeria, Malta, Mongolia and Uruguay are among the participants. In terms of statistics, female gymnasts make up 78% of the participants with strong representation of 11 to 30 year olds. Switzerland itself, with 3,300 participants, followed by Germany (1,800) and Finland (1,400), represent the largest delegations, while Mongolia (10), Guatemala (10) and Serbia (13) count among the smallest. …
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Kit Poole
Scallywaggs Gymnastics heads off to Switzerland as part of the Australian team. It is their 3rd Gymnaestrada. I would recommend this event to any gymnastics club who wants to open their eyes to the world of gymnastics beyond competitive gymnastics. The friendships you make from other countries is the best. Our team is inclusive of all. If you travel with the team you perform. Our last team had 3 generations from one family performing… 8 years to 73 years.
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coach Rick
Thanks Kit. … I’ve not been for many years. But there’s a chance I can get to Lausanne. Hope to see you there.
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Hannah are discussing. 
Kit Poole are discussing.
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learning ‘balance’
A great way to introduce the ‘balancing beam’.
This girl is age-3 and 4-months. Should the feet of the beam be better padded?
photos by Joshua & Amber
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from an Athletics Department coach …
From Coach Dawn:
6 things that should be on every administrator’s “wish list” for their Athletics department
1. No part time coaches on staff.
2. Every sport adequately funded.
3. Well paid coaching staffs.
4. Facilities to be proud of.
5. Respect from general campus body.
6. Equality for athletics and academics.read more – Two Front Teeth? A Coach’s Opinion On What Administrators Should Want For Christmas
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I’m testing the many features of this blog “theme”, including LINK, QUOTE, BLOG POST and STATUS UPDATE.
It works. Simple. But not all that powerful, nor pretty.
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“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right.”
http://ezinearticles.com/?Top-10-Gymnastics-Sayings&id=3720439
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i-needtoknow/gymnastics/recreation/ is STILL the #1 result on my Google search for “Recreational Gymnastics” even though I’ve not updated that page in years.
Here’s the link:
http://gymnasticscoaching.com/i-needtoknow/gymnastics/recreation/index.html
Full Twist 3:03 pm on January 26, 2011 Permalink |
I feel the same about ropes. I can’t get my girls off them 🙂
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