Why you should enrol your son in gymnastics
Canadian Olympic gold medal winner Kyle Shewfelt explains why hockey and football may not be right for your boy
Hockey and football aren’t right for everyone. …
Kyle’s recommendations about putting your son in gymnastics, regardless of stature, makes perfect sense. “It is the best place to teach kids what they need to exceed at other sports because they learn how their body works,” he said. “It develops speed, power and strength, as well as discipline and time management, and it’s really a shame that they don’t teach it in schools anymore.”
“It’s a fundamental sport and it’s fun! It’s like going to a gigantic playground, and it’s the perfect place for a crazy little boy to get his energy out,” he said. …
Why you should enrol your son in gymnastics
(via Grace Chiu)
Rick Mc
School Gymnastics – Kids CanMove
In Western Canada, Gymnastics experts are offering to go into schools to help teachers.
Gymnastics is one of the three foundation sports and provides children with the seven fundamental movement patterns: landings, stationary positions, locomotions, rotations, swings, springs and object manipulation …
Kids CanMove is the perfect way to get your students moving and developing physical literacy. …
Click PLAY or watch a Gymnastics Alberta promo on YouTube.
Rick Mc
Alberta Recreational Coaching Workshops
Gymnastics Alberta runs annual development workshops for the coaches of non-competing gymnasts.
Dynamyx Gymnastics Club, Edmonton – Oct. 4, 2015
Stampede City Gymnastics Club, Calgary – Nov. 22, 2015
Math in Motion – Facilitator Uschi Donaleshen
Efficiency and Fundamentals – Facilitator Mikayla Salmond
NCCP Games: Knowledge is Power! – Facilitator Robyn Fox
Rebound Therapy – Facilitator Tanya Vanden Boer
Spacial Dynamics – Facilitator Leila Rogovina
details – 2015-16 Recreational Workshops
Do you have anything like that in your region?
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Rick Mc
Rick Mc
What is HIGH FIVE®
HIGH FIVE® is Canada’s quality standard for children’s recreation and sport. …
HIGH FIVE holds true to the five Principles of healthy child development that the research indicates are essential for quality programs:
A Caring Adult,
The opportunity to make Friends,
The opportunity to Play,
The opportunity to Master Skills and
The opportunity to Participate.
Click PLAY or watch an introduction on YouTube.
Some good messages there. 🙂
via Frank Sahlein
Rick Mc
Sweden – ‘Gymnastic for fun’ seminar
The ‘Gymnastics for fun’ Seminar will be held from October 9 till 11 2015 in Lillsved (SWE)
Let’s meet the international instructors:
Keith Russell (CAN)
Embla Holmgren and Nivin Shaker (SWE)
Christoph Renfer (SUI)
Rick Mc
Adult WINTER Gymnastics Camp – Boston
The July 17-19th, 2015 Adult Summer Gymnastics Camp in Portsmouth, New Hampshire was a big success.
So much so that Gina Paulhus and Tony Retrosi are already planning the NEXT one. 🙂
Saturday January 16 – Monday January 18, 2016.
Fill out the form on this page if you want more information. I do. I’m on the mailing list.
Rick Mc
Rick Mc
Adult Gymnastics Camp – Boston
July 17-19th, 2015 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Gina Paulhus:
I am a 34-year-old AAU Ladies Level 8 adult gymnast. I am not a coach, but I enjoy helping out my teenage teammates in the gym, and also other adult gymnasts during open gym. I approached the owner of my club, Tony Retrosi, and he was more than willing to let me rent his gym for this event. I would be responsible for hiring coaches and structuring the camp, but he was available to help when I had questions, as he has run many camps and worked many of them over the years …
Gina and Tony are interviewed on this week’s GymCastic audiocast.
Rick Mc
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