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Jordan Vaughn, owner of Vonmod Ltd., an architecture and design firm, is so obsessed with gymnastics that he built his own mini gym in his apartment, complete with rings and low-to-the-ground parallel bars.
“Adult gymnastics sounds like an oxymoron, but I like that there’s always so much to learn and get better at,” says the 33-year-old …
WSJ – After Work, an Architect Heads to the Bars, Rings and Mat
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Everyone’s least favourite job. Who knows what we’re going to find at the bottom.
Best for non-competitive gyms are solid Resi Pits. We don’t need to train multiple somersaults with multiple twists.
Equipment companies can give you quotes on every type of landing pit.
Foam pits are FUN. A good draw for kids checking out your facility. But ultimately I’d rather have something cleaner.
related – covered foam UCS Rounders pits
I’d hoped to be going myself this summer. But it’s not possible due to conflicting commitments. 😦
1st time in Finland
Approximately 21,000 participants
Over 50 participating countries from 5 different continents
The biggest delegation Finland with 4,000 participants
80 % of the participants are women and girls, 20 % men and boys …
Lausanne, Switzerland 2011
Former Chinese team member Liang Cheng now coaches at Capital City Gymnastics in Edmonton, Canada.
He and Jeff Thomson, former Men’s Programme Director for Gymnastics Canada, now CEO of Inspire Sports, want to bring Recreational Gymnastics to China.
In China, kindergarten-age children who show potential and the right physical characteristics are normally selected to begin training at a state-run gymnastics school, but there is little recourse for those who aren’t selected for the intense training regimen but still want to do gymnastics. Cheng’s idea, based on what he learned in Canada, was to build a recreational gymnastics facility where children and adults alike could learn gymnastics skills for fun and fitness. …
In 2011, Cheng and Thomson opened Inspire Sports, a non-competitive 15,000.00 square foot gymnastics facility in the Jiangsu Province, outside of Shanghai. It was the first Gymnastics for All facility in China …
… gymnastics classes are combined with something else that would be beneficial to China’s youth: English language immersion. Inspire Sports instructors include Canadians, Americans and Australians …
The Inspire gymnastics project has been so successful that Cheng and Thomson plan to open another to another 25 to 30 similar gyms in China within the next five years. …
Here’s a video from the first Gym opening in 2011. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – Growing Gymnastics for All in China, one gym at a time
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Backward rolls are NOT recommended for adult beginners.
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via Doug Davis – “Run Fast. Jump Hard”
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The best Tumbl Trak video yet for physically and mentally challenged kids.
Tumbl Trak is proud to introduce our latest work in Special Needs Movement. In collaboration with Occupational Therapists, teachers, parents and students we are learning more every day about the incredible benefits Tumbl Trak equipment offers students with special needs.
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ALL our kids are special. Growth and Development chronologies are similar. The only differences is that these specialists have broken down the movement patterns into smaller pieces. In safer environments. Soft and rounded.
Beth Tweddle:
Britain’s most decorated gymnast has seen a surge in her sport’s popularity. It’s just not what one might expect.
“We always say ‘get more women in sport’ but actually in gymnastics it’s more boys into the sport,” she told MM.
“There are plenty of boys joining in, and the fact now that they’ve got role models on the international stage like Louis Smith and Max Whitlock, that really helps because parents now also think that gymnastics is for boys as well. …
International Gymnastics Federation:
Three years ago, the South African Department of Sport and Recreation joined forces with the National Department of Education and nearly a dozen South African Sports Federations to introduce a sports curriculum into South Africa’s schools. …
“The structured approach to school sport was to redress the effects of 20 years with little or in most case no physical education in our schools,” explains Caron Henry, who manages Gym for All and Schools programmes for the South African Gymnastics Federation (SAGF). …
Studying Gymnastics as sport, fitness and fun in South Africa
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Dear Rick
I am a certified coach and follow your blog. I’m looking for new opportunities in coaching. Also I love traveling. I wanted to ask you if you knew of any openings. I have 18 yrs experience coaching and designing recreational programs for preschool to school aged children. I found your most recent article interesting and also a phenomenal step forward in bringing gymnastics and other sports to schools all over the world. I have a BA in education with a double minor in child psychology and music. I would love to correspond with you if you have the time. Thank you for your time concerning this matter.
Sincerely Cora Wright
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