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The last thing you want to do with your beginners is SPOT their handstands.
Here’s a good drill linked by Swing Big for those who are already excellent balancing against the wall. 🙂
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Reminder – NEVER videotape any skill with the camera vertical. Move further backwards and video with the camera in the normal position.
Reposted by Rick McCharles from GymnasticsCoaching.com
My home town Calgary is not quite as stupid as, for example, Hamilton. 🙂
But we’re pretty stupid. Socialist nations like Canada have governments with enough spare time to invent city bylaws like: “those who slide outside the city’s 18 approved hills could face a $100 fine”.
Calgary’s media has made much ado about the city’s tobogganing rules in recent weeks — to the point where Mayor Naheed Nenshi blamed “bored journalists” trying to stir up controversy.
Now Rick Mercer has taken it upon himself to poke a bit of fun at (the) bylaw ..
(For the record, the city does not recall ever giving out a tobogganing fine. Ever.)
Click PLAY or watch comedian Rick Mercer on YouTube.
Certainly no Calgarian I know pays any attention to tobogganing restrictions. We slide wherever we want. But with one eye out in case a Toboggan Cop shows up. 🙂
related – Tobogganing Bans Or Restrictions Growing Across North America
Over protective restrictions on youth activity contribute to child obesity. We want kids tobogganing more, not less.
Starting out at the age of seven, Beth went on to become an Olympic Bronze Medalist, triple World Champion, six-time European Champion, Commonwealth Champion and seven-times consecutive National Champion, cementing her place as Britain’s greatest ever-female gymnast.
Although memories of Beth taking the Bronze in the Uneven Bars at London 2012 – the culmination of an incredible career – will not be forgotten anytime soon, sharing a fierce passion for gymnastics with future generations has become her new focus.
So how can parents encourage their kids to exercise?
By making it fun for the child and getting involved themselves. If they feel involved and interested, I think they are more likely to encourage their children to keep going with it or try something new. …
What’s more important for kids starting out in sport, fun or desire?
I think it has to be fun! Without the fun element they are less likely to continue
Olympic medallist Beth Tweddle on getting kids active and ‘her’ sport
Click through to learn more about this fitness watch called the LeapBand.
(via FIG)
Adult Gymnastics is COOL in 2015.
Bobby Lockwood (born 25 May 1993) is an English actor …
Lockwood won the BBC One show Tumble. …
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Some good ideas from Tumbl Talk. 🙂
A winter indoors tends to limit children’s gross motor play, which is SO very crucial to their overall development. Here are some creative and budget-friendly ways to bring the playground indoors this winter season. …
This Girl Can celebrates the women who are doing their thing no matter how they do it, how they look or even how sweaty they get. They’re here to inspire us to wiggle, jiggle, move and prove that judgement is a barrier that can be overcome.
#thisgirlcan
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Sport England’s new campaign to encourage girls and women to exercise is a triumph
(via FIG)
Portsmouth NH–Summer 2015
Fri. July 17- Sun. July 19, 2015
Come to a 3-day camp where competitive and recreational adult gymnasts of all levels can learn at their own pace alongside our internationally recognized staff!
Although we are still in the planning phase we are working on some great things. In addition to 5 three-hour training sessions, there will be a Saturday night group activity and an afternoon at the beautiful NH beaches on Sunday. There are 2 major airports within an hour (Manchester NH and Boston MA). Once you are in the area of Atlantic Gymnastics in Portsmouth, you will not need a vehicle.
Many of the attendees will be competitive adult gymnasts. Prep op as well as JO levels 7 thru 10 via the AAU.
(via Masters Gymnastics)
In Australia.
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That was linked from Arabian Punch Front – Adult Gymnastics: Dare to Dream
JIM GROVE:
Physical literacy is what kids have when they acquire the essential motor competencies and movement skills to do lots of different sports and physical activities. Kids aren’t just born with it. They develop it over time just like reading and writing. And with competency comes the confidence to move more. …
To develop physical literacy, our kids need lots of opportunities to play active games and learn movement skills. They need regular unstructured play when they are small, and they need increasingly structured activities as they get older …
It doesn’t matter whether or not our kids choose to chase an Olympic dream. That’s a decision for them to make. But we should be delighted if they grow comfortable enough in their bodies to stay active, happy, and healthy throughout their lives. …
The one crucial thing missing from your kid’s education: physical literacy
(via @GymnasticsBC)
Recreational Gymnastics 
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