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World Masters Gymnastics Championship, Oakville Gymnastics Club in Oakville, Ontario on Saturday, March 8, 2014.
Sutton Gymnastics Academy’s adult competition April 6th in the U.K.
Eric “Fig” Newton
(via GymCastic)
Carrie Spender Lennox:
In my house, my kids know the rule that we don’t throw balls in the house. But, handstands, cartwheels and bar routines are A-OK!!!!
My couches have been pushed aside in order to make room for the Brianna Beam and Junior Kip Bar – and, since we live in the rainy Pacific Northwest, these products are a savior for keeping my kids active!
My girls, Rell and Quinn, are recreational gymnasts at Twisters Gymnastics in Port Hadlock, WA. Having some equipment at home allows them to play with such creativity, outside the structure of a class. During this past holiday break, I heard the familiar, “Mommy, watch this!!” and found Rell upside-down against her Handstand Homework Mat playing a tossing game with her stuffed animals and my pots and pans. …
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I love to see girls doing anything on Rings. They are even better for general upper body strength than rope.
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I especially like the flyaway from Rings. :_
Rings are one of least expensive apparatus you can add to your gym. Those from Tumbl Trak cost as little as $56.
(via Tumbl Trak email newsletter)
Gymnastics New South Wales in Australia seems to have embraced the USAG motto. 🙂
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NPR’s health channel, Shots, reports on a long-term UK study that found a connection between good grades and physical activity in 11-year old kids. The study found that the more active kids were, the better they did on standardized English, math, and science tests.
The ideal target here was 60 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous exercise. Few kids were getting that much activity though. The average time was 29 minutes a day for boys and 18 minutes for girls. …
Active Life – Physically active kids are better at science
related – Health & Science – Physical activity may help kids do better in school, studies say
B.C. Gymnastics via email
Active for Life – Richard Monette:
10 ways raising a physically literate child is like raising a reader
1. Make reading/physical literacy a family value2. Let them read what they enjoy/do the physical activities they enjoy
3. Be sure they are reading/playing at an appropriate level
4. Don’t use reading/physical activity as a punishment.
5. Give books/equipment as a gift
6. Let your kids see you read/be active for fun
7. Don’t over-correct, don’t over-practice
8. Point out words/physical activity everywhere
9. Set aside time for kids to read/be active on their own
10. Fun, fun, and more fun
10 ways raising a physically literate child is like raising a reader
While I hate the pompous term “physical literacy”, there is some good advice in that article.
via B.C. Gymnastics
Physical Benefits
Social Benefits
Cognitive Benefits
Character Benefits
Arizona Sunrays
Kayla Bonnel interview by Calgary ShawTV.
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Mara Coles interview.
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CGC finishes their Rec sessions in November. Dedicates all of December to “camps”.
Thanks Brett.
Recreational Gymnastics 
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