elephant headstands
One of the most unlikely creatures to do a headstand must be Pachyderms.
… Or are they trunkstands?
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creating indestructible children
In gymnastics there is a saying that “we have no right to put a child up onto any height until we have taught them how to come down and land safely”. This is the first step in creating indestructible children. …
- Landing on your feet
- Landing forward on your hands
- Landing backwards on your hands
- Landings while twisting
By teaching your children how to fall properly now, not only can they PLAY safer this summer, but this lifelong skill may save them from hospital visits later.
Play Gymnastics – Soft landings: Helping keep children safe when falling
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gymnastics panel mat video
Simple panel mats are so, so useful for so, so many things.
Tumbl Trak has just updated their product video.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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Please Don’t Help My Kids
Kate Bassford Baker:
Dear Other Parents At The Park:
Please do not lift my daughters to the top of the ladder, especially after you’ve just heard me tell them I wasn’t going to do it for them and encourage them to try it themselves.
Because, as they grow up, the ladders will only get taller, and scarier, and much more difficult to climb. And I don’t know about you, but I’d rather help them learn the skills they’ll need to navigate them now, while a misstep means a bumped head or scraped knee that can be healed with a kiss, while the most difficult of hills can be conquered by chanting, “I think I can, I think I can”, and while those 15 whole feet between us still feels, to them, like I’m much too far away.
read more – Please Don’t Help My Kids
A number of my friends have been sharing that article on Facebook.
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Rec Gymnastics in China
English language gymnastics club outside Shanghai.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Much of our Recreational philosophy is NEW in China.
(via Gymnastics Coaching)
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CUTE Gym Fundraising Proposal video
Just about the cutest fundraising proposal I’ve ever seen.
Omega Gymnastics Academy pitched a proposal to buy and operate a TUMBLEBUS® in their area offering free gymnastics to the community.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Sadly they were not chosen in the 2011 grant year. 😦
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Head Over Heels About Gymnastics
The author sent me a review copy.
Graphics are superb. Gymnastics correct. High quality paper and binding.
It would make a great gift for a young gymnast.
Head Over Heels About Gymnastics is a child friendly picture book written by Gemma Coles that introduces aspiring young gymnasts to the basics of gymnastics. Through photographs and easy to follow steps, the author guides you through the essential floor skills, and includes little helpful tips along the way!
… Overall I found this book very well written, and I would certainly recommend it to any parent interested with helping their young gymnast succeed.
Click through for links to the book itself.
Coach Gemma Coles runs a successful gymnastics club in the U.K.
Rick Mc
Modern Family – we have a GYMNAST
I’m not sure you want these parents at your gym. 🙂
Watch a preview of the episode premiering May 15th, 2013.
(via Gymnastics Coaching)
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register for FREE Tumbl Trak clinics
FINALLY. A series of workshops dedicated to the coaches of kids NOT competing.
Tumbl Trak’s 1-day clinics celebrating their 25th Anniversary are now registering. Focus will be on best practice for precompetitive and advanced recreation girls coaches.
Click through for details on the one closest to you.
May 2013
Thursday, May 23 Tumbl Trak Headquarters – Mount Pleasant, MI
Click here to register now!
June 2013
Fri, June 21 YMCA National Gymnastics Training Center – Huguenot, NY
Click here to register now!
Saturday, June 22 M & M Gymnastics – New Berlin, WI
Click here to register now!
Thursday, June 27 Leading Edge Gymnastics – Everett, WA
Click here to register now!
July 2013
Saturday, July 13 Twistars Gymnastics – Dewitt, MI
Click here to register now!
Sat., July 20 High Performance Training Camp – Coeur D’Alene, ID
Click here to register now!
John Smith at HPTC Idaho 2012
Saturday, July 27 Atlanta Gymnastics Center – Atlanta, GA
Click here to register now!
Sunday, July 28 Arizona Sunrays – Phoenix, AZ
Click here to register now!
As a Tumbl Trak Ambassador, I’ll be clinician at the three in bold.
There will be FUN. More reps, less stress.
(via Tumbl Talk)
Rick Mc
on overweight children …
Published 2004, Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through — and How We Can Help is a book by Sylvia Barkan Rimm.
Dr. Sylvia Barkan Rimm (born 1935) is an American psychologist specializing in parenting, child development and learning. She has written books on raising gifted children, success for girls, and communication skills.
… In a recent study of 15 countries, including the United States, the U.S. had the dubious honor of being ranked first in the prevalence of overweight and obese adolescents. …
Overweight children were five times as likely to describe their self-confidence as poor compared to average-weight children. They were much more likely to describe themselves as lonely, sad, fearful, and different.
Overweight girls were less likely to describe themselves as popular or beautiful. Overweight boys were less likely to describe themselves as athletic. Overweight children were much more worried about almost everything, and very over-weight children were three times as worried about their futures than average-weight children. …
The Six-Step Healthy Rescue Plan
Be a coach, instead of a judge.
Go for the goal.
Recruit additional support.
Design a nutritional plan.
Organize an exercise effort.
Celebrate strengths.
I’m dubious.
Things will continue to get worse before they get better. 😦
Some overweight children can handle the extra social pressures.
It may even be more normal to be heavy at a young age than it was in the past.
But best practice would be to get your children early into good exercise and eating habits.
Recreational Gymnastics 
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