45yr-old tumbler
Risa Shearer is looking pretty good.
Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.
What’s your excuse? 🙂
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on discipline timeouts
My standard discipline policy for Recreational gymnasts is an escalating series of penalties:
1) warning
2) second warning
3) 2 minute timeout
4) 5 minute timeout
5) meet with parent… Some psychologists do believe that if you practice good “positive discipline” techniques, by stating facts rather than demands, using distraction to steer kids away from danger, and working out solutions as a family, you shouldn’t need timeouts, or at least not very often. And timeouts can be ineffective, psychologically damaging, and make behavioral problems worse. …
Yet …
… plenty of research suggests that timeouts are safe and useful when parents employ them properly and in the right situations. …
Slate – Are Timeouts Messing Up Your Kids?
Only if you’re doing them wrong. (And yes, you probably are.)An interesting read.
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custom Gymnastics invitations
Coach Cassie links to some good gymnastics resources.
For example these custom invites on Zazzle.
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Gymnastics Birthday Party for Boys
Some great tips.
Coach Cassie – How to Throw an EPIC Gymnastics Themed Birthday Party for Boys
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review – Head Over Heels About Gymnastics
Coach Cassie and her 19-month-old both give rave reviews.
… The author, Gemma Coles, does a fantastic job of making directions clear with regards to safety. The pictures are superb and the design is fantastic. A parent can easily help their child achieve these gymnastics exercises and shapes in the comfort of their own home. It also gives these great tips to transform any parent into a knowledgeable facilitator of movement. …
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adding a Rec pit to your gym
Foam pits are a great draw for kids.
But they are dirty, smelly and problematic.
Some clubs only rarely allow Rec kids into the competitive pit, for safety reasons.
Solution?
Consider adding a Rounders™ Modular Pit System ($4000)Filled with our world famous Covered Rounders™, the pit system is made with a 100% foam core that will not break down, delaminate, or soften over time and a 21oz knife coated vinyl with built-in bacterial inhibitor.
The UCS exclusive vinyl is Phthalate Free and Fire Retardant complying with CA Bulliten-117. As in all UCS gymnastics equipment, the included mats and 4 walls are sewn with 207 high tenacity thread providing years of rugged use. The pit is meant for recreational and pre-school use only. This product is not suitable for competition, training or action sports activities.
This Pit is Rec only.
Big kids not allowed. 🙂
Today I jumped into a Rounders pit for the first time. And was impressed. -
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what is physical literacy?
The cynic in me is tempted to answer, yet another Kinesiology ‘buzzword’.
But here’s one definition:
1. Forward somersault1. Can your child do a basic forward somersault (roll) on the floor?
2. Flat-footed squat
Can your child do a flat-footed squat from a standing position and then stand up again? The flat-footed squat is considered a standard test of physical literacy by researchers and health practitioners. This movement indicates a blend of important qualities: flexibility, coordination and balance, not to mention strength.
3. Swim (comfortable in water)
4. Throw a ball
5. Strike an object6. Land from jumping
Watch your child as they jump from a low platform, tree branch or park bench and land on their feet. Do they land with their knees aligned squarely above their feet and flex smoothly into a squat? …
7. One-leg balance test
8. Confidence to try sports
9. Describe a movement skill or activity in wordsActive for Life – 9 ways to tell if your child is physically literate
When I was a student of Kinesiology at University of Calgary in the 1980s, we called our department Physical Education.
And I still prefer that term. 🙂
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Rec Kid Fit Event at Blue Heron Middle School
Carrie Spender put together a highlights photo montage of a youth “fitness” event in January. Every child from a Washington State school was invited. All the equipment soft, round and safe.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That 2-day fitness event was sponsored by:
Jefferson County Parks and Recreation
Tumbl Trak
Twisters Gymnastics
Port Townsend School DistrictI was responsible for climbing wall and pullover bar. It was astonishing how many students could do pullover without spot by walking up the wall.
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Kara Thorpe
Hey there Rick…
If Tumbl Trak was intrested in a Canadian PLace to stop… you could aways suggest PA. We are working in conncetion with the local school boards to ensure that gymnastics does not die out in schools.LikeLike
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special needs gymnastics – Fitness Wheel
Tumbl Trak:
Our two days at Blue Heron. Here are the shots of the special needs class having fun with the 8′ fitness wheel.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That inflatable Fitness Wheel is round, soft and safe. Ideal for the physically and mentally challenged.
It was safe even for the boy who normally wears a bike helmet day-to-day.
Kara Thorpe is discussing. 
Recreational Gymnastics 
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