Gymnastics contest – CANDLE roll to jump
by site editor Rick McCharles
A good lead-up drill to forward safety rolls.
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Introducing Forward Shoulder Roll
by site editor Rick McCharles
Before teaching forward safety rolls, be sure kids know how to stand up smoothly, absorbing force over time and body surface area.
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This is one of 170+ Fitness Games and Activities. See more on my Tumbl Trak Fitness Games playlist.
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safer Gymnastics at home
It’s nearly impossible to stop kids from doing Gymnastics at home. On the couch. On the bed. …
Parents should BAN inversions and rotations, if they can. Alternatively, they can set up as safe a Gymnastics play area as possible.
Tumbl Trak posted some tips for parents:
Keeping athletes safe at home requires a bit of thought and awareness of the skills kids will practice. Here’s some safety measures for families to consider when using home gym equipment:
Choose an area in the home large enough to allow for space surrounding the equipment to work safely.
Floors should be clear of objects that could cause injury, including extra furniture nearby. …
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Backyard Trampolines NOT recommended
Parents should send their children to qualified instructors in safe facilities.
… American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “strongly discourages” the use of home trampolines.
Sure, while the majority of injuries are sprained ankles, an annoying but relatively benign injury, almost 30 percent were broken bones or dislocations and about 10 to 17 percent are injuries that involve heads and necks. …
YOU CAN CALL ME SCROOGE: JUST SAY NO TO THE HOME TRAMPOLINE
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Rec Gymnastics – bring a friend day
I’ve always found the best way to build membership in a Rec program is with this kind of promotion. The only major issue is insurance.
I always hire extra instructors. You can never be sure how many friends are going to arrive. 🙂
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Gymnastics – learning to climb
A child’s “job” is to play. They should be climbing. A lot. But safely.
Click PLAY or watch a Special Needs video on YouTube. ALL kids are special.
Related series of videos on Special Needs Gymnastics. Browse the Grow Through Movement playlist.
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A new kind of kindergarten design encourages kids to be their silly selves
I had to click through to a post with that title. 🙂
There’s no doubt we need change our current “children’s prison” model. In Japan there’s a brave, new model.
Architect Takaharu Tezuka explains in a TEDx Kyoto talk how one school created a kindergarten that doesn’t fight against kids’ natural impulses. It counts on them. …
The roof is a giant ring of a playground. Why? Kids love to run in circles. …
A new kind of kindergarten design encourages kids to be their silly selves
Click PLAY or watch a TED Talk on YouTube. Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen
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ban tobogganing – it’s too DANGEROUS
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.
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Brooklyn welds playground equipment
Another example of insane “nanny state” thinking, disallowing kids to play because there is a chance of cuts and bruising. 😦
The city is putting the brakes on spinning playground equipment following reports of injuries, a Parks Department spokeswoman said.
Rotating metal saucers that kids ride at two Park Slope playgrounds were recently welded into place so they can’t move, and the city has made similar modifications or removed a total of seven disks citywide “in the interest of public safety …
“I think it sucks,” said dad David Friedlander, whose 2-year-old was disappointed to find the the spinning disk at Vanderbilt Playground in Prospect Park suddenly stuck in place in late November. “I think it’s a sad commentary on how litigious and afraid we’ve become of having our children get a few boo-boos.”
Parks Dept. Puts a Stop to Spinning Playground Equipment After Injuries
(via Boing Boing)
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