teaching headstands safely
Coach Sommer is one of the great Gymnastics strength gurus. Here’s his run down on how to teach headstands correctly.
Gymnastics Bodies – Improve Your Handstand with Headstand Practice
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Ninja Challenge Course by Norbert’s
Cool. 🙂
Portable, infinitely configurable, Ninja Challenge Course package consists of 10 obstacles which easily and securely attach to carpet bonded foam with strategically placed hook fastener strips.
Obstacles are covered with rugged 18 oz. CPSIA compliant vinyl and filled with polyurethane foam sandwiched between crosslink for optimal footing. Norbert’s Athletic Products, Inc.
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risk essential to childhood development
“Risky play, involving perhaps rough and tumble, height, speed, playing near potentially dangerous elements such as water, cliffs and exploring alone with the possibility of getting lost, gives children a feeling of thrill and excitement.”
Risk is an essential component of a balanced childhood. Exposure to healthy risk, particularly physical, enables children to experience fear, and learn the strengths and limitations of their own body. …
Risk is essential to childhood – as are scrapes, grazes, falls and panic
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Kids should learn their limits, make their mistakes, in a supervised, padded playroom. Not on a bike or jumping from a garage roof.
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Why you should enrol your son in gymnastics
Canadian Olympic gold medal winner Kyle Shewfelt explains why hockey and football may not be right for your boy
Hockey and football aren’t right for everyone. …
Kyle’s recommendations about putting your son in gymnastics, regardless of stature, makes perfect sense. “It is the best place to teach kids what they need to exceed at other sports because they learn how their body works,” he said. “It develops speed, power and strength, as well as discipline and time management, and it’s really a shame that they don’t teach it in schools anymore.”
“It’s a fundamental sport and it’s fun! It’s like going to a gigantic playground, and it’s the perfect place for a crazy little boy to get his energy out,” he said. …
Why you should enrol your son in gymnastics
(via Grace Chiu)
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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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Air Mat – Special Needs Gymnastics
Soft but durable.
The Power Launch has seen a lot of action in therapy clinics and schools that work with children who have sensory needs. Wait till you see the innovative uses we’ve come up with!!
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More videos like this on Tumbl Trak the Grow Through Movement playlist.
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GIANT Air Pit – Special Needs Gymnastics
… therapists and school professionals have found numerous ways to use the Air Pit in therapy clinics for students with Sensory Needs. It is durable, light and despite its size can deflate in minutes to store away.
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More videos like this on Tumbl Trak the Grow Through Movement playlist.
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