Motorcycle Landing Game
by site editor Rick McCharles
The first thing we teach at Gymnastics is SAFE LANDING and SAFE FALLING.
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Educational Gymnastics Activities – Timber Tag
Click PLAY or watch “Timber Tag” on YouTube.
A good example of a LANDING Game.
Kelly Thompson at Saint Francis Xavier University:
I would like to share the many games and activities that I have acquired through my gymnastic mentors, colleagues and friends. I truly hope your kids have fun with these activities …
EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS ACTIVITIES WITH THE FOUNDATIONAL MOVEMENT PATTERNS
Click through and navigate to the MOVEMENT PATTERN of interest. Watch more videos from there.
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Montage of FUN & FITNESS Activities
This video is from a top competitive Gymnastics club — but many of the circuits and activities can be modified for non-competitive kids.
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Handstand to Flat Back Station
A safe way to introduce this sequence to beginners.
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Angry Cat Position & Safety Rolls in Gymnastics
by site editor Rick McCharles
Round and rigid. A very safe shape.
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It leads directly into the Safety Roll sideways.
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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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Gymnastics – Introducing Backward Roll
by site editor Rick McCharles
Children have disproportionately LARGE heads relative to their body. Backward rolling can be awkward for them.
Here’s the best way to do them safely.
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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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Landing on 1 Foot into a Run
This Parkour basic is a good activity for EVERYONE.
In other sports, it’s unusual to land on 2 feet like a gymnast.
#SAFETY
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SAFE Salto – “Space for your Face”
The most important thing beginners need learn about forward salto is to KEEP KNEES APART on landing.
BEST have beginners land UP on to a HEIGHT. 😇
WORST is to allow them to chuck it into the foam pit. 😕
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Gymnastics Movement Patterns – LANDINGS
The Movement Pattern approach invented by Keith Russell is used in Canada and by the International Gymnastics Federation.
LANDINGS are taught first and best.
Recreational Gymnastics 
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