Adult Gymnastics Competitions in the U.K.
BGtv visited Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the 2012 Veteran British Championships and the 2012 British Disability Artistic Championships
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Details via that YouTube page.
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Flip Factory, Calgary
I dropped in on my old friend Darlene Traviss at her new facility, Flip Factory in N.E. Calgary.
Darlene Traviss
Darlene’s that rarity. An entrepreneur in socialist Canada. (Most gyms are parent governed in Canada.)
Her club is staying away from competitive Artistic gymnastics. But they offer just about everything else.
Preschool makes up about 60% of the membership.
Trampoline, Circus, Demo Team (Gymnaestrada), …
When construction is complete, here’s the goal:
5,600 square feet of gym space which houses: 4 full size trampolines, a 40′ tumble track, a 40′ x 40′ sprung floor exercise space, a large foam pit, indoor toboggan hill for preschoolers, 40′ bouldering wall, beams, low tight ropes, slack lines, bars (including a pit bar), lots of climbing ropes, rings and vaulting apparatus.
Typical rotations:
• Mission Impossible obstacle course
• Reverse Bungee: a giant jolly jumper
• Gladiators: semi-combative challenges
• Parkour on a dedicated circuit, complete with tramp wallSpecial Needs kids are welcomed:
Down’s Syndrome
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Cerebral Palsy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Amputees
ADD and ADHD
Autism and Asperger’s
Brain injuries
An additional 2000 square foot mezzanine space houses our Tot Drop-In during the daytime. This area is filled with equipment specially designed for 1 – 5 year olds: Mats of all shapes and sizes, slides, climbing apparatus, ball pits and more. Equipment configuration and pieces change weekly. This gym is well padded and encourages movement and exploration. A seating area for parents built into the space makes it a perfect spot to hang out with friends while letting preschoolers burn off energy! The mezzanine space is cleared and available to other groups in the evenings.
A 750 square foot hardwood dance studio is used for our fitness classes and is also available to other groups.
Two spacious birthday party rooms are available for eats and treats after activities in the gym are finished up.
CONGRATULATIONS Darlene. I’m completely impressed.
Learn more about the gym at flip-factory.com
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Special Needs Cheer
Questions to consider before you start a special needs team
by Natalie Keller Reinert
The U.S., Canada and Great Britain together now boast more than 300 special needs cheer teams, giving children and adults with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to shine on the mat. Hailed by parents and researchers alike as a transformative experience for kids who might feel socially cut-off from the rest of the world, cheerleading can bestow confidence, pride and friendship upon its participants.
Starting a special needs team at your gym, however, is not an overnight decision. There are many things that should be considered …
read the full article on Cheer Biz News – Starting a Special Needs Team
I saw that on the Tumbl Trak February 2012 newsletter.
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Special Needs gymnastics
Nate Hendrickson, Director of Kids Fitness and Special Needs discusses the Kids Fitness and Special Needs program and opportunities at TNT Kids Fitness.
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Special Needs gymnastics
Mary Wright on how special needs kids enjoy her program at Olympus, Utah.
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The first I’ve heard of Yoga for very…
The first I’ve heard of Yoga for very young children.
Posted by Calgary Gymnastics Centre.
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gymnastics for autistic kids
Out of Fargo, ND, a great story.
Instructor Nate Hendrickson and 7 year-old Tate Johnson.
Watch the video – TNT Fitness program helping kids with autism cope
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gymnastics babies
Cygnus is offering Gymnastics for Babies!
They call it the ‘Crazy Crawlers‘ class.
Coach Sue and Baby Wyatt at his first class.
Do you offer gymnastics for children younger than 18 months?
Do they actually need a gymnastics facility?
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Special Needs Gymnastics, Texas
Here’s a unique program catering to Special Olympics kids, as well as providing regular classes for children with special needs.
They ran an Athlete of the Month promotion for years.
Denise Anderson is offering Special Needs Gymnastics in the Dallas / Fort Worth area. She works with each student on an individual basis with a program to allow each athlete to achieve success at their own level.
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wheelchairs at gymnastics
Whether you love him or hate him, Artie Abrams in Glee has brought a lot of public attention to manual wheelchair users trying to participate in the mainstream.
(I assume Sue Sylvester got some hate mail when she referred to wheelchair ramps at school as “lazy makers”.)
So … What is Wheelchair Sports Acrobatics?
In the U.K., it’s a competitive discipline sponsored by British Gymnastics.
… One competitor must be a wheelchair user and the other competitor can be a mainstream competitor or also have special needs themselves.
Special balances have been developed which allows wheelchair users to perform these disability routines however the competitors are still expected to complete the same number of balances and skills as the mainstream competitions. …
Personally speaking, we had terrific experiences with wheelchair athletes conditioning alongside gymnast in our gym at the University of Saskatchewan. Rings, ropes and bars are ideal for upper body training. It’s a good opportunity.
Unfortunately … where I live, most gyms don’t even have wheelchair access.
related – national disabled gymnastic champion Vicky Perez needs wheelchair sponsorship
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As an avocate for people with special needs, I LOVE IT!!!! We have mutlipule user groups that come to our gym in wheel chairs. In fact, we have some many that we got a portable floor lift to help with getting them out of their chairs (funded by a grant).
There are many gyms that do not wheelchair access… its unfortualte… I hope in time this will change!
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Thanks Kara.
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