Visual Image coaching dolls
For as long as I can remember, Gary Goodson has been selling the best gymnastics doll on the market.
It’s a great tool for helping kids visualize.
24 inch doll – $20
12 inch doll – $12
details on Gary Goodson’s site.
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Olympic Champion on boys Rec
James S. Fell:
… Kids need at least an hour of exercise every day to maximize health …
According to Olympic gold-medalist Kyle Shewfelt, “Every little boy should be put in gymnastics,” regardless of size. …
… “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 like going to a gigantic playground, and it’s the perfect place for a crazy little boy to get his energy out,” he said. …
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Rick Mc
Olympic Champion coaches on REC
WOGA in Texas is the home club of both the 2004 and 2008 Women’s Olympic Artistic Gymnastics Champions.
Do they care about Recreational Gymnastics?
WOGA Coaches & Co-founders Valeri Liukin and Yevgeny Marchenko talk about the gym’s fun and rewarding recreational gymnastics program.
Boys and Girls of any age can benefit from WOGA’s rec program. At WOGA “Gymnastics is for everyone, gymnastics is fun“!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Valeri once commented: “We’re Russian. We don’t know how to have fun in the gym.”
Obviously, they are learning.
Recreational Gymnastics is taking off in Russia and China. They are learning from us.
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Rick Mc
GymSmarts Rec Gymnastics videos
GymSmarts is by far the world’s biggest publisher of DVDs for gymnastics coaches.
They have a good section dedicated to Rec.
From the GymSmarts home page, click the Recreational Gymnastics link.
Cost (on average) is $30 / 30min. Ask your club to purchase those DVDs of interest: Warm-ups, Birthday Party Games, Landings, etc.
Cool Games & Fun Warm-ups by Dave Adlard is excellent.
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Rick Mc
Facebook Privacy Settings
A BIG new issue at gymnastics clubs is Facebook.
Young people, young coaches, often learn the hard way not to post inappropriate text, photos and video.
Here’s an up-to-date summary of Privacy Settings. As you know, Facebook changes them often and deliberately makes them confusing. It’s in their interest that members keep their settings as public, as possible.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – 24yr old teacher resigns over Facebook photos
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Rick Mc
gymnastics – pullover drills
It’s a BIG day when a child does their first pullover alone. (In fact, I rarely will only rarely spot that skill.)
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
more videos on the TumblTrak YouTube channel
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coachliz96
what a great idea for drills! Coaches ask me all the time how to help kids with pullovers! I agree- spotting it more only helps the coach build more upper body strength! (instead of the kid!)
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Coach S
Great drill. Tried it today and my boys rec class loved it. Even the ones that could already do pullovers.
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Rick Mc
gymnastics Shopping Mall demo
My ‘home’ club, Altadore Gymnastics, at the Sunridge Mall.
more photos on Facebook
Mall demos are a good way to encourage registration. Even better, in my experience, is ‘bring a friend’ day.
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Rick Mc
Rec Gym Club for sale
My friend Darlene Traviss is selling her Canadian gymnastics business, Flip Factory.It’s located in Calgary, Alberta. The economy is very strong.
Contact darlene AT flip-factory.com (403) 265-2656
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Rick Mc
gymnastics – TumblTrak Orbiter
Keep the advanced kids motivated with fun, safe inflatable equipment from TumblTrak.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Orbiter – $575
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Rick Mc
Princess gymnasts love tiaras
Looking for a FUN prize for your girls?
At the Princess Classic Gymnastic Invitational hosted by Horizon Gymnastics & Dance Academy in Port Charlotte, girls win Tiaras as prizes.
Cute.
After all, it is the Princess Classic.
Three-year-old Addison Proa participates in the Princess Classic Gymnastic Invitational, her first competition
read more – Herald Tribune
(via Couch Gymnast)
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