1. Gymnastics is the basis for all sports
2. Gymnastics develops a life long love and ability for fitness
3. Gymnastics makes kids strong
4. Gymnastics makes kids flexible
5. Gymnastics develops coordination.
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FIG Official – WG2015 – 15th World Gymnaestrada – HELSINKI (FIN), July 12-18, 2015
Helsinki Metropolitan Area will transform as performance arenas for thousands of gymnasts from all over the World when 25,000 participants arrive to the 15th World Gymnaestrada in Finland on July 2015.
The World Gymnaestrada is a world-wide, non-competitive FIG Gymnastics for All event held every 4 years and attracting the largest number of active participants of any FIG event. Participation is for everybody, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, culture, ability or social standing. …
In an advanced recreation class it’s not possible to spot every child, even though they ALL want to work towards backward handspring.
In fact, I ask my instructors to NEVER SPOT … with the rare, odd exception. 🙂
Tumbl Trak founder Doug Davis shows some activities kids can do safely and without spotting. A high level of physical preparation is required, of course.
Krista Thompson
9:52 am on October 15, 2014 Permalink
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Awesome. From personal experience, seeing your children with developmental or other difficulties overcome these through gymnastics and translate those ‘wins’ to other areas of their life is incomparable and unquantifiable – priceless.
What if Johnny never learns a cartwheel? Or how about if Janie never masters holding a handstand? Would there still be any value in putting your preschooler in a gymnastics class?
Yes, I say.
Absolutely, yes.
In addition to it being a lot of fun, here are twenty reasons your preschool aged child should do gymnastics that have nothing to do with learning gymnastics. …
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