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GYMNASTICS ARTICLES
Skills List for Two Year Olds
Skills List for Four Year Olds
Skills List for Five Year Olds
Vault Complex
Bars Complex
Balance Beam Complex
Floor Exercise Complex
Boys Skills List
Twisting Drills
Giants Drills
Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
Risk Management Audits
Safety Concerns for Gymnastics Teachers
Employer Risk Management
Ergonomics for Gymnastics Coaches
Advantages of Professional Membership and Networking
Benefits of Gymnastics
Branding your Gym
Conflict Resolution Steps
Dealing with the Media
Dealing with the Media in a Crisis
The Coaches Role in Developing Assets in Youth
Effective Leadership Checklist
Giving Feedback Checklist
Guide to Facilitating Focus Group Meetings
Improving Operations Checklist
Mentorship in Gymnastics Organizations
Organizational Leadership
Parental Involvement
Policies and Procedures that WORK
Positive Coaching a Competitive Athlete
Rewarding your Staff
SportParent Handout
Tantrums
The Role of Gymnastics Parents
What We Really Do
Gymnastic Discussions
Gymnastics Discussion 1
Gymnastics Discussion 2
Gymnastics Discussion 3
Gymnastics Discussion 4
TIPS FOR GYMNASTIC PARENTS
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 1
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 2
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 3
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 4
Bonus Tip For Gymnastics Parents
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Skills List for Two Year Olds
Skills List for Four Year Olds
Skills List for Five Year Olds
Vault Complex
Bars Complex
Balance Beam Complex
Floor Exercise Complex
Boys Skills List
Twisting Drills
Giants Drills
Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
Risk Management Audits
Safety Concerns for Gymnastics Teachers
Employer Risk Management
Ergonomics for Gymnastics Coaches
Advantages of Professional Membership and Networking
Benefits of Gymnastics
Branding your Gym
Conflict Resolution Steps
Dealing with the Media
Dealing with the Media in a Crisis
The Coaches Role in Developing Assets in Youth
Effective Leadership Checklist
Giving Feedback Checklist
Guide to Facilitating Focus Group Meetings
Improving Operations Checklist
Mentorship in Gymnastics Organizations
Organizational Leadership
Parental Involvement
Policies and Procedures that WORK
Positive Coaching a Competitive Athlete
Rewarding your Staff
SportParent Handout
Tantrums
The Role of Gymnastics Parents
What We Really Do
Gymnastic Discussions
Gymnastics Discussion 1
Gymnastics Discussion 2
Gymnastics Discussion 3
Gymnastics Discussion 4
TIPS FOR GYMNASTIC PARENTS
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 1
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 2
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 3
Tips For Gymnastics Parents 4
Bonus Tip For Gymnastics Parents
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Parachute Activities
All children revel in play - games such as Tag and Hide & Seek go back generations. We all thrive with physical exercise and that same exercise clears the mind as well. Children need to physically expend energy periodically during their learning process.
Games are vehicles where children develop physically, mentally, and socially, learning to relate to each other as well as how to compete and/or work together. In the games are lessons in individual strengths and weaknesses, coping with success or failure. Many games act as abstractions of reality, where the principles of life are acted out in “play” situations.
Games are also an excellent way to build cohesion in a group of people as they learn to trust and work together. They break the ice and help people new to a group become better acquainted, and accepted. Teen groups also enjoy new games. Adults, once they relax, find them quite refreshing and invigorating as well.
A parachute is a wonderful addition to the play equipment in any Gymnastics program. Beautiful and sometimes calming, a parachute can create soft, whispering sounds or loud, rippling noises, depending on how quickly it is moved. Parachutes are usually made of brightly colored, lightweight nylon and are equipped with strong, reinforced handholds.
Why incorporate parachute play into your program? Because parachute games encourage cooperative, non-competitive play and reinforce turn taking and sharing. While most gross motor activities for young children develop muscles in the lower body more than the upper torso, parachutes strengthen primarily shoulder, arm and hand muscles.
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