Category: books & manuals

NEW kids Gymnastics book

The Gym Club: Bars and Beams: A Mia and Niki Story by J. P. Daniels.

Kindle and paperback.

Rocky Mount Gymnastics team member Niki Fowler is unexpectedly removed from the team and away from her best friend, Mia Allen, by Niki’s dad, Deputy Sheriff Nick Fowler.

His reason for moving Niki to another gym is kept secret from Mia and Niki. …

Discouraged, Niki is ready to give up gymnastics, forcing Mia to try to help her friend, but her good deed causes big trouble for Niki at her new gym. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The Circus Professor’s Guidebook: A Performance Development Course for Kids

A new book from Kristofer Carrison, one of the greatest Cirque du Soleil performers. Now a coach.

…introducing “The Circus Professor’s Guidebook,” a groundbreaking curriculum designed to transform children into confident and skilled performers through the exciting realm of circus arts. …

With 60 games throughout the book, each chapter immerses kids in engaging exercises meticulously crafted to foster creativity and ignite their imaginations. From mime to clowning, each activity provides hours of immersive play and exploration, ensuring endless delight for kids and inspiration for instructors, parents, and teachers. …

Amazon

Gymnastics Sports Parenting Book

Authors Gordon MacLelland (Chief Executive Officer at Working With Parents in Sport) and Sarah Murray.

… launch comes following the partnership we launched with Working With Parents in Sport (WWPIS) last year, supporting making a real difference in the gymnastics community.

The UK-based company has been leading our work to help support parents, gymnasts, and coaches to have positive relationships so young people thrive both in and out of their sport. …

It consists of six key focus areas, which are also the focus of WWPIS interactive sessions:

1)      Performance sports parenting – an introduction

2)      Parent parent OR sport parent – striking the balance

3)      What’s your lens?

4)      Managing disappointment – avoiding devastation

5)      “Fast cars; poor brakes” – the adolescent brain

6)      The end – Beyond the Badge

British Gymnastics

£14.99

Gymnastics Culture Cure by Dave Tilley

A new book by Dr. Dave Tilley, CEO/Founder of SHIFT Movement Science, is now available.

My goal with it is simple – help you learn ways to improve your happiness and performance in gymnastics.

Toxic gymnastics cultures, when left unchecked, erode everyone inside making a massive negative impact on their health and performance while healthy gymnastics cultures, when nourished, elevate everyone to their highest levels of enjoyment in the sport.

… I summarize the best tools, strategies, and exercises that I see in gyms with incredible cultures full of happy, healthy, high performing people.

It has 90+ pages over 5 chapters, and 25 hands on exercises for you to do using templates and worksheets.

Click HERE for details.

The launch price is $39.99.

That includes the eBook and some additional benefits:

  • FREE access to the exclusive Gymnastics Culture Q&A 
  • FREE access to the private Gymnastics Culture Lecture 

How to Talk to Kids About Anything

Steve Butcher recommends this new book by Dr. Robyn Silverman.

It’s a companion book to her podcast – How to Talk to Kids About Anything.

Amazon.

Maggie Nichols’s official memoir

Introduction by Simone.

Details.

“Championship Gymnastics” – Powerpoint slides

Dr. Gerald S. George is selling 180 slides from his excellent book.

NEW Pommel Book by Miguel Costante 

Amazon for Kindle or Paperback:

The English translation has just been released. Miguel has coached in Canada for decades and is completely bilingual.

Miguel is widely recognized one of the best MAG age-group coaches.

He’s available as a consultant for any club worldwide.

Happily, Miguel also has a lot of FREE content on his site in both English & Spanish so you can check out his coaching philosophy first.

The NEW website is Evolve-Gymnastic.com (no S at the end of Gymnastic)

Kim Bui autobiography

The legend — Kim Bui — represented Germany from 2004 until the 2022 European Championships in Munich. Three Olympics. Six World Championships. Always a fan favourite.

Though reluctant at first to write a career retrospective, she decided to go ahead hoping that sharing her story will help others.

“The hardest chapter to write was the one on eating disorders,” she said. “I had never talked about it until then. …”

Kim Bui on her battle with bulimia: “I want to say that you… are not alone”

Chellsie’s Challenges – by Chellsie Memmel

Life Lessons Learned From an Olympic Gymnast Paperback – March 5, 2023

.. Follow along with Chellsie as she takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of her elite gymnastics career and the lessons she learned along the way.

Amazon

From reviews I’ve read, it sounds an inspiring read for adults, appropriate for teens and tweens, as well.

The title reminded me of Chellsie’s YouTube challenges. 😀

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