Category: recreation

benefits of preschool Gymnastics

An insanely great video posted by Jason J Orkowski of GYmfinity Children’s Activity Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Rec Gymnastics and Alex Bard)

Gymnastics and the vestibular system

I find that most coaches don’t know much about the vestibular system even though it’s critical to success in acrobatics sports.

Here’s the second video in Tumbl Trak’s special needs series on training the vestibular system.

… vestibular system … the sensory system that provides the leading contribution about the sense of balance and spatial orientation for the purpose of coordinating movement with balance. …

The brain uses information from the vestibular system in the head and from proprioception throughout the body to understand the body’s dynamics and kinematics (including its position and acceleration) from moment to moment. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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mimic games & activities

The latest batch of my Rec Games have been posted.

Click PLAY or watch an introduction on YouTube.

… students use creativity and self-expression while engaging in physical challenges …

There are 91 games videos LIVE (so far) on the Tumbl Trak Fitness Games & Activities playlist.

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coach Rec Gymnastics in China

Inspire Sports in China has 4 gyms now and is looking to hire more foreign coaches. The language of instruction is English taught alongside Chinese teaching assistants.

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Experience China.

Any interested applicants please contact Liang Cheng.

chengl@inspiresports.com.cn

Tel: 1-780-885-5223

(via Rec Gymnastics)

Fitness Games and Activities

by site editor Rick McCharles

Inspired by the work of Gymnastics coach educator Keith Russell from Canada, we videotaped over 170 of the best games and activities for Recreational kids.

Most require no special equipment. The GOAL is to improve MOTOR and PHYSICAL FITNESS using your own body weight … while having FUN. 🙂

We feel this will be the best Gymnastics Games resource available online.

Tumbl Trak sponsored the videos. You can find them on the Tumbl Trak YouTube channel.

The first 22 – ORGANIZING kids – were just published. Click PLAY or watch those on YouTube.

More will be launched each month.

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Winter Adult Gymnastics Camp: Review

January 16-18, otherwise known as Martin Luther King weekend, was the time, and Atlantic Gymnastics was the place. The 2016 Winter Adult Gymnastics Camp was a smashing success. …

Tony Retrosi, the owner of Atlantic gymnastics, was in the house. We had several guest coaches including James Parent of TumblTrak who specializes in coaching clinics and Liz O’Neil from Off the Wall Gymnastics in Plaistow NH. The camp was directed by Gina Paulhus, an Atlantic Gymnastics gymnast and Ladies AAU adult gymnastics competitor. …

2016 Winter Adult Gymnastics Camp: Review

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Gymnastics Games needed

Recreational Gymnastics Pros:

we are talking about GAMES, GAMES, GAMES!

… please submit one or more of your favourite games in any/all of the following categories and what age group it’s geared for (pre-school, school-aged or both):

Icebreakers/Get-to-know-you games
Active games (warm ups, fast-paced)
Passive games (cool downs, slower-paced)
Apparatus-specific games (on specific equipment like beam, bars, etc…)
BIG games (larger scale, usually require a bit more planning & prep)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd

HOW TO SUBMIT: Send your submission to recgympros@gmail.com (email, .doc or .pdf) by the deadline above.

I’ll be submitting. My Games video series is being launched by Tumbl Trak … very soon. 🙂

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