Bubble wrapping our kids is not the safest thing to do
When does it stop? Asa child I remember jumping off garage roof to the lawn. I remember building a ramp to jump over match-box cars on my bike. I remember throwing and deflecting mini fire-crackers in a battle with my brothers. We used to build snow forts and have huge snow-ball fights. We used to climb…
What is our greatest reward?
I’ve been around awhile. I started coaching team gymnastics in 1985 and went to my first meet to cover our other coach who had to go to a wedding. I remember it like yesterday. I have coached college gymnasts to national championships. I have had Junior Olympic kids get college scholarships. I have watched kids…
FlipGirl is AWESOME
I just got sent this link from SuperBlogger Rick McCharles linking to this band’s video. It is a song called FlipGirl and it actually is really good. Clean lyrics and fun for kids in gymnastics. Also available on iTunes. (I foresee this as a ringtone on several team girls phones). Check it out. (Note at the end…
Fitness is fun with Motion Evolution at Gymfinity
Watch this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuNWkKBokts] With that understood, let’s talk fitness. Gymfinity has a kids fitness program that is designed to appeal to ALL children. It’s called Motion Evolution. Our program offers exercises for children in a group (or individually) that provide an increase in strength, flexibility, coordination and cardio-vascular fitness. It enhances their social skills as well as…
How you know
“One day, you’ll no longer be a person who does gymnastics, and you will become a gymnast.” That is what I tell my team kids when I am challenging them. When I need to see more drive or more concentration. “What are you being right now?” I’ll ask them. They know the answer I’m looking…
Another great loss
I was saddened on Saturday when I found that a man I admired had passed away. After 99 years of affecting the direction of sports in America and the world, Coach John Wooden is gone. A basketball coach at UCLA, Wooden never focused on winning, rather he focused on developing his athletes as people and defining…