Gymnastics and Cheer Business
What is your lesson plan today?
Years ago, some random professional athlete (whose name I don’t rememebr because they are insignificant in my world) said that pro athletes are not role models to children, they’re just athletes. I couldn’t disagree more. In fact, I’ll take it to the next step and tell you that every adult is a role model to…
Read MoreAre you memorable?
So often we harp on the dark side of children’s sports. We discuss the psycho-parent, the bratty bully, over-training children, embarrassing performances and more. We tend to remember the bad things but have a hard time recalling good things. I learned at a business conference in a discussion of brain functionality (yeah, I go to…
Read MoreI resolve to….be S*M*A*R*T
Lose weight, workout more, get my financials in order, call my brothers more, learn a new language, etc. The list is endless and most often it’s open-ended. Most people who make resolutions do it with a genuine desire for self-improvement, the problem is in the follow through. Often our resolutions are little more than thoughts…
Read MoreBrain Research supports gymnastics as a good choice for kids
One of the current strategies for working with children classified as ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder is to give them more physical activity. The research shows that kids with ADD have smaller frontal lobes of the brain and thus they tend to struggle with focus and lean toward being more impulsive. Many of these children…
Read Morethere aint no Santa Claus
I am sad to admit that I have long lost my holiday spirit. I grew up in a moderately religious household and Christmas was a time to celebrate our christian upbringing; but more so a time to celebrate family. As I grew I learned that the proposed date of Christmas was March 21st (the supposed day that the sun…
Read MoreHow can you get them to eat healthy?
How can we get our kids to eat healthier? That is a great question; first lets look at what is against us and what we need to do to combat it. Kids are bombarded by media messages telling them to eat terrible processed food-like products that have no nutritional value. They see more ads for…
Read MoreThe problem with Traditionitis
Ok. Just venting. I am appalled at somethings I see things in the children’s activity industry and I wonder what the heck is going on. Case in point: I see an advertisement for a local children’s activity franchise that shows a child doing a back bend, or what in gymnastics or yoga is known as…
Read MoreHistory Tuesday: vaulting
Now this is an event I could sink my teeth into. In fact, I did. When I was a vaulter we had the old vaulting horse and for one vault my hands slipped and I hit my face on the horse. It loosened a couple of teeth but I did conquer the vault on the next try. …
Read MoreGymnastics Makes Smarter Kids
Today we are pretty comfortable knowing that a child’s success is based off of good health and education. That seems like something we could all agree on, right? Right. Yet we see disturbing trends in child obesity still on the up-swing. This is particularly disturbing because obesity and lethargy go hand in hand and as…
Read MoreEliminate gymnastics judging and we all win
A few years back Gymnastics regrettably went to a new scoring system. The idea was to eliminate any chance that judges could sway a result by skewing scores one way or the other. Gone was the concept of the “Perfect 10” and in came scoring for difficulty and execution and the provision of confusion. Meets…
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