Posts Tagged ‘Children’s Activity’
Eliminate 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…
Read MoreHistory Tuesday: Uneven Bars
As far back as 1830 the French teacher Amoros wrote of “uneven” or Asymetrical” bars in his Manuel d’education physique et morale. But back then the women and the men did not participate together and women did not own the bar until long after this period. Wommen’s gymnastics was very similar to men’s gymnastics. As…
Read MoreSo glad to help
Last year was the 4th year that Gymfinity’s gymnastics team and Tumble and Trampoline team (5th for them) attended the St. Jude Benefit meet held in Peoria Illinois. The meet was a huge production with the overall goal of helping the St. Jude Children’s Hospital and St. Jude programs. Every year they had testimonials from…
Read MoreHistory Tuesday: High Bar
Last of my History lesson Tuesdays featuring men’s gymnastics. This one on my favorite events to watch but least favorite to do. I never competed High bar as a gymnast except one time in college when my team competed in Michigan at a meet held during a snow storm. The opposing team had only a…
Read MoreHistory Tuesday: Balance Beam
Balance beam is an apparatus as old as 261 years. Johan Cristoph GutsMuth (1759-1839) actually dedicated a chapter in his book Gymnastics for Youth and you can bet that the event was around before he was published. GutsMuth described the beam as a rounded pine tree trunk about 64 feet long. Founder of Gymnastics Fredrich…
Read MoreHistory Tuesday: Parallel Bars
Here is another brief article about the history of gymnastics. As a kid I remember my brother getting a set of 1950 circa P-Bars from an old gym. We set them up in our back yard and I remember helping him put the rails in because they were so heavy. I remember too playing gymnastics…
Read MoreDid you win today?
I had a gymnast, let’s call him Nick. (this is way back when I coached boys). Nick was the kind of kid would take on challenges only if he knew he could win. He was young and had all kinds of talent, I used to say “dude you got talent falling off of you, pick…
Read Moretaking the good with the bad
Recently the gymnastics world has been a blaze with the news of Paul Hamm. I felt that I should say something here because so many people have asked me my opinion. I also think that what we need to do is re-focus on what is important. So… Paul should apologize. He has made a mistake,…
Read MoreOne Child at a Time
Youth obesity has become the epidemic of note throughout society. Countless governmental bodies, independent organizations and mainstream media outlets are constantly revealing statistics and projections related to this problem. According to several sources, the youth overweight/obesity numbers exceed 30 percent of people under the age of 18 in the United States and are expected to…
Read MoreMuscles
Our Motion Eveolution fitness program is amazing. I knew theis from the start but I was reminded when my 6 year old son, who is in the Thursday night class, explained over dinner that is caloric need per day is about 1600-2500 calories. I nearly choked on my tea. “Really” I said. Then he went…
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