Posts Tagged ‘Gymnastics’
what’s wrong with this picture?
Every week I post about how great gymnastics is, or how kids benefit from participating in sports. Today I want to look at the other side of the coin. I know things are costly and the economy is tenuous at best. Everyone has “high” prices because everyone has “high” expenses. It’s not the services that…
Read Moreby a hair’s breadth
There are some sports where the margin of victory is not as clear-cut as a point total, a defined score or even as simple as whether the competitor is still standing (vs.a knockout). Sometimes scores, like in gymnastics, are subjective or based on judgement, and that judgement can be the difference between a Wheaties box…
Read MoreI won’t be there on Tuesday.
What could my little gymnast be missing if she misses a few training sessions? I have always lived by the motto that “7 days without gymnastics makes one weak.” This sport is unique in its training as well as its benefits and so has some unique considerations. Most parents who ask this question are planning…
Read MoreThat’s news and weather….and now for sports…
I have rallied before about the ill effect of news broadcasting on the mind and soul. News agencies go for top dollar by playing on fear and our darkest emotions to goad us into viewing or listening to their broadcast. If they tease with “Teen kills parents, more at 10” they know that we will…
Read MoreWhat will my child gain by being at Gymfinity?
Taken from an originally published work by Dr. Bill Sands that appeared in Technique Magazine 1999 available at this link What will my child gain by being in gymnastics? Pound for pound gymnasts are the strongest athletes in any Olympic sport. Most are small in stature and their strength to weight ratio is very high.…
Read MoreWhat 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 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 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. …
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