Posts Tagged ‘Verona’
The Value of gymnastics (part 1)
The value of Gymnastics for children under 5 years old. Strap in and get ready for a 4 part series of posts that explains in detail the benefits of gymnastics for children. I have been in the field of teaching children since 1980 when I started coaching to help offset the cost of my own…
Read Morewhat’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 Morewillful blindness
I hear from parents all the time that their children have “selective hearing.” I had it as a kid too. It seems that children have the uncanny knack to be able to tune out what they don’t deem as valuable no matter how loud; and to be able to hear, even at a whisper, what…
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 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…
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