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Gymnastics for Children
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(18 ratings)
85 students
Created bySport Videos
Last updated 5/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn essential techniques for pre-school through level two gymnastics.
  • Learn skills that you can incorporate into any practice
  • Identify areas where you can help the children to improve confidence
  • This program is ideal for young gymnasts, parents, or coaches

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Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 49m total length

  • Introduction1:05
  • Warm Ups3:33

    Lead a playful warm-up for 3 to 5 year olds with basic stretches and positions—tippy toes, straddle, pike, butterfly, and splits—guided by counts and a finish cue.

  • How to Fall1:15
  • Forward Roll, Straddle Roll and Backward Roll3:55
  • Bridges1:08

    Train gymnasts to perform bridges on incline mat after turning five, with elbows up and shoulders pushing, then kick over and finish in a lunge to prepare for compulsory gymnastics.

  • Another method to teach the Backward Roll1:41
  • Cartwheel and Roundoff3:20
  • Single Bar Skills and Drills4:05
  • Parallel Bar Station for Strength and Coordination3:26
  • Obstacle Course (Circuit Training) #11:46
  • Handstand Drills and Progressions6:04
  • Balance Beam Skills and Drills7:07
  • Floor Balance Beam - Skills and Drills3:41

    This floor balance beam lesson uses a safety spotter as kids walk with big arms, touch letters on floor, then hop over bean bags and practice candlestick for forward rolls.

  • Vault Skills and Drills4:52
  • Obstacle Course (Circuit Training) #22:35

    Put together a circuit obstacle course for children, allowing gymnasts to practice at their own pace with one piece spotted, gaining confidence through repetition and multiple turns.

  • Closing Comments0:18

    Explore obstacle courses that give your gymnast a head start in the fundamentals of gymnastics, while keeping activities fun to encourage return visits and long-term engagement.

Requirements

  • No requirements of prerequisites needed for this course

Description

About the program: Gymnastics is a great sport for young children and can provide them with a wide variety of benefits. In this comprehensive program, coach Amy Eggleston teaches essential techniques for pre-school through level two gymnasts. The topics are presented in a fun and engaging way to keep young children interested and motivated. The children are encouraged to develop their basic skills in an encouraging environment.


Among the topics covered are: warm ups, how to fall, skill progressions and drills for tumbling, balance beam, bars and vault. These skills are incorporated into two fun obstacle courses to build confidence and correct techniques, as well as improve strength and coordination. The gymnastic activities such as these help to develop cognitive skills and sportsmanship, develop healthy and strong bones by using weight-bearing activities which build bone density, improve flexibility, prevent diseases such as obesity and heart disease. Gymnastics is also fun and can help children build goals, routines, and is a great way to socialize. 


This video is an excellent resource for young gymnasts, parents and coaches.


About the coach:


Amy Eggleston has been coaching gymnastics and has been a member of USA Gymnastics (USAG) since 1994. She is USAG Safety Certified, Professional Development Program (PDP) level one certified, Skill Evaluator certified and has been accredited by the Kinder Accreditation for Teachers (KAT). Eggleston coaches pre-school through competitive gymnastics and has coached numerous state champions, regional qualifiers and western qualifiers. She is currently the head coach of Ruidoso Gymnastics in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

Who this course is for:

  • Young gymnasts, parents, or coaches

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