Gymnastics for Children

Head coach Amy Eggleston demonstrates obstacle courses for preschoolers through kindergartners, showing beginner to advanced progressions and how drills turn into skills as kids work at their own rate.

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.

teach children how to fall safely using tuck and roll and safety roll, with front and back surfboard drills, reinforced by music for practice.

Demonstrates forward roll, straddle roll, and backward roll progressions on an incline mat for 3–6 year olds, with progressive finishes and straight-leg landings.

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.

Learn a panel mat backward roll progression that builds momentum without spotting, keeping shoulders on the mat, elbows up, and landing on the feet, then progress to a pike stand.

Learn to teach cartwheels and roundoffs to children, from four-year-olds on a folded panel mat to older kids, emphasizing hips over head, straight legs, and controlled landings.

Explore single bar skills for children, including pike hang, skin the cat, hot dog, and pullover. Build upper body strength and shoulder flexibility, with casts and back hip circles.

Develop upper body strength and control through a parallel bar station, featuring bear walks, crab walks, and straddle travel with sideways variations for younger kids.

This circuit training for gymnastics eliminates lines and maximizes repetition, letting kids move through an obstacle course with minimal spotting, while grouping three-year-olds separately from older kids for appropriate challenge.

Follow a handstand progression from an inclined bridge and broken leg walk to donkey kicks, then lever and pencil shapes for a controlled handstand with pointed toes.

Develop balance beam proficiency by practicing finishes, one-leg stances, and floor skills such as forward and backward rolls, handstands, and levers, emphasizing posture, control, and confidence on a four-inch beam.

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.

Practice vault drills that build two-foot takeoffs, stick landings, and straight-leg positions, using a board, trapezoids, and handstand progressions to develop height and control.

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.

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.