This is a class for parents to help their children develop motor skills and basic coordination, as well as to introduce their youngster to physical activity. Children will learn body positions, names, and basic gymnastics skills such as running, jumping, climbing, stretching, rolling, balancing, hanging and other fun activities. This is a great class for parents to spend one on one quality time with their youngster while he/she learns and has a ton of fun!
In this class, children will learn the basic skills of gymnastics, gymnastics terms, as well as experience all the fun you can have on each of the gymnastics apparatus. This class blends physical activity with daily living skills such as listening & following directions. Unlike Parent & Tot, in this class, children are given the experience of working and learning without a parent. In learning without mom or dad, children gain a great deal of self confidence and a tremendous sense of self pride and accomplishment.
In this class children will explore more challenging gymnastics skills while working on the floor, vaulting table, uneven bars, and balance beams. The basic skills they will learn include forward and backward rolls, cartwheels, round offs, handstands, limbers and jumps on floor. As they advance, students will learn flip flops, back tucks, back walkovers, leaps, and turns. On the vaulting table they will learn to run fast, jump high, squat ons and handstands.
Advanced gymnasts will train front handsprings on soft resi mats, and front flips. On bars, children will learn pull overs, casting, cartwheel, handstand, swing on the bars. And on the balance beams, they will learn to walk, jump, roll, cartwheel and hold challenging balancing positions. This class not only incorporates the basic and advanced skills of gymnastics but develops muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, balance and control. This class is only for girls, and by invitation only.
This is a class for boys and girls interested in learning and refining the flip flop (back handspring) skill. The main focus of this class is learning basic drills, progressions, & strengthening exercise to help attain and improve the flip flop. The flip flop is a prerequisite for many cheer squads.
In this class, boys and girls will learn the basic tumbling skills. Skills that will be practiced include forward and backward rolls, handstands, front and back limbers, cartwheels, drills and lead up skills for back handsprings (flip flop). Students will also work on improving flexibility and strength needed for attaining those goal skills.
This is an advanced class for boys and girls interested in learning more difficult tumbling passes, as well as perfecting current tumbling skills. Students will focus on achieving their personal goals, as well as train multiple backhandsrings, back layouts, front tucks through to multiple back handsprings, backward fulls and double fulls. Increasing flexibility and strength will also be a focus during this class which will allow the student to more quickly learn, and more safely perform their skills.
