- Essential Gymnastics Bar Exercises (for beginners)
Gymnastics is a sport that requires strength, flexibility, and control, and the bar is one of the most important pieces of equipment used to train and perform various skills. Whether …Essential Gymnastics Bar Exercises (for beginners) Read More »
- Beginner Balance Beam Skills
Now you have a balance beam at home, you might be wondering what to practice! I have put together a list of the 7 skills I teach first to beginners … - 9 Great Tips to Learn a Headstand
A Headstand can be a tricky skill to learn, especially for beginner gymnasts. It can also lead to injuries if performed incorrectly, so for that reason, you should always learn … - 7 Habits of Highly Successful Gymnasts
There is a fine margin between successful gymnasts and those that are not. More often than not it is the mental attitude and not the physical skills that make the … - 8 Gymnastics Vault Moves (for beginners to learn)
Vault is an apparatus used in both Men’s and Women’s Artistic gymnastics. A lot of beginner gymnasts will therefore be taught Vault to help them develop their gymnastics skills. The …8 Gymnastics Vault Moves (for beginners to learn) Read More »
- Beginner Gymnastics Skills List (12 Skills to Master First)
I’m often asked which are the skills that a gymnast should learn first. A Beginner gymnastics skills list will include rolling, jumping and landing, handstands, cartwheels, and this article will …Beginner Gymnastics Skills List (12 Skills to Master First) Read More »
- How to hold a Handstand for 30 seconds (7 essential tips)
A handstand is one of the basic building blocks of gymnastics and the ability to hold a handstand for longer will help a gymnast unlock more advanced skills. Although a …How to hold a Handstand for 30 seconds (7 essential tips) Read More »
- Gymnastics on Bars at Home (6 things you must practice)A gymnastics bar at home is a fantastic way for any aspiring gymnast to train when not at the gym. But practicing the wrong things can be worse than not …
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- 6 Backward Roll Variations (step by step guide)
A backward roll is one of the basic floor skills in gymnastics. Most gymnasts will start with a tucked shape backward roll but after that has been mastered there are … - How To Learn A Backwards Roll (for beginners)
A backward roll is a basic move that all beginner gymnasts should aim to learn within the first few weeks or months of training. A backward roll is a building … - How to do a Forward Roll (for beginners)
A forward roll is one of the first basic gymnastics moves that a beginner gymnast will learn. It is a building block for learning more advanced skills like somersaults and … - 8 Qualities a Gymnast Needs to be Successful
Successful gymnasts need to be many things – strong, powerful, flexible to name just a few physical attributes. But there are lots of gymnasts that have the right physical qualities … - Basic Shapes In Gymnastics: Skills List
Basic body shapes are the building blocks of gymnastics. Every skill from somersaults through to back handsprings will require a gymnast to change their body into a number of shapes. … - Gymnastics Skills List: Floor
In this article, I list the basic floor skills that a beginner gymnast will learn. This is based on the requirements for Artistic gymnasts but many of the skills are …
