- 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 …
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- Beginner Balance Beam SkillsNow 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 HeadstandA 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 GymnastsThere 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 …
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- 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 …
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- 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 …
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- 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 SuccessfulSuccessful 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 ListBasic 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: FloorIn 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 …