- How To Do A Round Off In GymnasticsOne fundamental skill that gymnasts must master is the round off. The round off is a key component of backward tumbling passes and dismounts from the balance beam. In this …
- What is a Kip in Gymnastics? (guide)Within the realm of gymnastics, one move that holds significant importance and serves as a foundation for various other skills is the kip. In this article, we will delve into …
- Trampoline Games for Kids (safe ideas)Are you looking for fun and safe activities to keep your kids entertained? Outdoor trampolines can provide hours of joy and excitement for children while also promoting physical activity. In …
- How To Do a Cartwheel on Beam (explained)If you’re looking to take your gymnastics skills to the next level, learning how to do a cartwheel on a beam can be a great challenge. But don’t worry, with …
- How do Gymnasts Get so Flexible? (explained)Gymnastics is an incredibly demanding sport that requires strength, agility, and flexibility. While strength and agility can be trained through exercises, flexibility is a different story. Flexibility is something that …
- What is a Full-Turn in Gymnastics?A full turn in gymnastics is an intermediate-level skill that requires the gymnast to spin 360 degrees on the ball of their foot. It can be challenging for beginners, but …
- What is a Full-In in Gymnastics?One of the most challenging moves in gymnastics is the Full-in. The Full-in is a skill competed on a range of apparatus in Artistic as well as Tumbling and Trampoline …
- 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 Bars for 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 …