Fitness & Healthy Lifestyle.
Strength Development.
Gymnastics produces, pound-for-pound, the best athletes in the world. Gymnastics uses almost exclusively body weight exercises to build upper body, lower body, and core strength. Kids who do gymnastics show off this strength at a young age. It is also great fun for them to hold all of their school records in gym class for push ups, sit ups, and flexed arm hangs.
Flexibility.
This is something that I think we all wish we had a little more of. Flexibility is important in injury prevention and helping prevent the every day aches and pains. No sport gives an athlete the flexibility that gymnastics does. Not only is flexibility great for gymnastics, but it aids in the development for other sports as well. Next time you watch a professional sporting event keep an eye out for how flexible the men and women participating are.
Social Skills.
At all ages, gymnastics provides an opportunity to develop social skills. Younger children learn how to stand in line, look, listen, be quiet when others are talking, work and think independently, be respectful and others. The older kids in the gym learn to inquire about why something works the way it does. They also learn how to set a good example for the people who look up to them and become role models at a young age. All of these skills are stressed by our staff because they are so important for a good learning environment.
Self Confidence.
skills are learned through progressions. By teaching in this manner children gain confidence as they progress through these skills. With each step, they become more confident in themselves and that carries over into all aspects of their lives.
Politeness.
Politeness is a two-way street. Our staff prides itself on conducting classes in a way that is polite to all of the students and in turn we expect that the children are polite to their instructors, along with the other children in the class. Through politeness from our staff, gymnastics classes led by example, and we strive to aid in your efforts as parents to raising a respectful child
Performance.
One thing that is overlooked by our population is the ability to perform in front of people in a pressure situation. In gymnastics, it becomes second nature. we encourage all of our athletes to watch their teammates because they can learn by watching as well as doing. This creates confidence in our children to step up and do their best when people are watching. Gymnasts are often first to volunteer in schools to demonstrate or raise their hand to answer a question they are unsure of. They gain the confidence in themselves to be right, and the understanding that even if they are wrong, that they gave their best effort.
