The graphics are of a high quality throughout, enhanced by the photographs of gymnasts at various stages of each move.The format of the book makes it very easy to learn gymnastics skills.Key Skills Developed: Strength, flexibility, coordination, speed, confidence, improved body awareness & control. Bringing all of these skills together, the book then demonstrates how combined, these skills can be used to create routines.Īge & Ability: This edition is aimed at children aged 5+ it is a must-have for gymnasts starting out in their gymnastics career and wanting to perfect the fundamental skills. These skills are then covered in the next sections ‘Jumps’, ‘Skills’, ‘Rolls’ and ‘Leaps’. What’s Inside: This book begins with example warmups and stretches, moving on to cover posture and all basic gymnastics shapes, which are instrumental in performing more complex skills. The book provides a fantastic accompaniment to any gymnastic class and even offers pointers to children and parents who may want to try out some of the simpler moves at home before progressing. The author is clearly passionate about gymnastics and this permeates throughout the book as her knowledge and expertise shine through. This could easily be an unsupervised task but then again, there’s no upper age limit on these moves – it may be that you end up learning and practicing routines alongside your much bendier child!” The books have been heralded for their modern format with full-colour photographs clearly demonstrating the correct body positions and techniques. Inside, the books are packed full of gymnastics activities for your energetic little-ones to try out and master. “Firstly, can I say something brilliant about this book, hot diggerty, it stands up on its own! This means that the kiddies can prop it up on the table with on its own little stand and see it properly to practice their gymnastic moves without having to keep stopping to pick the book up.
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