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Why Choose Gymnastics Camp?
The sport of gymnastics is a journey that will help children become confident, disciplined, and strong individuals. It is a sport that encourages children to learn and grow both inside and outside the gym. Children will gain confidence in both themselves and their abilities while trying and mastering new skills, resulting in higher self-esteem.
Gymnastics teaches fundamental coordination and teamwork through cooperative games and challenges. Children will set and achieve goals to build their persistence and self-esteem as tools for life-long success. They will come away from camp with new skills, friends, and memories.
Week 1 - Cartwheels, Roundoffs, & Back handsprings
Join us to fine-tune and upgrade your cartwheel, roundoff, and back handspring skills! Training will focus on technique and power to improve tumbling basics and roundoff back handsprings – utilizing our tumble track, trampoline, and spring floor. We will also explore beam upgrades and series connections, Vault variations, and fun cartwheel variations to express your inner tumbler!
Week 2 - Obstacle Courses & Pit Landings
Explore the dynamics of your athleticism and physical abilities! This week will challenge participants in their overall agility, balance, and coordination with emphasis on safe and soft landings. We will utilize mats, stations, and our large foam pits to help elevate athletes’ confidence. Great to develop more muscle, strength, and explosive tumbling skills!
This week is Monday-Thursday only. Happy 4th of July!
Week 3 - Rolls & SomerSaults
All things rolls and flips! Campers will learn and perfect variations of forward rolls, backward rolls, and even rolls in the air! Great for beginners and experienced athletes alike! This week will focus on acrobatic shapes, techniques, and spatial awareness for the floor, trampoline, balance beam, and even bars!
Week 4 - Chalk & Uneven bars
With a fun assortment of games and activities, this week will feature everyone’s favorite gym equipment… chalk! While this week will heavily focus on improving swings and comfort on the Uneven Bars, we will also explore how chalk is a great learning tool across all events. Campers will strengthen their grip, shapes, pullovers, casts, circling skills, dismounts, and more–with opportunities to learn how to use the strap bar and high bar. Swing into summer with this exciting week! Bringing a pair of your own wristbands is recommended.
Week 5 - Handsprings, Flips, & Aerials
Participants will enhance their agility, tumbling, and spatial awareness during our Handsprings, Flips, and Aerials week. Learn and refine intermediate level tumbling with “flight” skills forwards, backwards, and sideways! We will also explore different tumbling connections and sequences utilizing drills, our Tumbl Trak, and spring floor.
Week 6 - Cheer Stunts & Tumbling
This week will focus on the fundamentals of tumbling and cheer stunts. Campers will be introduced to stunting and various dismounts and pyramids. Campers will also work on perfecting jump technique and completing various jump sequences. Tumbling will include a variety of skills starting from cartwheels and walkovers and advance into back handsprings and back tucks. To top it off, campers will also have the chance to learn an array of dance sequences and choreography to enhance their performance abilities!
