Kids Gymnastics – Healthy and Unhealthy Competition

by Kristin Stark 17 November 2011

Competition Time! With our friendly inter-schools Summer Competition coming up, there is a lot of excitement building amongst our gymnasts (and coaches!) Everybody has been working very hard towards this, one of the biggest events on the Gym Wizards calendar! ‘Competition’ can sometimes be a bit of a touchy subject. Some children love to compete [...]

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Gymnastics – History of Gymnastics: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

by gymwizards 13 October 2011

This post is part 4 of a five-part series History of Gymnastics: Women’s Adult Artistic Gymnastics The International Gymnastics Federation was founded in 1881 and it remains the governing body of gymnastics to this day. By the 20th century, women gymnasts had walked a long journey from the Egyptian dancer pictured in part 1 of [...]

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Gymnastics – History of Gymnastics: Men’s Artistic Gymnastics

by gymwizards 11 October 2011

This post is part 3 of a five-part series History of Gymnastics: Men’s Artistic Gymnastics The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) was founded in 1881 and it remains the governing body of gymnastics to this day. By the 20th century, gymnastics had walked a long journey! Men’s artistic gymnastics first appeared at the modern Olympics in [...]

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Gymnastics – History of Gymnastics: Children’s Gymnastics in the 20th and 21st Century

by gymwizards 1 October 2011

This post is part 5 of a five-part series History of Gymnastics: Children’s Gymnastics in the 20th and 21st Century Once men’s and women’s gymnastics entered the Olympics, world interest in the sport grew, and a steady supply of coaches became available from the ranks of retired gymnastic competitors. Proper syllabi and lesson plans were developed, [...]

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Gymnastics – History of Gymnastics: The Origins of the Word “Gymnastics”

by Kristin Stark 30 September 2011

This post is part 2 of a five-part series Here’s part 2 History of Gymnastics: The Origins of the Word “Gymnastics” The word Gymnastics comes from the Greek gymnazein, which means “to exercise or train”, gymnastikos  (also an ancient Greek word)  meant  “fond of or skilled in bodily exercise”  and a gymnasium was a place [...]

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