Good day parents, 

Please be advised of the following dates and times for competition training over the Easter vacation. 

Dates: 
Tuesday 31st March, 2015
Wednesday 1st April, 2015
Wednesday 8th April, 2015
Thursday 9th April, 2015 

Time: 9:00am - 12:00noon 

Cost: $100 per session

Note: 
- All gymnasts to attend fully prepared for three (3) hours of training. Proper attire, snacks, lunch, water etc. 

Dear All,

Please be advised of the following: 

Dates: 27th & 28th March 2015 
Host Club: Tots & Tumblers 
Venue: Woodbrook Youth Facility
Cost per competing gymnast: $300
Deadline: Tuesday 3rd March, 2015 

Details will be forwarded for the following competitions as I receive them. 
18th April - Barbados 
25th April - Olympia (boys included) 
9th & 10th May - GymFest (boys included) 
6th & 7th June - Nationals (boys included) 

Regards, 
Nicole Fuentes 

Competition Tomorrow

See you all there..
Come out and support our gymnasts!!

Some gymnasts from Lamberts hard at training camp.

http://youtu.be/TerKyx_9rDI

"If the mind can Conceive it, and the Heart can Believe it,

the body can Achieve it"

Artistic Gymnastics Equipment - Women

Equipment used by Female Gymnasts.

Uneven bars

An apparatus in women's artistic gymnastics with a top bar 2.4m above the floor and a lower bar 1.6m high, used for a continuous series of grip changes, releases, new grasps and other complex moves.

 

Balance Beam

 

The balance beam is an artistic gymnastics apparatus, as well as the event performed using theapparatus. Both the apparatus and the event are sometimes simply referred to as "beam".

 
Vault

A solid apparatus similar to the pommel horse, but lacking handles, and used in men's and women's artistic gymnastics for a variety of handsprings from a running approach.

 Floor

Event in gymnastics competition consisting of various ballet and tumbling movements (including jumps, somersaults, and handstands) performed without apparatus. Women's routines are performed with musical accompaniment, men's routines without it.

 

Basic Skills - Cartwheel

Cartwheel

• Start with cartwheels over a panel mat. Just having the gymast stand straddled over the mat, place their hands on the mat, then jumping from foot to foot helps get a start.
• (For left cartwheel). The gymnast should stand perpendicular to the mat with their left foot touching the right end of the mat. Then reach forward place their left hand on the close side of the mat kick their right leg as they place their right hand on the far side of the mat then landing on their right leg on the far side of the mat.

http://www.drillsandskills.com/images/display?path=bfz003a.mpg

Basic Skills - The Backwards Roll

The Backwards Roll

• The backwards roll is all about pushing with the arms. A very common error is to roll over one side of the head.
• The gymnast must place their hands flat on the floor fingers towards their shoulders as they roll back.
• A good drill to establish this is to have the gymnast roll back place their hands flat on the floor by their head and roll back to a stand
• Doing backwards rolls down an incline mat will help develop a feel.
• Be sure to encourage the gymnasts to land on their feet and not their knees. It's an easy thing to fix early, much harder if it gets to be habit.

http://www.drillsandskills.com/video/display?path=bfz002.mpg

September Classes

All,

Classes will commence the second week in September.

Be sure to practice and continue your regular excercises.

Please view and PRACTICE!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUfjdIe7hbQ