BENEFITS OF GYMNASTICS
Gymnastics Instruction offers more than just learning gymnastics skills. They are learning skills for life! Even if your child never becomes a "competitive" gymnast he/she will be learning many valuable skills they can take throughout their lives.
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Persistence: Gymnastics is a sport where the skills must be practiced over and over in order to acheive proficiency.
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Following Directions: Gymnastics uses a lot of circuit training, meaning they will have several different stations to work on for a few minutes each. The gymnasts must learn and remember each station and it teaches them to follow multi-stepped directions. .
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Patience: Who likes to wait? Practicing standing in line for short periods of time and containing your excitement as you wait for your turn on the trampoline are just a couple ways gymnastics teaches patience.
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Self-confidence: Gymnastics skills can be very hard to learn. When a child learns one of these skills through their hard work and persistence self-confidence follows. "I did it, mom/dad!" is one of the most exciting things to hear in a gymnastics class.
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Develop skills for other activities!
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Develop movement skills!
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Develop your flexibility!
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Learn to listen and follow directions!
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Social interaction and peer support!
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Develop coordination!
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Learn to set goals!
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Develop muscle and strength!