Tumbling

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Tumbling Gymnastics
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Benefits of Tumbling Gymnastics

• Participation in this unit
• builds your courage
• unlocks your creativity
• helps you overcome gravity
• fosters gracefulness
• improves your self-esteem
• enhances social interaction
• develops your appreciation of a difficult sport

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Look what tumbling and gymnastics does for your
body!

• It improves your
• Strength
• Flexibility
• Balance
• Agility
• Coordination
• Body control

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Skills/Objectives

• Students will
• master basic tumbling skills including rolls,
  jumps, balances, simple flexibility moves and
  beginner-level stunts
• master basic skills on apparatus like the balance
  beam, rings, ropes and vaulting horse
• learn safety skills and spotting techniques
• create a simple tumbling routine
• critique their peers and assess themselves

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Create a tumbling routineusing the skills you
learned in class!

• Routine Requirements
• You may work with a partner or up to three
  additional performers
• You must include at least three tumbling passes,
  performing skills from each category
• Each pass must include three skills and each
  skill must be from a different category such as
  jumps, balances, rolls, inverted skills and
  partner stunts
• You will diagram your routine, and write out your
  sequences using the handouts provided
• All routines will be digitally recorded and
  assessed using a pre-designed rubric
• Your memorized routine will be due by the last
  day of tumbling class
• Music, costumes and props are optional, but they
  add fun to your routines