Is Gymnastics Right For Your Child

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• IS GYMNASTICS RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD?

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• Have you ever wondered if gymnastics is the right
  sport for your child?

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• With some children competing and training for
  high level competitions as early as age six or
  seven, it can become a very intense part of a
  childs life.

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• However, most kids who take part in gymnastics
  reap the benefits of improved coordination,
  physical health and self-confidence without
  infringing on other important parts of childhood.

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• ACTIVE BENEFITS

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• The American Academy of Pediatrics believes kids
  benefit from the increased activity and social
  outlets provided by organized sports.

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• Gymnastics can help youngsters develop in a broad
  spectrum of areas including

• Strength

• Flexibility

• Coordination

• Balance

• Speed

• Discipline

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• A good gymnastics program can help your little
  one develop physically while staving off the
  specters of childhood obesity and other health
  issues that can accompany an inactive lifestyle.

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• Benefits of childhood exercise programs can last
  into adulthood by encouraging a healthy lifestyle
  and reducing the risk of obesity, diabetes and
  heart disease throughout life.

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• ACTIVE BENEFITS

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• Kids who just naturally seem to enjoy jumping,
  racing and tumbling may take to gymnastics right
  away.

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• It gives them the chance to do what they love
  while experiencing the joy and increased
  confidence that comes from perfecting new skills
  and tricks.

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• Learning new physical skills helps youngsters
  develop both muscles and brains in a healthy way
  and increases self-esteem.

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• SOCIAL TIME

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• Does your child like to socialize? Because
  gymnastics lessons are usually run in groups,
  they provide a healthy social outlet for kids.

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• They learn to work as a group and to listen to
  their instructor and classmates.

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• Kids who take part in gymnastics may also sleep
  better and show a better ability to handle any
  physical or emotional challenges in their lives.

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• Being in this type of class improves skills such
  as listening, taking turns and respecting others
  while still allowing kids to have fun, become
  more independent and make new friends.

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• WHEN CAN A CHILD START GYMNASTICS?

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• Kids can start gymnastics around three or four,
  when they have the necessary motor skills and
  balance and are old enough to listen and follow
  instructions.

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• Younger childrens classes are usually relaxed
  and informal, with kids romping around a bar,
  ball pit, trampoline, tunnels and balance beam,
  often to the tune of lively music.

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• Always be sure your child has a qualified
  instructor.

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• IMPROVED SAFETY EQUIPMENT

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• When performed in the controlled environment of a
  gymnastics gym, the sport is safer than when
  attempted in the back yard.

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• Gymnastics gyms have soft areas for landing and
  todays equipment has been re-designed to make it
  safer for gymnasts.

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• Overall gymnastics injuries have dropped 25
  between 1990 and 2005, mostly due to improved
  safety measures including redesign of the horse
  and thicker safety mats.

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• Training safety equipment includes full overhead
  spotting belts, bungee systems and ramped up foam
  pit technology

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• and kids practicing gymnastics with a certified
  instructors learn how to perform each maneuver in
  the safest possible way.

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• HIGH-LEVEL KID SPORT ISSUES

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• Like all high-level sports, when gymnastics
  competing becomes the center of a childs life,
  he or she may miss out on a normal childhood.

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• Training and competing take precedence over other
  activities and can even harm academic work.

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• No sport or hobby should be a childs life,
  just a part of a normal, balanced routine. Kids
  should have time for family, friends, school and
  other hobbies and activities.

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  summer camp for kids located on a beautiful
  private island in the Wilderness Lakes region of
  Temagami.

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  to children from around the world!

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• Canadian Adventure Camp
• 15 Idleswift DriveThornhill,
• Ontario, L4J 1K9 Canadainfo_at_canadianadventurecamp.
  com