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Title: Teaching FUNdamental Gymnastics Skills
Code: B01247
Author: Debby Mitchell, Barbara Davis and Raim Lopez
Year: 2002
Length: 312 pages
Price: £19.50 
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Overview:

A practical guide to the basics of teaching gymnastics skills, designed for use with participants of all ages and abilities. Covers skill progressions and lead-ups for floor, beam, springboard/vault and bars. Each skill provides information you can use for individual or group work, including a complete description, common errors, spotting information and checklists.

Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Gymnastics Basics: Teaching Safely, Teaching Well
  • Chapter 2 Exploratory Gymnastics
  • Chapter 3 Foundational Positions and Movements
  • Chapter 4 Floor Exercise
  • Chapter 5 Balance Beam
  • Chapter 6 Springboard and Vault
  • Chapter 7 Bars


About the Author:

Debby Mitchell, EdD, has been teaching physical education since 1978 and gymnastics since 1987. She is an associate professor at the University of Central Florida, where she is helping to develop a new undergraduate degree program in sport and fitness. Mitchell is a national leader in technology integration.

Raim Lopez, MA, has taught gymnastics since 1981. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida and a fitness specialist who promotes and sells individualised fitness programmes.

Barbara Davis has been coaching and teaching gymnastics for 20 years. She is co-author and national clinician with USA Gymnastics' Kinder Accreditation for Teachers (KAT). She has been a clinician for USA Gymnastics since 1984 at state, regional, and national congresses.
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