Sculls and Lifts: Basic Synchronized Swimming Skills

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

One of the five aquatic sports currently being supervised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) is synchronized swimming. This sport combines swimming with gymnastics and ballet. Accompanied by music, synchronized swimmers perform a sequence of complex moves. Performers in a competition are judged based on three criteria: difficulty of every movement; satisfactory execution and synchronization [...]

Tips to Avoid Becoming an Unpopular Gymnastics Parent

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Each kids activity has the potential to create that horrible parent that nobody wants to be involved in. We all know the type, the parent who is sure their child is the best, and everybody else is simply dragging them down. The parent who is always pushing their child to go further, faster, quicker, and [...]

Benefits of Gymnastics

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Gymnastics offers many great benefits to the athlete who is involved. With many benefits that are only physical and many others that are also emotional and developmental, there are so many things that make gymnastics worth the time and effort that is required. From the first class until the very end of your career, you [...]