2. Who We Are
• Tony Retrosi. !
• Atlantic Gymnastics Training Centers.
NH.!
• Gym Momentum.
www.gymmomentum.com. Online
educational resource for coaches.
3. Who We Are
• Darryl DeNomme.!
• GTC Simsbury, CT!
• Juice Plus Distributor!
• www.Coach3d.com
4. Is this a Problem or opportunity?
• Americans are becoming less healthy.!
• Americans are becoming less active.
5. Why this matters
• Childhood obesity has more than doubled in
children and tripled in adolescents in the
past 30 years.!
• The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in
the United States who were obese increased
from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2010.
Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged
12–19 years who were obese increased from
5% to 18% over the same period
6. Why This Matters
• In 2010, more than one third of children and
adolescents were overweight or obese.!
• Overweight and obesity are the result of
“caloric imbalance”—too few calories
expended for the amount of calories
consumed—and are affected by various
genetic, behavioral, and environmental
factors.
7. • Only one in three children are physically active every day.!
• Children now spend more than seven and a half hours a day in front of a screen
(e.g., TV, video games, computer).!
• Only about one in five homes have parks within a half-mile, and about the same
number have a fitness or recreation center within that distance.!
• Americans eat less than the recommended amounts of vegetables, fruits, whole-grains,
dairy products, and oils.!
• Once upon a time, exercise was a normal part of every child’s life—long walks to and
from school, daily physical education classes (or recess), and neighborhood games of tag
and dodgeball kept young bodies healthy and strong.
9. Get The Kids Up and MOVING
• THE BEST EXERCISE IS THE ONE
THEY WILL DO!
10. The Answer
Get The Kids Up and MOVING
• We need to find what they want.!
• Start where they are and work toward
the ideal. !
• Small victories and improvements.!
• THE BEST EXERCISE IS THE ONE
THEY WILL DO!
11. What is General Fitness?
• General fitness is all to do with your mental
and physical health. It can be from what
sports you participate in to which foods you
eat.!
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• Physical fitness is a general
state of good physical health.
12. When children play, they’re exercising – and having a
great time
• We can not expect kids to run on a
treadmill. !
• Keep it fun. !
• Give the kids time to come up with
their own rules.
14. General Rules
• Easy to set up and take down!
• Get Kids Moving!
• Encourages Participation By ALL!
• Joining is easy!
• VISUAL!
• Safe!
• FUN
15. GAMES
• Clean You Room!
• Dodge Block!
• Dodge Block/ Capture the Flag!
• “Tony” Says !
• Animal Tag!
• Fox in the Hen House
16. Games cont.
• Pirate Ship (Captains Table)!
• Balloon Volleyball!
• BLIND Balloon Volleyball!
• Fitness Monopoly!
You have different stations like in Monopoly. There are various
activities to complete (could be a riddle, maybe be a active
activity, maybe team building exercises). Fake Money will be
given when they finish.
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18. • SPIDERS & SCORPIONS.!
CHOOSE 4 CHILDREN TO BE THE SCORPIONS. THERE JOB
IS TO MOVE AROUND ON ALL FOURS (BELLY FACING
DOWN) TRYING TO STING AS MANY OF THE OTHER
CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE. THE OTHER CHILDREN ARE
SPIDERS, THEY HAVE TO MOVE AROUND ON ALL FOURS
(BELLY FACING UP.) IF A ‘SPIDER’ IS STUNG IT MUST
HOLD EITHER ONE ARM OR ONE FOOT UP IN THE AIR (3
POINT BALANCE) UNTIL ALL OF THE SPIDERS ARE
STUNG OR TIMES RUNS OUT.!
A VARIATION TO THE GAME CAN INCLUDE SPECIAL
SPIDERS WHO CAN DELIVER AN ANTIDOTE AND
RELEASE THE STUNG SPIDERS.!
• Cross The River.!
• Rocks in the River
19. Profit Opportunities
• Kids in the lobby not signed up!
• Birthday Parties!
• Family Fun Fitness Days!
• Sunday Classes during winter
20. LOBBY KIDS
• I JUST WANTED TO FIND
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
BOYS RUNNING AROUND MY
LOBBY!
21. Any complete conditioning program for gymnastics should
include these movements
At least it is a starting point.
22. 7 fundamental movements
Training for gymnastics conditioning consists of
the following fundamental movements:!
• Shoulder flexion - casting, press handstands,
planche!
• Shoulder extension - kipping, uprise,
downswing phases of in-bar work!
• Upper extremity pushing - handstand,
handstand push up, rebounding during hand
contact phases
23. 7 movements continued
• Upper extremity pulling - pull up, pullover,
withstand the bottom of swinging skills!
• Jumping and landing - tumbling, vaulting,
mounts, dismounts, dance movements!
• Torso and hip flexion - piking, tucking, leg lifts,
forward somersault take offs, hollow body
positions!
• Torso and hip extension - arching, back bends,
walkovers, flic flacs, most backward take offs
24. 7 Primal Movement Patterns
• Squat - movement pattern where you plant both feet on the ground, then bend your legs to
lower your body!
• Lunge - single leg exercise movement that requires one leg to step forward and bend while
the other leg remains stationary.!
• Push - exercise requires pushing external weight away from your body, or your center of mass
away from the ground.!
• Pull - motion is the opposite of a pushing motion, in that you are pulling a weight towards your
body, or pulling your center of mass toward an object!
• Bend - a movement pattern where you bend your torso by hinging your hips.!
• Twist - There are two primary types of twisting, or rotational movements: (1) rotational and (2)
anti-rotational.!
• Gait - Walking, jogging, or sprinting is called a gait, which requires pulling, lunging, and twisting
motions to propel the body forward.
25. Your Arsenal
• Balls!
• Foam Blocks!
• Jump Ropes!
• Sliders!
• Mat Shapes!
• Parachutes
27. What will you need
• Mind like Parachute work best when
opened. Have an open mind!
• Remember what it was like to be a kid!
• Learn from the kids. !
• ALWAYS be a student
32. A life time of fitness starts at home
• Get the parents out of your lobby and
into your gym.!
• Fill Those quiet times in the gym!
• A happy parent is going to BRAG about
their child (and your gym)
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46. Play!!
• Don’t just play- Play with a purpose!
• All of these have a purpose and are
FUN!
• The kids will do them, The parents will
do them, They all enjoy BOTH the
activity, the exercise and oh yeah, did I
mention- IT’S FUN?!
