Eastside Gymnastics Academy

Tumbling Clinics

Tumbling Clinics at EGA are under way! Take this opportunity to work with EGA’s skilled, experienced and professional instructors during a three-hour clinic. Anyone is welcome, regardless of experience or skill level. These clinics are also specifically designed for recreational gymnastics students, high-school or competitive gymnasts, recreational and competitive cheerleaders, recreational or competitive jump ropers and anyone else who would like to learn how to flip or would like a way to get some fun exercise! Instruction will be age-appropriate as well as focused on specific skill acquisition.

When: Saturday, February 25th 2012. 1:00-4:00pm

Cost: $40 per student

Where: Eastside Gymnastics Academy in Woodinville

New approach!: In order to make sure that every student is working on vital skills specific to their needs and abilities, we are asking that people sign up for certain “levels” for instruction, based on their current skill level and needs. Here are the levels:

Coaches TBA...

Class	Prerequisite Skills and Skill Focus
Beginner	An introductory course for anyone with less than one year of gymnastics training. Focus will be on the introduction of tumbling fundamentals and the development of general body awareness, strength and flexibility.
Novice	Prerequisite skills: previous gymnastics experience, forward roll, backward roll Skill focus: front and back walkovers, cartwheels, round-offs, introduction to front and back handsprings
Intermediate	Prerequisite Skills: strong cartwheels and round-offs, bridge kick-overs Skill focus: front handsprings, back handsprings, round-off back handsprings, introduction to front and back tucks.
Advanced	Prerequisite Skills: front handsprings, back handsprings, and round-off back handsprings performed independently (no spot needed) Skill focus: front tucks, back tucks, round-off back tucks, round-off back handspring back tucks
High Advanced	Prerequisite Skills: front tuck, round-off back tuck Skill focus: front and back lay-outs, pikes, and twisting moves (Arabians, ½ twists, full twists, 1½ twists, double full twists)

Registration: To register, contact Julia at EGA at julia@evergreenathletics.com, or call 425-486-7429. When you register, please give your child’s name, age, and skill level as described in the chart above. For safety reasons, the instructors for the Novice – High Advanced classes will test for pre-requisite skills before beginning instruction on their focus skills.

We hope to see you all there!

Next clinics: March 24th!