Tumbling and Flips
People of any age can learn gymnastics.
Starting Gymnastics 9 years back at the advanced age of 28 years old, this experience gave Jay an insight into the abilities and restrictions of doing Gymnastics as an adult. He, himself has experienced roadblocks as he develops his skills, both physically and mentally. His experience of teaching both recreational and competitive young gymnasts has also developed his skills and knowledge in training an adult for gymnastics.
Anyone can tumble. In fact, rolling around and tumbling is one effective way to improve your body awareness at any level. You learn how to move your body quickly through different axis, which improves your body’s ability to tension and relax at the right moment. You learn how to move your body in the most efficient manner. Of course, there are different levels to tumbling. From entry level rolls, to flips and more, but knowing how to tumble is one great way to get to know your body better!
Learning Outcome
- Learn how to develop strength and balance by using your own bodyweight
- Develop the skill of body positioning to find and maintain balance
- Develop efficiency by engaging the correct muscles for the right job
- Do not neglect your joints. Strong joints support the muscles and give you the freedom to move freely, resulting in a more functional and stronger you.
- Build body awareness to organise your body in inversions and other positions.
- Safety first! Learn how to bail out safely from inversions and flips. Learning how to deal with the downside will increase your confidence greatly.
A mother of 3 grown children, Eki is no longer motivated by mindless sets and reps. She is now looking for meaningful trainings to satisfy her curiosity of learning new movements at her current graceful age!
By going through the bare basics, we broke down her past exercises and enhanced them with supplementary drills so that she can truly understand important details that are vital for gymnastic skills. After 2.5 years, Eki is doing way more than just handstands, cartwheels and front flips. She is churning out multiple reps of chin ups too! Eki is still adding more moves to her repertoire, to prove that age is just a number and a positive mindset is the key to achieve abilities outside the social norm!
Eki once told me she feels younger after every session, as she gets to learn new movements, and feel like a child! See, the power of curiosity!