New Gymnastics Training for Jungle Gym Staff

The Jungle Gym Staff is going to great lengths to become the best fitness teachers for your children!

Last fall, the Jungle Gym Staff participated in a two-day training session with Ellen McDermott. Ellen has been a teacher and gymnastics trainer for the past 20 years. All of the Jungle Gym staff were trained how to properly support young children during different tumbling positions. The staff has also been trained how to progressively teach a child correct tumbling tricks such as starting from teaching proper hand placement on the floor for a handstand and continuing into the correct movements for a cartwheel.

Some members of the Jungle Staff received additional training at the Region 5 Congress in Indianapolis during the weekend of September 21-23. At this seminar, the staff trained in many different aspects of gymnastics. Some of the classes offered at the seminar included "Ideas for Recreational Instructors Who Teach Tumbling" , "Understanding the Preschooler, Developmentally Appropriate Classes", and "Motivating Children for Gymnastics", etc. We learned valuable ideas for our classes here at the Jungle Gym. We know that these different steps we have taken to learn more about gymnastics will help us provide your child with the techniques needed to compete in tumbling/gymnastics at a higher level. And if anything, this training has made the entire Jungle Gym staff better fitness providers for your children.

Let us know if you would like to enroll your child in our next Tumbling class!