WEEKLY TUMBLING

Beginners Ages 4-5

Kindergym is 40-minute recreational class that focuses on fun and fitness as children develop the physical literacy skills that are at the core of gymnastics: rolling, jumping, balancing, swinging, and bouncing! Our amazing Coaches will help guide your little one through obstacle courses, skill stations, flexibility and more as they learn the fundamentals of gymnastics.

Advanced Ages 4-5

Prerequisites: Previously passed Kindergym, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Tiny Tumblers is an advanced 40-minute recreational class that expands on the gymnastic fundamentals (swings, springs, rotations, locomotions, statics landings and object manipulation) Previously learned in Kindergym. Tiny Tumblers introduces more advanced skills such as rolls on flat surfaces, free standing handstands, cartwheels and more. This is the highest level of Absolute’s Kinder program. The program utilizes advanced equipment such as our 40 foot trampoline and other big kid equipment to offer the young athletes a chance to try more advanced techniques and develop their skills even further.

Beginners Ages 6+

This class works on the beginning stages of body control, coordination, strength, and dynamics needed for tumbling. Athletes will work on forward rolls on the floor (not using hands to stand up), backwards roll down incline, bridges from floor, handstands, and modified cartwheels.

Ages 6+

Prerequisites: Passed 90% of Beginner Tumbling, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Athletes will work on fall to bridge, power hurdles, backward roll on floor (land on feet), handstand, cartwheels on the floor. Athletes will also work on jump connections to a forward roll.

Ages 6+

Prerequisites: Passed 90% of Level 1 Intro, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Level 1 Advanced athletes will be mastering Bridge kick overs, Back/front walkovers, intro to round offs are mastered in this level before moving onto adding specialty skills in level 2 Intro.

Prerequisites: Passed 90% of Level 1 Advanced, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Maintenance of front/back walkovers (includes switch leg), handstand forward rolls, roundoffs, valdez and specialty passes (front walkover, cartwheel back walkover, etc). Athletes will work jump connections to a backwalkover. Athletes will work introductory handspring drills for confidence moving to Level 2 Advanced.

Prerequisites: Passed 90% of Level 2 Intro, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Athletes will work on standing back handsprings, back walkover back handsprings, roundoff backhandsprings, front handsprings and specialty passes for level 2 Advanced (front walkover roundoff back handspring, flyspring). Athletes will work jump (T jump or preferred jump) connections to back handspring.

Prerequisites: Passed 90% of Level 2 Advanced, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Athletes who are working entry level free flipping skills by means of equipment or coach assistance (also known as spotting). Athletes must be able to perform standing BHS and round off BHS unassisted on the spring floor before they can join this class.

Prerequisites: passed 90% of Level 3 Intro, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Athletes will work on round off tucks, roundoff back handspring back tuck, front tucks, aerials layouts from a roundoff or roundoff back handspring, standing back handsprings to a tuck, standing tuck & intro to whips. Jump connections to multiple handsprings to a tuck.

Prerequisites: passed 90% of Level 3 Advanced, or have received a recommendation after being assessed.

Athletes will work on fulls and doubles, standing multiple handsprings to a layout or full, standing fulls, and specialty passes (ex: front tuck step out roundoff handspring back full). Athletes will work jump connections to multiple handsprings to a layout, full or double