A gymnastics mushroom is an important piece of training equipment for a boy gymnast. Named because it looks a bit like a mushroom, this piece
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The Best Home Gymnastics Equipment
Are you looking for gymnastics equipment that your child can use at home? A quick internet search will show you many companies offering at home
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What is Adult Gymnastics? 5 Things You Need to Know!
Perhaps you were a gymnast as a child? Maybe you’ve never tried it before, but it’s something you’ve always been interested in? Or you’ve spent
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Visiting the British Championships in Liverpool
A guide to your first visit to the Artistic Gymnastics British Championships So, you’ve got tickets for the Artistic Gymnastics British Championships in Liverpool. Whether
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An Interview with Niki from Connor Cards and Gifts
As any parent of a boy gymnast will tell you, it can be hard to find gymnastics gifts that are aimed at boys. So when
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What are the 6 Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus?
Whilst women’s artistic (sometimes called WAG) gymnasts train and compete on 4 pieces of apparatus, in men’s artistic gymnastics (MAG) there are 6. In this
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Goal Setting for Gymnasts… 3 Useful Techniques to Help
Visualisation. Positive affirmation. Mindful practice. These goal setting ‘buzz-words’ seem to be everywhere at the moment, but what do they actually mean? More importantly, how
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Moving to a New Gymnastics Club
About a year ago now, we made the move to a new gymnastics club. It was a big decision for us, as Mr F had
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The Competition- A Book About Boys’ Gymnastics!
So, I wrote a book! My first children’s book, The Competition, was published earlier this month. The Competition is a story about boys’ gymnastics, aimed
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Gymnastics Competitions are Back! 4 Ways we Prepare to Compete
For boys in Yorkshire, regional grades took place last month. It was Mr F’s second time at this competition, having missed last year due to
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