I Can Do Gymnastics: Essential Skills for Beginning Gymnasts

by U.S. Gymnastics Federation

Book Overview

The official student companion to the U.S.G.F.'s "Sequential II" program, thesafest and most effective way to learn the basic gymnastic skills. A must forevery beginning gymnast. Photos, charts and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940279517
• ISBN13: 9780940279513
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Masters Press
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 11

Customer Reviews

Good for Beginners

This is the prequel to the "I Can Do Gymnastics: Essential Skills for Intermediate Gymnasts". It has easier moves then that one, with diagrams and instructions to explain each move. This book also has a chapter about landing safely and includes procedures to practice. It has instructions for most of the apparatus, and it includes the difficulty levels which are A for the easiest, B for medium, and C for hardest. The book is clear and easily understood by beginers. It can also be used by gymnasts who are on the competitive level to improve their basic skills.

Good instructional book with pictures; good for parents too!

Excellent instructional book for children and interested parents. Book contains numerous sequenced pictures and are easily undestoon,