You’ve experienced helicopter parents in your facility for sure, but what about lawnmower parents? The lawnmower parent is similar to but more intense than the helicopter parent. The over-indulging helicopters are seemingly being superseded by lawnmower parents. Lawnmower parents are an evolved breed of helicopter parents. Instead of just hovering,
Have you nailed it in your living room and then had a meltdown on stage? Yes? Then you’ve suffered from stage fright. But stage fright doesn’t require that you be “on stage.” It could strike anytime you have an “audience” of any size. Some dancers get “stage fright” when simply
Did you know that August is “Kids Eat Right Month“? This is a new initiative of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and spotlights healthy nutrition and active lifestyle choices for children and families. Adults are children’s models for everything. They look to the “grown-ups” in their lives for how
Muscle is a soft tissue in the human body which consumes more energy than other tissues- and that makes using them essential for weight loss. Muscle also is critical to our aging process because muscles help pull on the bone by way of the tendon – creating bone turnover –
Written by John Kirk Working on your flexibility will help improve your swim strokes, but do you know exactly how to work on it? This is an interesting topic because all coaches and instructors just don’t agree. The A Camp says that swears by pre-workout stretching – noting its impact
Did you know that the power in your tumbling can be increased by building up your core fitness? As an athlete, you may feel that you’re already “fit”. But even as good as you may be at tumbling, you still have room to improve. And you can do so by
SwimSwam is a great resource for training. Swimmers have a different type of training than any other sport. Being able to set goals and work smarter is a huge part of the sport. Here are 6 ways to train smarter to get those great results. No matter how this season
I’m in Tampa with our girls gymnastics team (which is ridiculously humid but lots of fun), but I wanted to blog quick about a scenario where it might be a good idea NOT to stretch a gymnasts ankles for a toe point. Ankles are one of the most frequently injured body parts in gymnastics with a variety of injuries
There is a wonderful story to tell from the Fresno, CA Zimmerman Boys & Girls Club. It might be a storage room with no air conditioning that is really too small for the dozen young people to dance. They keep banging into hockey equipment and each other but they are
Have you learned how to do Bubble Rings? If not, find an expert to teach you because this looks like fun! You can see when you click to these great pictures and videos that there are some who even believe this should be an Olympic event! Some of the folks