This beginner class will work on basic gymnastics and gross motor skills. Students will master correct hand placement for cartwheels and forward rolls, walking on a low balance beam without falling off, marching with opposite arm/knee up/down at the same time, and forward roll dismounts from the low bar.
Skills that must be mastered to advance out of Beginner:
- Cartwheel-like motion - knows to turn hands sideways, kicks feet to land one foot and then the other
- Forward roll to stand without using hands at the end to push to a stand
- Ability to stay on the low beam without falling off for the entire length of the beam
- Willing to go upside down on the bar without fear
- Marching so that when the right knee is up, the left hand is up and vice versa