Tumbling
Ages 5 - 14
Tumbling teaches strength, flexibility and balance through development of tumbling skills only. Students train skills such as handstands, cartwheels, backbends, front handsprings, back handsprings, combination series and front/back tucks. Tumbling classes train primarily on the floor exercise with a large variety of mats for drills and conditioning.
Tumbling Level 1 Requirements: Handstand and Bridge
Tumbling Level 2 Requirements: Cartwheel, Round-off, Backbend Kickover (Back walkover preferred), Forward and Backward Rolls
Tumbling Level 3 Requirements: Back Handspring with light spot (preferably solo), Standing Back Handspring (solo) and Front Handspring connected to Round-off
Tumbling Level 4 Requirements: Running Round-Off two Back Handsprings (solo), Round-off Back Handspring Back Tuck (spotted), Standing Back Tuck (light spot)
and Punch Front Tuck
Tumbling Level 1 focuses on basic tumbling skills such as Handstand, Cartwheels, Round-offs, Bridge Kick-overs, Back & Front Walkover, a variety of Rolls and preparing for intermediate tumbling skills.
Tumbling Level 2 focuses on mastering the back walkover, drilling and learning the back handspring, working advanced rolls, round-off with jump connections and the front handspring.
Tumbling Level 3 and 4 are advanced tumbling classes for athletes to working running tumbling skills, connected tumbling passes, and training back tucks, layouts, twisting elements, front tucks and more.