Art of Gymnastics and Cheer

New student Emily working with one of our contortion coaches.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Contortion
• Flexibilty
• Acrobatics
• Cirque
• Bending
• Classes
• Training

[rolandsc]

Very nice flexibility for a "new" student. Impressive.

[TheAOGAC]

Thank you very much. Emily works very hard and stretches a lot on her own too. This is only her 2nd month of training!

[mfn350]

where is this place, are the coach also a contortionist

[TheAOGAC]

The training academy is located in Cape May County, NJ. Several coaches have contortion backgrounds. Many have been training the art of contortion for several years as well.

[ralucagymnast]

@ralucagymnast Had to split this, 500 character limit sucks:)Learning to breathe in these positions is really the most difficult part of it; the stretches themselves arent so tough; my daughter didnt find it tough because she was naturally very flexible. Check out my videos if you have time:) I think your students will enjoy them too:)

[ralucagymnast]

Very good way of introducing lower back stretching; sometimes kids get scared because they cant breathe when they stretch; just reminding them to keep breathing helps to dispel this fear. Plus a lot of kids will only hold the stretch for as long as they can hold their breath!