The Handbook of Progressive Gymnastics

Thomas J. De Carlo

Here, for teachers and performers of gymnastics, is an illustrated guide to more than 300 stunts from simple tumbling exercises for beginners to advanced maneuvers on gymnastic apparatus. Included are progessively arranged stunts for each performance area - floor exercise, long horse, side horse, horizontal bar, parallel bars, still rings.

This handbook will be an invaluable aid to physical education instructors who want to give their students the priceless benefits of gymnastics. Stunts are organized on six different skill levels beginner, novice, intermediate, junior, advanced, and senior skills - providing six complete units of gymnastics. Lesson plans show how to organize classes, how much time to spend on each activity, how to grade and rate students.

Gymnastics

1963

Prentice-Hall

English