1Research Scholar, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences
2Associate Professor, IGIPESS, University of Delhi, Delhi
Online published on 7 December, 2019.
Present study focused on practicum gymnastics curriculum has design for each level, fitness program for each level, different testing includes skill and fitness testing, counselling programs and parental involvement. Gymnastics provides the perfect balance for fun, challenge, risk taking, skill acquisition, develops coordination and muscle memory which will help individual for lifetime. Gymnastics incorporate the so-called ‘crossover’ across the called axis and support the cooperation of the left and right side of the brain. The left side is responsible for the analytic thinking, language and logical process while right side influence holistic thinking, creativity, spatial orientation, visual imagination and emotions. Children gain an awareness of their body in a fundamental way found in no other sport. Gymnastics Curriculum leads to improvement in individual by developing locomotive, object control skills and movement competency in children which lays the foundation of athlete for any other sports he or she wants to go in future for excellence.
Gymnastics, spatial orientation, holistic thinking, analytic thinking, visual imagination