H & H
Gymnastics & Fitness
Tot  Program

The primary goal of our Tot Program is to provide a fun, safe, and structured environment for children to develop physically, mentally, and socially through gymnastics. Our secondary goal is to prepare the children for the first two levels of the National USAG Gymnastics Program. Not every skill learned will be strictly gymnastics, but our stations, drills, and games will improve their ability to perform in all sports. A few stations dispersed throughout the program are focused on the skills that many schools look for when evaluating new children (such as fine motor skills or problem solving).

There is a wide diversity in the development and maturity of such young children. Due to this, we start all beginner children out in an evaluation class. This class is designed to test the child's ability to follow directions to insure the structure and safety of the following levels. Once this child passes this level, they will progress through the following levels at his or her own rate regardless of age.

The basic skill requirements are listed in the table below and are divided into the 4 events in gymnastics. Again, these will not be the only skills worked on, but these are the skills required to move up. The floor set up for the week for all levels will be basically the same; however, what the children are expected to do on each piece of apparatus will differ greatly.

	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
VAULT	follows run drills trampoline: straight jumps w/ arm circles on spot from stand jump off bug board with two feet, freeze, then finish	arm circle bounces on bug board trampoline: tuck & straddle jumps w/ arm circles on spot run, jump on bug board, jump off, freeze, finish	trampoline: continuous straight, tuck, & straddle jumps w/ arm circles moving forward run, bounce on/off bug board, freeze, finish
BAR	5 second chin hang cast off from support on low bar pull hips to touch floor bar sit and straddle pull step to straddle swings w/ help	5 second chin hang w/tucked legs jump to support, roll down forward pull hips over floor bar & hang step up then fall to straight straddle sit jump to straddle swings w/help	5 second chin hang w/ piked legs jump to support, 3 casts, roll to candle pull hips over floor bar & roll over jump up then fall to straddle sit jump to straddle swing, let go to sit
BEAM	hops down flat beam tippy toe walk on flat beam arabesque on knees with 2 beams joined balance on 1 leg on flat beam walk down single beam	straight jump over bean bags on 2 beams joined tippy toe walks on 2 beams joined holding bean bag arabesque on 2 beas joined balance on 1 leg w/ toe on ankle side walk down single beam	tuck jumps over bean bags on 2 beams joined tippy toe walks on single beam w/ arm aligned arabesque on single beam balance on one leg with toe on ankle raising up and down squat downs on single beam
FLOOR	straight, tuck, straddle & pike positions rock & rolls, stand w/ out hands hand placement, bean bag drop w/ feet, headstand rocks donkey kicks, hold headstand w/ help push up walks along wall frog hop cartwheels over small or flat object fall over mailbox	hollow and arch positions forward roll down cheese mat leg pullover from raised surface, barrel flip to feet with help tuck up to headstand w/ out help walk up wall to handstand roll down bent leg cartwheel over knee high object handstand flatback over mailbox	strength position holds, rocks, & presses forward roll off flat mat backward roll down cheese mat, barrel flip w/ out help straddle push to headstand 5 second wall handstand straight cartwheel between two objects handstand flatback onto 8 inch mat