Gymnastics in preschool and school age

This book is addressed to teachers/coaches who teach/coach CI to children of pre-school and school age. Interactive Gymnastics (IG) is a particularly popular sport with young children because it is exciting, spectacular, challenging with its difficulties and the unlimited developmental possibilities it offers, and it meets their innate need for movement better than any other sport. Effective teaching/coaching of CI has very positive effects on children’s development. Therefore, teaching PE is included in the PE curricula and can contribute to the achievement of its objectives. For teachers/coaches it is a challenge to enhance and maintain the enthusiasm and internal motivation of children in order to achieve long-term and systematic involvement in PE.

With the aim of the multifaceted development of students/athletes of these ages through the EG, the book presents modern student-centred teaching approaches and practices, which have the child as their starting point and focus. In particular, teaching approaches, teaching methods (styles), assessment methods, principles of effective feedback, basic elements of training and methods of teaching skills to develop general and specific fitness and technique in CI are presented in detail. The lesson/coaching becomes an exciting and fun experience of developing motor, cognitive, emotional, cognitive and moral/social skills, with the application of developmentally appropriate pedagogical games including exploration, discovery and creativity activities. The book includes appropriate motor content based on children’s developmental phases. Illustrated and verbal, quality performance criteria-instructions, potential errors, clear instructions for providing physical assistance where needed and methodological approach to teaching each skill are presented. In addition, key historical data on the development of CI and International Gymnastics Federation rules and guidelines for the effective implementation and evaluation of CI are included.