Tumbling Basics - Kathleen Ortiz torrent

Tumbling Basics by Kathleen Ortiz.

Pages : 184.
Publisher : Human Kinetics, 2013.
ISBN-13 : 978-1450432061
Format : PDF

Tumbling Basics helps teachers new to tumbling break down each skill
into small, easy-to-teach steps. This book focuses on seven tumbling
skills that provide the basis for any tumbling program. With Tumbling
Basics, you can learn how to safely teach the essential skills needed
for tumbling.

Using the book’s clear visual and verbal cues, you can guide the
students through each skill -- no matter your level of tumbling
experience. Tumbling Basics also includes exercises to help students
improve their strength and flexibility to perform skills successfully.
You can also increase the challenge and fun using the book’s tumbling
circuits that give students a way to practice tumbling skills in
various combinations.

For each skill, you’ll find a description with step-by-step photos,
then circuits that reinforce the new skill. Clear instructions on
spotting techniques help you learn to safely guide students through
difficult skills, and safety guidelines help you create an environment
where students can practice without fear of being injured. This
resource is packed with over 200 photos and illustrations and also
includes rubrics for each skill. Tumbling Basics brings you the
knowledge, tools, and confidence to incorporate a tumbling program,
unit, or lesson into your physical education curriculum.

Tumbling provides both physical and mental challenges for your
students. With the mastery of each new skill, students improve their
physical strength, flexibility, and coordination and increase their
mental discipline and self-esteem. By combining basic skills, exciting
tumbling circuits, and safety guidelines and techniques, Tumbling
Basics will help you uncover the challenge and fun of tumbling for
your students.


Contents
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1. Preparing to Teach Tumbling
2. Forward Rolls
3. Backward Rolls
4. Cartwheels
5. Combination of Rolls and Cartwheels
6. Front Limbers and Backbend Kickovers
7. Front Handsprings
8. Back Handsprings
9. Combination of All Skills


Author
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Kathleen M. Ortiz is an instructor in the physical education
department at Boston University. She is also an instructor in the
physical education department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in Cambridge. Ortiz was an adjunct professor for 10 years, teaching
tumbling and gymnastics to future physical educators at William
Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. She has coached athletes in
gymnastics and cheerleading up to the Olympic level for more than 40
years and served as a gymnastics official in colleges for more than 30
years. Ortiz has been involved with the Special Olympics for more than
35 years. She has owned a gymnastics club and directed gymnastics
programs, and she has been a head coach and written manuals for
gymnastics clubs.

Ortiz received her bachelor of science degree in education from
Ohio State University. She has been involved in many professional
associations, such as USA Gymnastics and National Association of
Women’s Gymnastics Judges. Ortiz served as the state education
director in New Jersey for eight years and in Illinois for three years
and is safety certified in gymnastics. She also served as the New
Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) gymnastics
rules interpreter from 2000 to 2011. Ortiz was president of the State
Gymnastics Officials for five years.

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