Basic Equipment
In traditional gymnastics you can spend tens of thousands of dollars on equipment and countless hours repairing and adjusting. Non-traditional gymnastics doesn't require all of this. It just needs some basic equipment and a little imagination to make things work.
Mats - Preferably
folding mats. They store easier and are easier to move. If you can get
the ones with Velcro on the ends, they can be set up in an infinite number
of ways. It depends on the number of children you service for classes as
to the number of mats you should have.
Balance beam - Start
with at least a 10 ft. low beam (less than a foot off the ground ). You
can also make beams from 4 x 4 posts, 2 x 4's , 2 x 6 's, etc.
That's it to start ! You can also supplement your equipment with some of the following:
Incline
mats (wedge mats)
Octagons
Mailboxes
Crash
mats (fat mats)
Trapezoid
/ Vault box
Low
Horizontal bars
Spring
Boards - jogging tramps work also
Hoops
Streamers
Rings
Ladders
If you have comments or suggestions, email me at pijewill@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu
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