World-class athletes like Darja Varfolomeev received right here to TSV Schott Mainz on the day of youngsters’s gymnastics to get youthful people keen about their sport – and had been worthwhile.
With nearly 75,000 kids, the nationwide “Children’s Gymnastics Day” was a whole success. The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), in cooperation with the movement initiative “Kinder Joy of Moving”, invited youthful people all through Germany to get a method of the world of youngsters’s gymnastics. Events related to kids’s gymnastics took place in over 700 participating golf gear, crucial of which was in Mainz. The German gymnastics workforce moreover traveled there to encourage the children throughout the hall about gymnastics in response to the motto “Learn from and with the grown-ups”.
The motto of the day: circus
Jumping, balancing or juggling: inventive gymnastics is acrobatics. And what may presumably be greater than deciding on the motto “Circus” for the day of youngsters’ gymnastics? The excessive German stars, equal to Olympic champions, acted as circus directors Darya Varfolomeevdoc champion Elisabeth Seitz or world champion Lukas Dauser received right here to TSV Schott in Mainz. “It’s very, very important to offer the children a platform where they can come, where they can have fun and move around. And if they have even more fun because we are here and they can take photos with us, then “It’s an enormous deal for us too,” talked about parallel bars world champion Lukas Dauser, explaining why he enjoys collaborating in such events. The new father of a son had loads of concepts and strategies in retailer, which the youngsters in Mainz gratefully accepted. “These are role models, and I think it’s pretty cool that they’re here,” talked about gymnast Matteo, glad concerning the gymnastics celebrities’ go to.
Darja Varfolomeev must encourage kids
Darja Varfolomeev thrilled followers in Paris with ball, membership and band. In the Mainz sports activities actions hall, the gymnast confirmed the little circus artists the first steps to good strategies. “I think rhythmic gymnastics is a great sport. You can do crazy things there,” talked about Varfolomeev with shining eyes. “You can fall in love with this sport and always stay fit,” says the Olympic champion, who handed on exactly this enthusiasm to the native gymnastics kids.
Moving with enjoyment is the motto
Since 2017, the German Gymnastics Youth (DTJ) and the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) have been celebrating Children’s Gymnastics Day on the second weekend in November. Every yr, tons of golf gear all through Germany take part throughout the advertising marketing campaign and open their doorways to current kids a transferring day. As part of this yr’s Circus Child advertising marketing campaign, the children completed chosen exercises to get to know the various gear and the requirements of gymnastics in a playful means. On the gymnastics course, for example, they could try obstacle jumps, cartwheels and somersaults or sort out the steadiness downside. The course is supposed to encourage kids to have satisfying with coaching and gymnastics.
Great enthusiasm throughout the hall
And the satisfying of coaching was clearly seen to the little ones: it was an eventful day that left its mark on them. “I liked the boxes with the bench and the mat at the bottom because I could do a lot of different exercises on them,” talked about Leonie. Matteo thought it was good, “because there are so many different elements, like somersaults or turns. “That’s what I enjoy the most.” And Esya is already pondering rather a lot further into the long term: “At some point I would like to be able to do gymnastics really well, so that everyone says: Wow!”
The objective of “Children’s Gymnastics Day” is to get youthful people keen about gymnastics. This was almost certainly achieved due to the help of the best German gymnasts in Mainz.
Broadcast on Sunday, November third, 2024, 6:00 pm, SWR Aktuell Rhineland-Palatinate, SWR RP
