LEAPING WIZARDS; GYMNASTICS CLASS SENDS KIDS FLYING.Byline: Angela Randazzo Daily News Staff Writer Eight-year-old Elise Myers was swinging on the rope apparatus. The exercise was strengthening her grip, but she was doing it just for fun. The Newbury Park third-grader is one of a dozen children squeezing in the last of summer fun before school starts at the summer gymnastic camp offered by the Conejo Recreation and Park District. ``I like gymnastics gymnastics, exercises for the balanced development of the body (see also aerobics), or the competitive sport derived from these exercises. Although the ancient Greeks (who invented the building called a gymnasium ,'' Elise said. ``I want to learn how to do cartwheels.'' Camp coaches John and Joelle Hugg have set up their gymnastic equipment in the park facility at Conejo Community Center. Their Dreams to Reality mobile gymnastic unit travels to various community sites in Ventura County throughout the year. The traveling gym offers camp goers a wide range of challenges from working on a trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. to the balance beam to the parallel bars parallel bars Event in men's gymnastics in which a pair of wooden bars supported horizontally above the floor at the same height is used to perform acrobatic feats. Competitors combine swings and vaults with stationary positions requiring strength and balance, though swings . ``We teach the kids individually in a noncompetitive environment,'' Joelle Hugg said. The girls and boys in the class range from age 6 to 12. Most are beginners. Some have aspirations aspirations npl → aspiraciones fpl (= ambition); ambición f aspirations npl (= hopes, ambition) → aspirations fpl to play sports that gymnastics skills will enhance. For the more competitive kids, the Huggs recommend gyms like World Stars Gymnastic training Center in Camarillo, where John works part-time. Each class starts with warm-up and stretching exercises. Kelly Hullum, 11, of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. likes doing the bridge stretch that has the kids arching backward, hands and feet on the mat and head down. ``I want to learn how to do flips, back bends and hand springs,'' she said. The Huggs started the mobile gymnastic unit 17 years ago after selling their own gym club business. John Hugg has been involved with gymnastics since he was 12 years old. By the time he got to Pasadena City College, he was a seasoned gymnast and helped his team win a national championship in the Junior College AAU AAU abbr. Amateur Athletic Union Class 1 Nationals in 1986. The all-around gymnast started coaching at age 19 and and finds it a satisfying experience. ``Coaching gives me the opportunity to help people do a lot of neat things and improve their gymnastic skills,'' he said. Joelle Hugg became interested in gymnastics at an early age but didn't get started until she was in her 30s. In addition to excelling at tumbling on the floor and on the trampoline, she is an avid AVID Cardiology A clinical trial–Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators that compared the effect of implantable defibrillators vs the best medical therapy–antiarrhythmics for survivors of MI or those with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia swimmer, averaging 10 miles a week swimming in the ocean. The one-week camp ends Friday with a performance by the youngsters showing off what they have learned. Even if the kids don't go for the gold, they'll come away from the camp with two things - fun and sore muscles, said John Hugg, laughing. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) Ashlee Flynn, 9, practices flips with help from a bungee cord harness at the summer gymnastics camp at Conejo Community Center. (2--Color) Sarah Galbawy, 6, spins on her dismount from the pommel horse pommel horse or side horse Gymnastics event for men. It uses a padded rectangular apparatus supported by legs and with two pommels (U-shaped handles) on the top. Tuesday during gymnastics camp in Thousand Oaks. Michael Owen
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