Tag des Kinderturnens in Mainz: Olympiasiegerin Darja Varfolomeev bringt Kinderaugen zum Strahlen

World-class athletes like Darja Varfolomeev got here to TSV Schott Mainz on the day of kids’s gymnastics to get younger individuals enthusiastic about their sport – and had been profitable.

With virtually 75,000 youngsters, the nationwide “Children’s Gymnastics Day” was a whole success. The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), in cooperation with the motion initiative “Kinder Joy of Moving”, invited younger individuals throughout Germany to get a style of the world of kids’s gymnastics. Events associated to youngsters’s gymnastics came about in over 700 taking part golf equipment, the most important of which was in Mainz. The German gymnastics workforce additionally traveled there to encourage the youngsters within the corridor about gymnastics in response to the motto “Learn from and with the grown-ups”.

The motto of the day: circus

Jumping, balancing or juggling: creative gymnastics is acrobatics. And what could possibly be higher than selecting the motto “Circus” for the day of kids’s gymnastics? The high German stars, equivalent to Olympic champions, acted as circus administrators Darya Varfolomeevdocument champion Elisabeth Seitz or world champion Lukas Dauser got 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,” mentioned parallel bars world champion Lukas Dauser, explaining why he enjoys participating in such occasions. The new father of a son had plenty of ideas and methods in retailer, which the kids in Mainz gratefully accepted. “These are role models, and I think it’s pretty cool that they’re here,” mentioned gymnast Matteo, glad concerning the gymnastics celebrities’ go to.

Darja Varfolomeev needs to encourage youngsters

Darja Varfolomeev thrilled followers in Paris with ball, membership and band. In the Mainz sports activities corridor, the gymnast confirmed the little circus artists the primary steps to nice methods. “I think rhythmic gymnastics is a great sport. You can do crazy things there,” mentioned Varfolomeev with shining eyes. “You can fall in love with this sport and always stay fit,” says the Olympic champion, who handed on precisely this enthusiasm to the native gymnastics youngsters.

Moving with enjoyable 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 of golf equipment throughout Germany participate within the marketing campaign and open their doorways to present youngsters a transferring day. As a part of this yr’s Circus Child marketing campaign, the youngsters accomplished chosen workouts to get to know the assorted gear and the necessities of gymnastics in a playful means. On the gymnastics course, for instance, they may check out impediment jumps, cartwheels and somersaults or tackle the stability problem. The course is meant to encourage youngsters to have enjoyable with train and gymnastics.

Great enthusiasm within the corridor

And the enjoyable of training 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,” mentioned Leonie. Matteo thought it was nice, “because there are so many different elements, like somersaults or turns. That’s what I enjoy the most.” And Esya is already pondering a lot additional into the longer term: “At some point I would like to be able to do gymnastics really well, so that everyone says: Wow!”

The purpose of “Children’s Gymnastics Day” is to get younger individuals enthusiastic about gymnastics. This was most likely achieved because of the assistance of the highest German gymnasts in Mainz.

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