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Gym bending over backwards to help
LOCAL gymnasts will show vision-impaired kids the ropes at a fun 10-week gymnastics workshop.
Essendon Keilor Gymnastics Academy will run the workshop, which promotes balance, agility and spatial awareness.
The club received a $2500 grant from the State Government’s Youth Foundations Victoria to run a program that benefits the community.
Director Christy Hemphill said skills acquired in gymnastics were beneficial for children with low vision and the workshop encourages more vision-impaired children to get involved.
“For children with vision impairment, falls and bumping into things can often be a daily event,” Ms Hemphill said. “Gymnastics teaches safe landing techniques, fall prevention and how best to control and manipulate your body.
“It is the foundation of all sports, providing balance, discipline, flexibility, coordination and motor skills.”
Ms Hemphill said gymnasts would be coupled with vision-impaired five to 15-year-olds in gymnastics, trampolining and cheerleading. Fifteen volunteers will deliver the free program every Friday from July 15, at 194 Roberts Rd, Airport West, from 7-8pm
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