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Hip Flexibility Homework

Exercise #1: Bird Stretch Goal:  Help the athlete with hip tightness during tumbling. Objective:  Increase the overall flexibility of the athletes hips Description:  Using a modified lunge athletes will work...... Read More

Twisters to Host Kids Camp Open House in April

WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Twister Sports hosts first ever Kids Camp Open House April 28 from 6:30-8 p.m. In 2020 Twisters kicked off their Kids Camp Summer Program as the result...... Read More

Mental Health v. Physical Safety: Which is more important for today’s children?

As parents, 2020 brought out one of the toughest decisions for many of us: Do we focus on our child’s mental and emotional health or do we focus on their...... Read More

Self-Bullying and How to Develop Healthy Habits for Your Child

Self-Bullying: How it Starts Imagine this.  You greet your 12-year-old athlete for their weekly private lesson. The warm up starts well and so does the warm-up tumbling. Then you get...... Read More

Happy Fourth of July 2019

Happy Fourth of July! We’re closed today, but have a happy and safe holiday! From all of us here at Twister Sports, we’d like to wish you a happy and...... Read More

The Lowdown on Mental Blocks (Part 3)

This is the final part of a 3-part series about mental blocks. To read Part 1 and Part 2, click the associated links. The Perfectionist There are many different types...... Read More

The Lowdown on Mental Blocks (Part 2)

Imagine your child has a back handspring and has been doing them for months now, but all of a sudden one day they are incapable of doing it without assistance....... Read More

The Lowdown on Mental Blocks (Part 1)

A time comes in every athletes life where they are going to struggle with a skill or set of skills. That’s just how life is sometimes, we might succeed in...... Read More

Just Call Us Germ Busters

As I sit here with a sick child home from school (and the other 3 kids sick all within the last month), I thought it was important to talk for...... Read More