The Gymnastics Book: The Young Performer's Guide to Gymnastics Paperback – August 30, 2012

This book was given as a gift for my 9 year old daughter and son who are interested in begining gymnastics. There are many pictures in the book depicting excercises and basic skills which are helpful. The book includes photos of boys doing typical male routines including the rings and pommell horse as well as girls which makes it a good book for both sexes. I find it to be a good book for the wanna be Gabby Douglas in order to learn how much work and commitment is involved if one hopes to succeed on any competetive level.

Bought this for my 10 year old granddaughter who is in to gymnastics big time. She was thrilled with the book and seems to always have her nose in it so I'm very pleased with this purchase.

Go this for my 12 year old who is just starting gymnastics again. She is able to read and understand the instructions and uses it when she is practicing at home.

Perfect for my 7 year old. This book shows detailed techniques for all levels of gymnastics. Her teacher is constantly impressed with her knowledge.

Overall I like the book - or at least the parts I can read! **** The Kindle edition is missing every other page (all of the odd pages). ****Aside from that, I like that the book has sections with clearly explained skills, as well as stories from real gymnasts' lives. The pictures are good. I am a pretty new gym-mom trying to educate myself on the sport, and the book seems good for this purpose. If the Kindle book would have all of the pages I would probably give the book 4 or 5 stars.

I bought this for my seven-year-old granddaughter who is obsessed with gymnastics.She loves it and uses it almost daily. The pictorials are easy enough for her to follow.

This was purchased for a gift for my gymnast grand daughter. She loves it. It contains pictures and demonstrates moves. Great gift!!

I bought this for my gymnast daughter - she is 7 and just getting to team level (USAG level 4.) Based on the description I thought it would go beyond the basics, covering some intermediate skills and discussing more about team gymnastics, but it really is for absolute beginners. It also is not written in kid-friendly language - it is like it is a book for adults that is being marketed for kids. Some of the words from the introduction that my 7-year old did not know: 'spatial orientation', 'stationary', 'alternatives', 'beneficial'. Considering that most girls start gymnastics pretty young (as the author herself did), this is a little confusing - if this is a book for beginning gymnasts, the language should be such that a 6-8 year old can understand it. If it's actually for parents or teachers, then don't market it as a children's book.On the plus side, the information and pictures are good, and the stories Elfi shares from her own gymnastics experience are too.