“Girls under 5 years old are wanted for rhythmic gymnastics” - such an announcement will touch the heart of any mother of a girl. After all, in childhood, almost all mothers dream of becoming thin, flexible gymnasts, conquering the top of podiums.

If rhythmic gymnastics is as close to your daughter as it is to you, then we suggest taking a look at our review of sections and sports schools, where you can find best conditions and teachers for your child.

Most experts agree that it is best to start classes at the age of 3-4 years. During this period, girls’ bones are already well formed, and their muscles and ligaments are quite elastic. And, bringing a girl aged 6 years to the section on rhythmic gymnastics, be prepared to hear that it's too late for you. So, if you are sure that this is really the sport that is so suitable for your daughter, do not waste precious time!

Club "Princess of Sports"

Girls from 4.5 to 12 years old are invited to rhythmic gymnastics classes. Classes are held throughout the country. Annually specialized children's and youth schools of the Republic of Belarus select talented children in the club for classes professional sports. The Princess of Sports school of rhythmic gymnastics employs about 40 coaches who were successful athletes in the past.

Rhythmic gymnastics school Olympic champion Marina Lobach

Phone: +375 17 296-63-09

The sports school recruits girls aged 4 to 8 years. Classes are taught by experienced teachers. Training is paid. Children participate in various dance competitions and competitions.

European Gymnastics Center

Address:and other addresses in Minsk

Phone: +375 29 754 39 14, +375 29 316 91 02

Website:

Children aged 3 years and older are invited to attend. The Center also has groups for children 4-5, 8 years old and older. Classes for beginners are accompanied by music and contain the study of simple elements, exercises with objects, active games bring interest. During classes in middle group The main attention is given to the development of flexibility and coordination; the most important items used are the jump rope and the hoop. For older children, exercises with a hoop, ribbon, clubs, mastering complex jumps, turns, and waves are provided. Elements of choreography and acrobatics are included.

Sports school for rhythmic gymnastics

Address:

Phone: +375 17 369 56 02, +375 17 369 56 03

Website:

Here you can find groups in rhythmic gymnastics (classes are held 3 times a week) and groups in rhythmic gymnastics(classes 2 times a week). Girls aged 4-5 years are invited to take part in the classes.

Many pupils of the school are participants and winners of the World, European and Olympic Games.

Sports school №4 BFSO "Dynamo"

Address:

Phone: +375 17 334-96-61

Website:

Recruitment for groups starts from 4.5 years old. The school's coaching and teaching staff consists of 9 trainers and 3 choreography trainers. Classes are taught by masters of sports, international masters of sports, honored masters of sports, experienced trainers and teachers.

Over the entire history of the school, its students have won 9 Olympic medals.

Rhythmic gymnastics school GymLine

Address:

Phone: +375-29-235-37-30

Website:

The school is led by Olympic medalist Alexandra Narkevich. Here they promise to make champions not only from children, but also from parents - there are groups for children and adults. Classes are held in two halls. There is a games room where you can spend time after training, or while waiting for mom.

Girls from 3 years old are invited to join the groups. It is from this age that they believe that champions need to be raised.

Republican Center Olympic training in rhythmic gymnastics

Address:

Website:

The main task of the center is to train high-class athletes who could represent our country at the highest level competitions. For this, all conditions have been created here - the best trainers in the republic, the latest gyms and equipment for training. The center's pupils constantly participate in republican and foreign competitions, where they demonstrate high level preparation.

School of rhythmic and aesthetic gymnastics SMART gymnastics

Address: and other addresses in Minsk

Phone: +375 44 999 414

Website:

Children from 3 to 15 years old are invited to classes that are conducted in several directions (amateur, professional, show productions). The emphasis here is not on preparation. Olympic champions, but for health benefits. Training takes place under the guidance of highly qualified trainers and masters of sports. Everyone is welcome to take part in gymnastics. During training, children learn to work with an object (jump rope, hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon) and learn exercises.

Physical education and sports center for children and youth of the Sovetsky district of Minsk

Address:

Phone: +375 17 262 45 61

Website:

Here girls from 5 years old are invited to join the rhythmic gymnastics section. During classes, trainers develop vital motor skills and abilities (applied and sports) in their students, share special knowledge, and cultivate moral and volitional qualities.

Dear readers! If you know about clubs, centers or schools that are not in our review, write to us about it in the comments or by email [email protected]!

The review was written in April 2018.

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The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup starts in Minsk on Friday. Medals will be competed for both in individual all-around and in group exercises, where Belarus will be represented by Anna Shvaiba, Lolita Matskevich, Diana Misyuchenko, Anastasia Rybakova and Anna Gaidukevich. Our team is one of the youngest in the tournament.

Anastasia Rybakova,Diana Misyuchenko, Anna Shvaiba, Anna Gaidukevich, Lolita Matskevich

Anna Shvaiba

Minsk resident Anna Shvaiba is now 18 years old. She devoted 14 of them to gymnastics. The girl grew up in sports family– her father Pavel Shvaiba plays in the national championships in mini-football and beach soccer. I got into rhythmic gymnastics by accident:

– First, my grandfather brought me to artistic gymnastics. We trained for one day, and when we returned home, we met dad. He said that he had found a rhythmic gymnastics section and suggested we try it. I liked it. I remember when I took third place at a school competition for the first time, I was delighted - I became one of the few girls who got on the podium. For now, the most important award for me is gold in the group exercise at the 2015 European Championships.

Gymnastics is a sport in which you need to strictly monitor your form and weight. Despite this, one of Anya Shvaib’s main hobbies is cooking:

– I really like to cook. For example, meat or fish, baked goods. Of course, in winter I have to limit myself more, but in spring and summer, when we are actively training, sometimes I can allow myself something sweet, although I try to eat right. I cook more often on weekends, so I treat everyone who is at home: my parents, sister, grandparents.

Anastasia Rybakova

Nastya Rybakova is also 18 years old. She was born in Grodno, and got into sports almost immediately after birth:

– My mother is a rhythmic gymnastics coach, so I was in the gym with her almost from the cradle, and at the age of three I started doing this sport myself. Mom was my first coach. Now at home we also talk about gymnastics, discuss training, but not often - there should be variety.

Anastasia Rybakova is a titled athlete. Among her most valuable awards are gold and silver at the 2015 European Championships in the group exercise, as well as silver and bronze at the 2014 European Championships in individual competitions. She is not going to stop there: the 2nd European Games in Minsk and the main start of the four-year period – the Olympics in Tokyo – are ahead. The girl's hobbies are unusual:

– I recently got hooked on Korean TV series. I liked “I am not a robot”, “Scarlet Hearts of Koryo”, “Between Two Worlds”. In principle, I like cinema and everything connected with it. I also like to draw and do scrapbooking – designing diaries and other things.

Lolita Matskevich

Lolita is one of the youngest girls on our team in the group exercise. Her grandfather was a master of sports of the USSR in artistic gymnastics, and dad was involved in cycling. True, Lolita’s family did not plan for the girl to also become an athlete:

“When I was five years old, I was sent to gymnastics to improve my gait—I raked with my left leg. As my mother says, it’s been like this for 11 years and we’ve been trying to straighten it out. I was almost immediately drawn into rhythmic gymnastics. I remember my first performance at the Baby Cup very well. We performed with my friend Ksyusha, and I was a monkey. We had baskets of bananas, and we had to eat them right during the performance. Two years ago I was selected to the youth team in a group exercise, and then we took second place at the European Championships, and last year I was already promoted to the senior team.

Now Lolita has entered the 11th grade. He says there are no problems with studying: gymnasts have individual training:

– We are given sheets of assignments for the entire quarter. We complete them and pass them, and if we need to write some kind of test, we come to school. IN free time I'm drawing. Two years ago, my coach gave me a sketchbook, and I really enjoyed drawing with a black pen on white sheets of paper. In general, drawing is addictive: once they gave me a painting by numbers with the image of a horse, I started to draw it, but abandoned it due to lack of time, and as soon as my vacation began, I finished it in three hours.

Diana Misyuchenko

Diana Misyuchenko is 16 years old. She came to gymnastics later than the rest of the girls on the team - at the age of 7:

“My parents and I were just looking for something to keep me occupied.” I really wanted to sculpt with clay, and my mother’s friend saw an advertisement at the bus stop about recruitment for rhythmic gymnastics. At first I didn’t quite understand what it was, but my parents suggested I try it and I stayed there. At first I didn’t really like it: I trained with little girls. And then, when I was transferred to an older group, where we started doing some elements, I got involved.

In her free time, Diana draws, walks with friends and reads.

Anna Gaidukevich

Now 17-year-old Anya Gaidukevich’s mother brought her to gymnastics, having also seen an advertisement for enrollment in the section. Then the girl didn’t know what it was, but new look I liked the sport right away. It was fun to be around other kids and train. She has known many of the gymnasts with whom she now performs together since childhood. He assures that the girls’ relationships, despite all the stereotypes that female friendships don’t exist, are good—they support each other and always try to help. In her free time, Anya prefers to relax actively - maybe, for example, meeting with friends or riding a bike.

Despite her young age, the gymnast has many awards. Among them are medals from the World Cup stages and gold from the World Gymnasium. The girl will have a chance to add to her collection this weekend. Anna Gaidukevich says about her goals for the home stage of the World Cup:

- Of course, there is excitement, because we will be performing at home, and this adds responsibility. Now there are a lot of very strong teams, but I try not to think about competitors. First of all, we need to overcome ourselves. We'll show you everything we've prepared and try to do it well.

Stars of rhythmic and artistic gymnastics and acrobatics gathered in the same gymnasium of the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex to hold master classes for children from 5 to 8 years old in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Mowgli Health and Sports Gymnastics Club.

November 2016 was marked by a beautiful anniversary in the world of children's health and sports - truly popular Club "Mowgli" Turned 10 years old! About 250 children and parents, as well as titled Belarusian athletes and coaches, came to congratulate the Club. The Mowgli anniversary program included demonstration numbers, full-fledged sports training, autograph and photo sessions with the main guests of the holiday.

The following took part in the festive event:

Rhythmic gymnastics:

• Melitina Stanyuta- Master of Sports of international class, Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Belarus, multiple winner of the World and European Championships, multiple champion of the Republic of Belarus.

Photo: Armen Bogush

Artistic gymnastics:

• Pavel Bulavsky- master of sports of international class, member national team Republic of Belarus in artistic gymnastics, winner and prize-winner of the World Cup stages.
• Vasily Mikhalitsyn- master of sports of international class, member of the national team of the Republic of Belarus in artistic gymnastics, finalist of the first youth Olympic Games, champion of the Republic of Belarus, winner and prize-winner of the World Cup stage.

Photo: Armen Bogush
Photo: Valentina Yurkova

Sports acrobatics:

• Women's threesome Karina Sandovich, Veronica Nabokina, Yulia Ivonchik- master of sports of international class, silver medalists European Championship 2015, bronze medalists of the 1st European Games, silver medalists of the World Championship 2016.
• Mixed couple Mikhail Tolkachev And Maria Zhuravleva- masters of sports of international class, bronze medalists of the European Championship.

Photo: Armen Bogush
Photo: Ksenia Blinova

The holiday began with warm congratulations to “Mowgli”, after which honored athletes, winners of various competitions at the republican, European and international level performed demonstration numbers in front of the young participants of the master classes.

Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Ksenia Blinova
Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Armena Bogusha

After the official part, the guys were divided into groups, each of which took its place in the gymnasium. Girls under the leadership Melitina Stanyuty stayed on the gymnastic mat, Pavel Bulavsky And Vasily Mikhalitsyn took their team to the gymnastics track, and Karina Sandovich, Veronica Nabokina, Yulia Ivonchik, Mikhail Tolkachev And Maria Zhuravleva occupied a trampoline and a foam pit.

Photo: Valentina Yurkova

Melitina Stanyuta not only led training process, but also personally helped the girls. Having started the master class with a short warm-up, the girls moved on to stretching and then worked with hoops. Melitina showed herself how to do the exercises correctly and shared her professional secrets.

Photo: Armen Bogush

Team Pavel Bulavsky And Vasily Mikhalitsyn focused on strength exercises, coordination and agility exercises. For this purpose, a gymnastic bench and a gymnastic track were used, each child could jump into a foam pit.

Photo: Armen Bogush
Photo: Armen Bogush

The team of acrobat athletes chose exercises to develop the vestibular system, exercises to develop the strength of the arms and legs, as well as coordination exercises. Trampoline, rope, gymnastics track - at every stage the children were supervised not only by eminent athletes, but also by professional Mowgli trainers. And the bravest little athletes were able to try doing a somersault on a trampoline!

Photo: Valentina Yurkova

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Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Valentina Yurkova
Photo: Armena Bogusha
Photo: Valentina Yurkova
Photo: Valentina Yurkova
Photo: Valentina Yurkova

After the master class, the athletes stayed behind so that each child could get an autograph and take a photo as a souvenir.

Photo: Armen Bogush

And so that waiting for their turn would not be boring, the children danced, played and had fun in the company of a wonderful clown.

Photo: Valentina Yurkova

It was truly a wonderful Holiday! Pupils of "Mowgli" received new knowledge and unforgettable impressions, invited athletes received the opportunity to work with children and incredible emotional return from their charges, and the Club's coaches received advice from colleagues - coaches of current athletes.

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