I am writing in support of Leila Rogovina, a trusted employee of the University of Calgary Competitive Artistic Gymnastics Program since 2001. Over the past 15 years, Leila has worked with both our boys and girls competitive athletes improving their ballet, artistic presentation, flexibility, and rhythm. She is motivating to her students and delivers what she promises; she is a dependable and innovative instructor who has continued to broaden her skills through independent professional development. She has successfully worked with all ages and levels within the University of Calgary competitive program, including, and contributing to the success of Canada’s 2008 Men’s Olympic Team. ( Anthony M Smith,National Team Director, Men’s Artistic Gymnastics,University of Calgary Gymnastics Centre ).
Leila is a very skilled coach and amazingly intuitive teacher that seems to always find that special approach to an individual child. In her classes Leila employes various methods (imagery guided?) that are suitable for young children. Through use of music and elements of storytelling the classes are never boring or too long for a child. Despite my 4 year old son's problems with paying attention, Leila manages to keep him engaged and looking forward to each class. We would sincerely recommend Leila's classes to any child.
These gymnastics exercises will help you to get more flexible, strengthen the core of your body and avoid injuries. As most are fairly familiar already, gymnastics requires extreme contortions that can really take a toll on their body without the proper training, but this isn’t just exclusive to gymnasts.
( Larysa & Steve Mah ). Hi All, It is difficult to write a comment about something that you really do not see, so I asked my 5 years old daughter how does she like Leila classes. The respond was really emotional, we do this and that, play, exercise, dance, etc. She is continuously asking which day we are going to Leila classes; even if she sick she doesn't want to skip it (I wish it would be the same for the school).
To summarize, our family is very positive about the classes, so we recommend them to everybody. Thanks, ( Natalya ).