Here are some drills that I use on the Boys Parallel Bars to help teach Cast Handstands. I think it is very important that the gymnast know how to lean over when they cast.
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Archives for January 2012
Drills for Giants on Uneven Bars
Giant swings are one of the more difficult “basic” skills that every gymnast must have. It takes strength (with out them fighting the natural swing) as well as a good tap and extension. There is also the FEAR that many gymnast have. Through the years I have had many gymnasts of all shapes and sizes giant. Here is a collection of drills that I use in that teaching sequence and drills that I use every day.
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Uneven Bars Leg Cut, Lead Up to Pirouettes
The Leg Cut in the Level 4 Bar routine sort of stands out as an uncharacteristic skill for bars until you realize how it leads up to a pirouette.
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Crash of the week. How they prune trees in Australia
ZAC PARTRIDGE a good friend of contributor Andy from Australia shares a video. I originally thought this video was Andy’s. Matt and Jake desperately want to use their trampoline at their Tramp Coaches BBQ.
Problem- Not enough overhead space.
Solution- Prune the trees.
Wit and Wisdom
Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. Dalai Lama .
“I missed Ava’s class today because I spilled 5 gallons of spaghetti sauce in my new car.” A parent at my gym scheduling a make up.
“Saving is a very fine thing. Especially if your parents have done it for you.” Winston Churchill
“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home” Philosopher Dagobert Runes
“Character is much easier kept than recovered.” Thomas Paine
“Intelligence requires that you don’t defend an assumption” Physicist David Bohm
“Be Yourself; Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde
“Wishes cost nothing unless you want them to come true” Cartoonist Frank Tyger
“Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our Character is what we do when we think no one is looking” H. Jackson Brown Jr
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
Instead of the phrase, “like the blind leading the blind,” I’m going to start using “like cheerleaders coaching cheerleaders.” Jason Mortimer
“In God we trust; All others must bring data” W. Edwards Deming (although the first time I heard it was from Dr. Bill Sands)
Pre School and Rec Drills
Failure, a prerequisite for success
SO YOU WANT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL COACH?
You better learn to Fail
Failure is NOT an option- Failure is a prerequisite
Failure- failure |ˈfālyər| noun
Failure (fail, phail or flop) in general refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective. It may be viewed as the opposite of success.
People Who Have Failed
Pete Carroll was laughed out of Foxboro (where he coached the NE Patriots) and the NFL before he became the most dominant coach in college football. Now he is back in the NFL in Seattle.
Terrin Humphry made the USA National Team for the first time 1 year before making an Olympic Team.
Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure…..
In business there is a philosophy that he fastest way to succeed, is to double your failure rate. At my gym, we call it, “swinging at pitches.” You are not going to get a hit every time. But if you don’t swing, you will never get a hit.
As coaches we need to learn to tolerate failure. It is part of the learning process. If you make a correction you will probably mess something else up. THAT IS OK, I EXPECT IT. The best example I can think of is on Vault. If I ask an athlete to run faster, and they do, they will most likely mess up their steps. (and by the way- if they didn’t mess up their steps, they probably didn’t run faster!) IF I WANT THE GYMNAST TO RUN FASTER- I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MESS UP THEIR STEPS. I will fix that next.
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Help Make GYM MOMENTUM Better
Hard to believe that this website is becoming as popular as it is. I have enjoyed the past 6 weeks of posting and I have become a much better coach through the information, drills and knowledge that so many people have shared.
My Goals For 2012-Over the next week I plan on making some adjustments to the site. Trying to make it more user friendly, Trying to make sure that the newest and most popular posts are at the top.
Monthly Contest similar to the January Mancino Give away. (I already have a photo caption contest for February).
PRO SHOP– Videos, Books, programs for sale.
Expanded Affiliate Program– Ways for the Gym Momentum Community can save money by visiting our affiliates.
I would like to have a SKILL of the Week. (not just the Crash of the Week) But that will probably have to wait until the end of the competition season.
Expanded Competition Report– I know many of you HOST big invitationals and everyone GOES to these meets. Tell me about them! Share the GOOD, The BAD and The UGLY of all these meets.
Rec/ Pre-school lesson plans and ideas. I am getting a lot of great drills from competitive programs I would love some more from Rec and preschool!
Major Goal- Gym Momentum I Phone Ap!
COMING IN JUNE of 2012- GYM MOMENTUM TRAINING CAMP. June 22nd – June 24th. Huguenot, NY.
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Drills For Handspring Full on Vault
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Do COLD CALLS Work?
No one likes telemarketers. I have a friend WHO IS A TELEMARKETER and he hates telemarketers. But what if a the caller really had some information on a program that you were really interested in? Something you had done in the past. I guess we can call that a “warm call”.
Recently I challenged one of my employees to get 30 kids signed up for a “Parents Night Out”. At the time of the challenge there were only 8 kids signed up. I told her to call families that had been to our Thanksgiving Vacation camp that had not signed up. Let them know we had something coming up that they may be interested in.
Bottom Line- In one hour she signed up 17 more kids.
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