Speaking

Tony Retrosi has presented lectures at many Regional and National Congresses. Here is a little bit about Tony.

Tony’s lectures include a mix of videos, drills, and takeaway information that can be implemented the very next day in your gym. Lectures can be tailored for different experience and coaching levels.

Lecture Topics

Coaches As Educators – The best coaches are also great teachers. Gymnastics is just the subject they teach. Here are some some of the best DOs and DON’Ts to be a great teacher and become a great coach.

Recreational Floor – Floor is the base for all events. Starting with your recreational classes there has to be a plan for what and how to teach floor skills.

Bars A-Z – In order to become GREAT at uneven bars, you need a plan. A plan that starts in your compulsory program all the way through your optional gymnasts. You can not wait until someone is a Level 9 before you try to make them a level 9. I have collections of drills to do with compulsory gymnasts to get them ready for optional gymnastics.

Recreational Bars – The problem with bars with rec classes is that it takes a lot of strength and strength is not normally a lot of fun. The trick is to break skills down to their smallest parts so that all kids can feel successful and make progress.

Uneven Bar Release Moves – It is important to set the foundation fairly early for girls to start working on Major release moves. It takes time and patience but the reward is great release moves.

Vault Bridge Optional Drills for your Compulsory Gymnast – Level 4-7 vault is a problem because the repetition of the handspring vault teaches kids how NOT TO FLIP. The best vaults at the optional levels are BIG flipping vaults. Here is a collection of drills and a time line of when drills need to be implemented to maximize success at the optional levels.

Combination Tumbling – There are only so many ways to increase your start value in floor routines. You need a BIG tumbling pass and back up passes showing combination tumbling.

Front and Back Tumbling – Tumbling is where it starts. By making sure you have established good basics each athlete can hopefully maximize their gymnastics potential. This Starts with a good front handspring and strong roundoff back handspring and goes up through drills for twisting and double backs.

Developing Yurchenko Vaulting – Roundoff entry vaults have become more and more common but there are still some major areas of concern. I have a series of drills and skills which will lay the base for success with Round off entry vaults. Drills from teaching a good round off to their first flip.

Yurchenko Vaulting 2 – Picking up where Developing Yurchenko Vaulting left off. Now they can flip, NOW WHAT? Drills for layouts through twisting.

5 THINGS EVERY GYMNAST NEEDS TO HAVE ON BARS – On Bars it all comes down to these 5 skills. Once an athlete has mastered these 5 skills they are ready to go and learn some great gymnastics.

DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG YOUNG ATHLETES – Conditioning skills, drills and shapes for a future of success.
Warm Up and Wind Down Games. NEW!!!!! From Jayne Marascio and Tony Retrosi. Presented at National Congress 2014. How to make the first and last 5 minutes of class FUN and EFFECTIVE
EVERYDAY BASIC TUMBLING. A Plan for each event.
MAKING FITNESS FUN. Putting the Jungle Back in the GYM.
BUILDING A TEAM OUT OF YOUR STAFF. Your business is only as strong as your staff. Before you can be REALLY successful- you need to be come a TEAM
Inbar Skills and Giants.

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Clinics That Meet Your Needs

You will not get just some stock clinic. In a one or two day clinic at your gym, I will cater to the needs of your coaches and gymnasts. I do not schedule a lot of clinics because each clinic is individualized. Trust me we will have long conversations before I arrive to make sure that I a covering what you need.

A typical clinic weekend

Day 1: Meet with coaches 30-60 minutes
4- 6 hours gym time with athletes
Parent meeting 30-60 minutes
Day 2: 4-6 hour gym time with athletes
30 minute follow up talk with athletes and coaches
30 minute follow up with coaches

Of course this schedule can be altered to meet the needs of your gymnasts and gym. Interested in a clinic but have already seen me enough? Though my contacts and connections with coaches through out the country I can help set up a clinic at your gym with a variety of different coaches each specializing in different areas.