Coaches Organizing Drills/Resources

[Nicole19]

Does anyone have a great way to organize drills and notes they have? I have a few physical things (notebooks, binders, etc) and electronic things saved on my computer but I'm hoping to find a way to make it easier to find and review drills and tips.

 

[Deleted member 14190]

Use this forum you have created to fire away questions about drills and skills. We can all benefit from it. I think it would be beneficial to title individual threads by events for drills. I will start several threads and anyone wanting to jump in and add or request drills can do so.

 

[coachkazoo]

I'm with you. I have stuff everywhere but can never find anything...I have not found a way. But I've started putting everything into one box. One day, maybe I'll organize the box

 

[nickibinds]

I am a huge fan of this App called "Evernote." It's this program where you can set up digital notebooks. Some notebooks that I set up include:

• Drills — Screenshots of drills that I see online or at clinics, lists of drills for specific skills/levels, and skill circuits.
• Workouts/Complexes — Reusable workouts/complexes. For example, "Level 5 Pre-Season Beam Complex," "Level 6-10 Theraband Workout," etc.
• Reference — Probably my biggest notebook. I "clip" articles from the web that I think are helpful. This notebook also includes the notes I take from clinics, lectures, and books. For example, this past July I went to Regional Congress. I made a note for every lecture that I attended, then added pictures from the lecture and the notes that I took.
• Gym Skills — My favorite notebook! It's like my own personal gymnastics textbook. I have a note for every skill that I teach. In each skill's note I include a picture of the "Ideal Model" for that skill, important technical and coaching points, physical preparation exercises, drills and progressions, and links to good articles and Youtube videos.
• Training Plans — Each season gets its own notebook. Some information I keep in it include training schedules, meet schedules, and yearly training plans for every level. I also have a note for each of the 8-10s that I coach. In each gymnast's note I type in the routine(s) they are competing, making sure I include the amount of value parts and bonus the routine has.

Those are just a few of the Notebooks that I keep. I hope that gives you some ideas of ways you can use technology to organize your coaching info!

I Uploaded Some Pictures of My Evernote
Picture #1: All the Notebooks I've Created

Picture #2: My Gym Skills notebook with my Table of Contents note open

Picture #3: My note on the back handspring step-out on beam