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My personal opinion is that open gym is a big NO! I work at a rec gym where we offer open gym. It is supervised by two staff members, they sign a waiver and pay $5 for an hour. We once had a girl break her ankle because someone else's jumped when she went to go jump (we don't allow this but we...

I know how you feel about this! Always worry about my reaction time as a coach also, but I think you will find yourself a lot quicker than you would think if it ever happened. I believe it's sort of instinct, especially if you are expecting it to happen. Most times when I see coaches who don't...

I work in a rec/city gym and we charge $30 for a half hour and $45 for a full hour. The coaches get paid 70% but they are also allowed to change the price if they would like

For the first girl you could also use a ball, have her throw it as she goes into her punch front. If the ball flies straight forward, obviously she is throwing her arms down too soon. I've used this for kids before and it sometimes works, but other times its just a distraction. Since she is old...

Thank you very much!

Hello fellow coaches out there. Right now I am currently writing a paper on overcoming fears in sports. I just wanted to know what everyone does when they have a gymnast who is afraid of something. How do you break the skill down, what techniques, advice, punishment, encouragement do you give...

I was just wondering if anyone had good drills or advice for front layouts and front fulls. Another coach and I have had a few descrepancies between these skills. How do you begin teaching it? Do you teach it to arch all the way through, or tight arch then hollow?

I was a guest coach at Karolyi's camp last year. The other coaches were saying that Marta will retire after the next olympics. I also heard that a possible candidate will be Nastia's dad taking over the position. This is just what I had heard from the other younger coaches there so it very...

Okay....So i think i get it. I understand how to set up the drill for sure. but they jump forward off the cheese mat and then do the motions for a layout BACK up onto the cheese correct? Thank you so much! Even if i don't EXACTLY understand the drill it definitely sparked some new ideas!

As a coach, it should be done with straight arms, and it would be best to always learn it with straight arms because then you can avoid having to relearn it correctly. From a gymnasts perspective, do whatever you need to do to get yourself comfortable with it before getting too technical, just...

Thats awesome there is a club at your college. i really wish mine had a club cause then maybe I could find more time to work on my own skills! I have been coaching for a long time and since I quit competing I have almost NO time to get in the gym myself without having to teach!

At my gym we are having a really hard time with out optional level gymnasts with back layouts. Every single one of them either throws their head or chest backwards instead of setting up. We constantly correct them and they know what they need to do, they just cant seem to get their bodys to do...