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    Coaches Trouble Staying Tight

    @Jard.the.gymnast : I do not know exactly what you mean by this because the quadriceps muscle group (muscles above the knee, the thigh) action is to straighten the knee, hamstring group (back of the the thigh) flexes the knee, and the gastrocnemius (the calf muscle, which is what I am assume...
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    Coaches Trouble Staying Tight

    I would say that not staying tight is the one major problem that 99% of our team girls have. So, I have been trying to hit this pretty hard, especially the last couple of weeks. So, this is what have I have been doing: 1) explaining that tightness has a feeling, while a loose or bent arm/leg...
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    WAG Beam BWO harder than BHS?

    I was much like your daughter. I felt that the backhand spring on the beam was much easier than the back walkover. And I did not have any flexibility issues. For me, I always had backhand spring hands in my back walkover, so it made it difficult to ever stick. I was also way more nervous to do...
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    Coaches How to Teach Kids to Run and Jump Properly?

    I had a private about a week ago and I did the timing thing. That seemed to have helped her speed, but still running pretty flat footed as well as jumping on the board flat footed. We do do a decent amount of bounding type exercises. I will probably just have to add more and really work a lot on...
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    Coaches How to Teach Kids to Run and Jump Properly?

    When I said jumping, I didn't really mean for straight,tuck, split jumps ect. I meant more jumping as in running and jumping (punching) the board and punching the floor to do skills out of. Although we do the jump timers that you mentioned. I like that drill more for tightness. We occasionally...
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    Coaches How to Teach Kids to Run and Jump Properly?

    How do you teach your gymnast to run and jump using their toes/pushing through their ankles and toes? I have one particularly bad case, but a handful of team girls, that for the life of them, cannot run on their toes or jump pushing through their toes. This obviously causes major problems with...
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    WAG Marketing

    I completely agree about the social media. That is definitely an area we need to improve on. Probably our weakest free and easy marketing. We have a Facebook page and Instagram, but it's definitely not utilized nearly enough. And featuring the rec kids on there the most is probably the best...
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    Coaches Incentives for Coaches

    No need to apologize for "ranting". I loved that you were very blunt, and up front. Now I need to be blunt and up-front with the coaches. I believe the rec coaches need to try to actually get to know the kids. Talk to them about their day and find out the things they like and dislike. It's a...
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    WAG Marketing

    Thank you for talking about your experience. It was really insightful. I was worried doing easy tumbling would be too boring, but that's good to know that those passes would still keep people entertained and intrigued if they don't really know what they are looking for. I will definitely keep...
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    Coaches Incentives for Coaches

    Thank you all for your input! I agree 100% with what all you guys said. English is not my boss's first language, so while she said "peppy" maybe she meant more engaging and attentive like you guys were saying, which, hopefully, will be easier to handle. Occasionally, we do do a meeting with the...
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    Coaches Incentives for Coaches

    You hit the nail on the head on everything. I was talking to my parents about this and we all said the same thing. That it was all personality. I am not a bubbly person at all, but I show excitement when a kid makes positive correction or gets a new skill, whereas some of these coaches do not do...
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    WAG Marketing

    You guys are awesome! Great ideas! I really do appreciate it. Thank you! We do have an IG. It's rathe new and I don't personally have an IG, so I don't know how active they are on it. But my guess would be that it's not very active since our Facebook isn't very active. So, I'll definitely bring...
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    WAG Marketing

    I like the coupons in the handouts. Great idea. How often do you do the handouts for both the schools and Chick Filet A? Once a month? And how exactly is"bring a friend" handled? Do you double up instructors for that?
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    WAG Marketing

    That was super helpful! Thank you! Those are great ideas. Have you noticed an increase in member sign up and member retention since implementing all of these?
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    WAG Marketing

    We do have a website and Facebook page. They are decent, I guess. I am personally not a big fan of the website. I should have made that clear, yes, the marketing is really all for the recreational side of the gym. I should have been more clear on the volunteering as well. I didn't mean...
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