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    Coaches 5 year old won't try

    I totally agree with this approach! I like kids to feel like they are doing well, especially when they are only 5. What I try to do in my classes is to break things down a lot, or give them a couple different degrees of difficulty. I will give the example of pullovers. In my gym, we have a lot...
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    Coaches Blogs or forums you get the most ideas?

    I LOOOOOVE Swing Big because it explains a lot. Also, YouTube is very helpful when you find the right channels. These are just a few... - Bounce Gymnstics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyWZMwOZJWIuelkLbpcSNg - Gymnast Crossing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKXy3UIRE1qTQD--9dGiqAA - Tony...
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    Coaches Straight arm kip vs. getting up there

    I struggle with this too for my gymnasts. Sometimes I feel like a kip is better than no kip at all but then other days I feel like they just need to do it right. What I try to do is have the kids who have bent arms on their kip have some kind of conditioning or drill (jump to front support...
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    Coaches Fun games for recreational gymnasts on trampoline?

    Yes, Add-on is a great game! We always play that you have to remember all the skills in the correct order and then if you forget, you are out. Its still one of my favorite trampoline games!... too bad the gym I coach at only has a Tumbl Trak :( Also, you can try seeing who can do the most back...
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    WAG Suspicion that a kid has disabilities, help!

    I recently came a situation similar to yours. I have a beginner class this summer and one of the girls was having a really hard time in my class. She would stand around until I was with her helping her and then when I did help her she was scared of everything or didn't understand even with tons...
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    Do you eat before meets?

    I am not a huge breakfast person to begin with, but when I used to compete I would force myself to eat something (otherwise I would end up with a massive headache by the end of the meet). Usually I stuck to a small breakfast. For example a slice of peanut butter toast, yogurt, a banana, half of...
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    Coaches Tramp rig for floor skills

    Okay, my coach had a couple of spotting rigs around the gym when I was in gymnastics. He had one in the bar area and could put the double mini at. We would do double (sometimes triple) backs or I think some of my teammates did full-ins with it too. We also had a diving board in the gym that...
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    Coaches Looking for suggestions

    So I coach in a gym where we don't follow USAG rules. Instead we go through a program that basically follows high school gymnastics rules for competition. Anyway, we recently had two sisters transfer from a more serious USAG program (they want less commitment). The younger girl is 6 and has...
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    Coaches Tramp rig for floor skills

    Are you talking about like a spotting belt/harness type thing?
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    WAG Coach to gymnast ratio

    The gym I coach at has a team ratio of about 8 or 9 kids per coach. I don't have too many complaints
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    Behaviour issues. (Parents and coaches, please weigh in!)

    As a coach, I have had to deal with tons of situations, but NEVER have I had a kid intentionally hit me. If any of the kids I coached, acted like that they would be sitting out. I would immediately go to your boss or whoever is in charge and inform them of the problem (but have your colleague be...
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    WAG Poem in one of Kerri Strug's Books???

    I know this is incredibly random, and her books are incredibly old, but I remember trying to remember a poem that I read in one of her books... I don't even know which one it was or who it was by (definitely some other author), but I remember reading and being so inspired by this poem that I...
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    WAG How hot does your gym get?

    At my gym we have no AC--we are a small non profit gym and cant afford that kind of thing. Its not too bad when its just hot, but when it gets really humid is when it gets miserable. The building used to be some kind of warehouse so we can open these big garage doors but that only helps if its...
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    Coaches Hydration

    Just a thought (no scientific evidence), the tea thing could be explained because some countries don't have good drinking water, therefore if you boil water and make tea, it gets rid of some of the bacteria.... As for the ice cubes... personally I like cold or at least cool water and our gym...
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    Coaches Preteam conditioning

    Do you have any sliders in your gym?? I love using them as a side station or during a conditioning circuit... here's a ton of different things with sliders. I haven't had a chance to try them all but they look fun!
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