Hi! So I've been coaching preschool gymnastics for about 7 years and the program at my gym has changed quite a bit. Before, for 3-4 year olds we used to do three seperate circuit. It was so that there were less kids with each coach. One was more focused on bar/hanging skills, one on...
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So I have been coaching for six years now and none of my gymnasts ever got really injured. Except last Sunday. She over rotated a front somersault hit her head on her knee resulting in an orbital bone fracture and a concussion. I know it was an accident and I couldn’t have done anything...
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I'm struggling with some girls who are throwing their head and shoulders backwards when doing a standing back tuck as they would do in a backhandspring. Other than squeezing a sponge between your chin and neck and jumping straight up unto a pile of mats and then doing a tuck, what other...
Hi! I'm not in gymnastics, I'm in cheerleading but I still wanted an answer from gymnasts or gymnastics coaches since I trust those more. So my elbow are hyperextended elbows and it's really bad. I've been working on my roundoff back handspring for two years and my coach has been telling me that...
I am aware that I am throwing myself backwards. When someone is spotting me, I am able to be way more vertical but I am too afraid to do it alone because I'm struggling to rotate when I jump straight up. Is it normal that I feel like it's harder to rotate when I jump straight instead of backwards?
Hi! So I've been looking for fun ideas for warm ups for my groups. Nothing to complicated just something that they'll like doing and will be warmed up after. My girls are aged 9 to 14 and are recreational. Please tell me about anything you do with girls if you coach and anything you like to do...
Hey! So I've done my back tuck yesterday from a block to a mat and I can actually land it on my feet! I know it's still not high enough but here's a video so maybe you can help me better!
I do have it on a trampoline and I am talking about a standing back tuck. I think I might not be getting enough height because I'm not fully extending my body before I start rotating. Is it possible to do a back tuck without having your arms by your ears before rotating? Because everytime I...
My girls are level three rec which means they do like roundoff and handstands/cartwheels on beam. And I wish I could do the foam cube tossing thing but there are no foam cubes at my gym..
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I'd like toget some help from coaches out there on how to include games while still working. My girls are aged from 10 to 14 years old so I need games for teenage girls. I' also like games on every apparatus if possible. Thank you!
I actually do not have a back tuck on a trampoline but I'm not sure it's a good idea because once I use a trampoline, I get used to it being bouncy and I stop pushing. That's what happened at the beginning with my back handspring. When I first did it on floor, I was pushing. Then I worked on it...
Hi! So I've been practicing my back tuck for a long time and I don't know what to do anymore. If I have rotation, I'm so close to the ground but if I I get enough height, I have no rotation. No one seems to be able to tell me what to do to combine both rotation and height. I mean there must be...
hi! so I have to create 8 different activities to help three years old develop movements in gymnastics using less material possible! It would include like walking like a cat on a triangle mat or doing a bear walk on something else but I just have no inpiration! so please help!! and it has to be...