drills

I'm still a newbie and I'm not even exactly sure how to word my question. DD is a young 5 and was invited this summer to join her gym's level 1/2 team. I know that many gyms don't compete at this level, and this is probably the equivalent of an early level pre-team at most other gyms. My...

OK, there's a possibility I may be roped in to coach some conditioning while DD is at practice. It's more trampoline and tumbling kids than WAG, so I figure they aren't going to need some of the upper body stuff (for bars) and stuff like split leaps can be left off. So. I need handstand...

What are some drills for giants & cast handstands? (Straddle or Straight Body.) My coach says i'm strong enough to do straight body but i always bend my arms at the top or lean too far over the bar. ( I'd rather straddle tbh but it's all goood! :)) but yeah! what are some good drills that i...

Hi Guys DS - 15ish and ex lower level gymnast has work experience comming up. He is spending the week at Pink and Fluffy's gym where he is currently helping out with the rec groups two nights a week. Hubbie and I have suggested in his spare time he puts together a file of basic drills and...

I do private lessons with a girl who wants to learn a back handspring. I have her doing back limbers and back handsprings over a barrels and those are looking great. She also does jump body slams and those look good also. When I spot her in a resi pit, she brings her legs up way before she...

Are there any drills or suggestions to keep kids from slamming down into their bridge sloppily. They can do good handstands, but after that point it's so sloppy.:mad:

So I've got my coaching exam coming up next week and I've got a basic idea of what I'm going to do, but I need a few more ideas for drills for some of the skills. For 'arm pulling strength' all I have is 5X chin ups in overgrasp and 5X chin ups in undergrasp, but obviously that won't take up...

At my gym we do conditioning drills when my crossfit manic coach feels like having fun (it may be fun for her, but it is SO not fun for us!) and we also do them for punishment. For me, ALL of them are kinda annoying, but my least favorite (which, of course, is my coach's favorite) is when we...

I am desperately scouring the internet for sole circle drills. How do you teach a sole circle? Not the dismount, the real, all the way around the bar sole circle. We only have a high strap bar. I have never spotted them but I know how, but I still don't feel like that's a safe way to start...

We have decided to have our level 3s do the new single leg basket swing (instead of forward stride circle) in preparation for competition next year, as it is closer to the kipping action than the forward stride circle. The girls are doing okay with the skill using a bent leg, but they must have...

Some of my girls are having an hard time understanding (or "doing"-for lack of a better word) the snap at the end of their front handsprings to get a good consistent rebound. I am consistently training the front...reach, kick and block But perhaps someone knows of some drills that will help...

I just watched a Youtube video of Austin White on Double Mini, paused it, and watched the transition from the floor to the apparatus frame by frame. He does not jump up onto the DMT. He picks up his feet out in front of him, knees bent, with his butt at DMT level, and as he hits the front of...

I am wondering if any of your gymmies have ever done a vault drill with a set up similar to the picture below. In case the pic is too dark, there is a large spotting block covered with a sting mat behind the table. My understanding is that the girls were trying to clear the spotting block and...

I never seem to have enough drills for these skills, if anyone could help me out that would be greatly appreciated!

Does anyone have good suggestions for getting a bigger split in my switch leap? I'm really flexible in my legs and can do a 180, maybe even beyond in just a regular leap but for some reason the switching legs just screws it up. Also, can I have some suggestions for Strugs(tour jete 180 with...

Does anyone have any thoughts on helping a slow twitch-y kid do the best she can do at gymnastics? Not sayin' its her only problem but it's probably a big reason she has such a hard time with vault.

We are gearing up for high school gym season around here and our team is looking to make a few changes to our program. One of the big ones is having set rotations requiring the girls to spend X amount of time at each event, even if it is not one they typically train/compete. So I am in the...

My little one has been struggling with her turns on beam a little and her handstands have been what I call "Heel clackers" where she touches her heels together (about three-quarters of the way to vertical) and then goes down. Are there any at-home drills that can help this? She practices at...

Alright guys, so I teach a level 4 girls class, but a little boy was put into my class this year because our gym unfortunately doesn't offer any higher level classes for boys. I know nothing about pommel horse, only that I want to try to accommodate the little boy and give him something to work...

OK, so... My DD is 8 and a new level 4. She started pre team at the age of 6. She competed one L3 invitational meet this spring (was technically our 'off season') for fun and loved it. DD is essentially brand new to her gym, again. See, we switched gyms in late fall and based upon original...