From observing a few gyms practice sessions, I noticed such a wide and diverse range of ways practice sessions are conducted. I am assuming results at meets and/or success are directly related to practice sessions. With both gyms having same total number of practice hours, about 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, Gym A spends about 30 mins doing warm-up, stretching and some conditioning exercises and the 2 and 1/2 hours doing all 4 events everyday with a little more conditioning built in and all under coach watching. Gym B spends about 1 1/2 hours doing conditioning, stretching exercises by the gymnasts on their own and then 1 1/2 hours solely on events. Events are alternated and same events are never practiced back to back and sometimes two to three days in between. Gym B incorporates more TOPS/national team type warm ups. Gym A does no rope climbing holding handstands, presses (I mentioned this because I recall dunno say in a previous post rope climbing and some TOPS abilities testing is the foundation and paramount to gymnastics).
Coaches: which training do you think is a better training session? If neither, what do you feel is the ideal practice session? Parents and gymnasts: if your practice sessions are different from either of the above, can you share what your practice sessions are like and how successful is your team?
Lastly, which of the gyms listed above you feel is producing the stronger team? I know a lot more rides into developing a successful team. So just to keep it real Gym A coach is more hands on and less time wasted waiting around. Gym B coach offers less supervision and a little more waiting around. What is your guess?
Coaches: which training do you think is a better training session? If neither, what do you feel is the ideal practice session? Parents and gymnasts: if your practice sessions are different from either of the above, can you share what your practice sessions are like and how successful is your team?
Lastly, which of the gyms listed above you feel is producing the stronger team? I know a lot more rides into developing a successful team. So just to keep it real Gym A coach is more hands on and less time wasted waiting around. Gym B coach offers less supervision and a little more waiting around. What is your guess?