As a now former coach, I do not recommend doing most drills at home. That should be something done at practice with your coach in building skill progressions. Skill based shaping and conditioning, and stretching, yes. Please ask your coach what they feel comfortable with you doing at home. I...
That's a lot of very different skills. Are you doing drills and progressions at practice? That's what your coach should be setting up, especially if she is minimizing spotting.
If you can do your back walkover on a line on the floor, you can do it on a beam. Start on a low beam and build your...
I worked for a gym that used studio director and I believe we were able to say mastered, in progress, add notes explaining. It was a good 7 years ago now though!
It depends. We've had kids in high school do three years of silver and not learn any new skills so we do recommend our high school class at that point.
If your coach isn't educated about ankle strengthening, definitely consult a physical therapist. Our girls had a whole routine they did for their ankle health.
I know she's working on her bridge kick over, but as someone who used to help make the decisions about who moved to team, I would never have put a kid without one on it. It's a bummer the advanced preteam group is ending, though, so I think I would just talk to the coach about what your...
My husband, who knows very little about college gymnastics chose LSU as his national champion for the year during preseason!
I honestly just can't believe how many falls there were in that second session.
I worked at one gym that had this insanely detailed compensation list where different certifications and types of classes taught correlated to specific hourly pay increases. If the gym paid for the certification, then you didn't get the pay increase attached to it.
I more recently worked at a...
I have absolutely no dog in this fight - I don't coach anymore, and I never coached 10s, and our daughter won't be doing gymnastics to this extent - but this has been a very interesting conversation for me to follow, so thanks for all the discussion here.
Round off rebound backwards roll
Round off back handspring
Front handspring step out cartwheel
Front hand spring step out round off
Cartwheel dive cartwheel