Recent content by coachpamela

Lol-I coach a high school team and our seniors always get to pick a theme and we order T-shirts...well 2 years ago the seniors picked "Yes, we can do flips and stuff!". I thought that was funny-I was/am a gymnast and always remember that question too (so can you do flips and stuff?). Take care.

thank you very much, i appreciate any advice. I want to be the best I can be at this.

What if you tried putting something fairly flexible like a wrist band or even pre wrap around your wrists so they are held together, and with a spot try doing your backwalkovers on the floor? Your hands can't move apart that way, and you can train your arms where to be. We do that sometimes...

I am a 3rd year H.S. JV gymnastics coach, I was a gymnast back in the 80's and recently returned to my h.s. to coach with MY former coach. Anyhoo, I find that it is really hard to teach girls at this age at this level, as many are brand new or haven't done it since they were 6. One challenge I...

I coach high school gymnastics, which means we have girls at levels 7 and 8 (for the past 3 years we had a level 10 but she quit gymnastics :confused: ) but also girls who have never done gymnastics, trying to teach them a proper cartwheel or a backhandspring. It's a challenge to teach beginners...

One of our girls has to "straddle" her legs when she passes the low bar every time or she will hit her feet. Once we had to compete in a loft gym with a low ceiling (that's high school gymnastics for ya) and she actually hit her foot onthe ceiling beam. I guess I should ask the head coach if...

Hi, I'm a 37 year old mom of 1 little girl who is about to be 2. I have been doing gymnastics since I was little, and I competed high school gymnastics back in the 80's. Now I am a stay-at-home-mom for 8 months of the year, and coach high school gymnastics at the same high school with the same...