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    Coaches How to get...

    Thanks again everyone! Over the past few weeks I have just let my daughter go at her own pace and see what would happen and she has gotton REALLY bored working at the other kids level....I did however show her some VIDEOS of training from the summer when she was still working on her more...
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    Coaches How to get...

    Thanks, The other girls are in no way able to do the program my daughter is doing...she is working on preping for PNN for next season (novice pre-national). The other girls barlely level 3. So she is basically training on her own, which is a REAL BUMMER when you are such a young age....I do have...
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    Coaches How to get...

    Anyone have any Ideas? I have an athlete who I have coached for several years now and happens to be the most advanced athtlete in her group. The problem is, that this year the group she is in is a group of new girls who will be competing at a beginner level and she has got it stuck in her head...
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    Coaches Music Suggestions

    Some of these are great! Do you have any others that are similar to "bond" ? Thanks!
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    Coaches Any good drills for...

    Thanks! Yesterday when I trained I did some from a stand on the tramp into the pit..and after I landed a few hundred ( lol ) of those I started from the backhandspring....they are starting to come along now....next move will be from the tramp to the air floor..... Thanks for your help!!
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    Coaches Any good drills for...

    Thanks! Just wanted to be sure....it's been a long time!!
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    Coaches Any good drills for...

    Arabian front (single salto) on floor? I am determined to get mine back, and since it has been, oh about 10 years or so sine i have done one...thought i'd see if anyone has any good drills I can do on tramp, into the pit or on the air floor.... So far I have been doing backhandspring 1/2's to a...
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    Coaches What's the average wage everyone gets?

    Right now I am making approx. 15.00 $ an hour (canadian) and coach levels 2-6. so pre- comp and provincial. I am assistant head coach and am fully level 2 certified in WAG and trampoline have my level 3 theory and first aid and CPR. I do not get paid for my take home work or all my day to day...
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    Coaches Out Of Curiosity...

    It is closer I think from what I know....And I do like that we do get to choose what skills to put in or take out, as you say. How does the system differ in quebec? Is it similar to ours in Ontario? As you can tell I have been out of province for a long time....
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    Coaches Out Of Curiosity...

    Thanks for the reply...I didn't see the ro back handspring in the routine I watched... So I was just wondering why they were so drastically different...Like I said I don't know the USAG code very well, and am wanting to learn / know more about it as my girls move up through the levels...
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    Coaches Out Of Curiosity...

    I was just watching a USAG level 4 floor routine on you tube, and was wondering what the req. are for level 4? I coach L 4 in ontario and i noticed that the US level 4 routine had no flight elements in the acro series? They keep changing our requirments over here, so that we can " keep up" with...
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    Coaches Press handstand troubles

    You could try doing Handstand straddle downs to your feet ( done in control and slowly ), then move on to handstand straddle down to clear, hold clear. working all the muscles you will be using for the press.... also doing presses fron straddle stand against trapezoids stopping in straddle, hold...
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    Need some good front handspring drills

    Have you tried doing front head springs down a cheese wedge? before we even strat front handsprings we teach head spring down a wedge...from a stand. Then progress to fly spring and then handspring...alot of work is done on the trampoline fist...always telling them to keep their "eyes on their...
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    Coaches Conditioning programme

    RE: Conditioning program's Thanks everyone for responding....and for the great idea's!! I am really just looking for some variations on what i am doing right now and that really helps.... The girls I coach are ALL different levels ranging for Ontario Competitive program L2 to L5 ( which is...
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    Handstand stuff..

    you could try planche handstands or backroll to handstand and bach extention to handstand too....those look really nice on beam.
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    Coaches Conditioning programme

    Hello Everyone, Just wondering if anyone has any different / unique conditioning programmes....I am getting a little bored with what I have and I am looking for some new idea's... The gym I coach at is very competitive and people are not very open to sharing/helping people come up with...
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    Roundoffs

    make sure that the hand are turned into a "T" postion when they hit the floor. This allows the gymnast to get the maximum power, push off the floor when coming out of the roundoff...
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    Standing Backs

    also make sure they are flipping / start their rotation at the top of their jump...I always tell my gymnasts to make sure they are at the top of their set before they rotate...
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    Coaches What is the purpose of the level three vault?

    Just wondering about how the USAG level system works...in Ontario our level 3's vault handspring flatback,and they start this at level 2...when they progress to level 4 it's a regular front handspring vault....how do you start from level 2 up to 4 in USAG? I read about the dive roll vault for...
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    Backwalkover hand placement

    It's hard to tell you hand placement without showing or having pic's....but I'll try to describe what I teach my best...remember every coach has their own preference and your coach may want you to do it a didderent way.... When I teach walkover's on beam I get my athletes to do "backhandspring"...

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