So very soon I'm going to be taking my UK level 2 women's artistic gymnastics coaching exam (eeek!!) I've been given of skills/conditioning I'll have to coach and I've written down some ideas..
RANGE OF MOVEMENT FOR SISSONE – Oversplits with back leg on mat? 2 x 15 sec each leg?
CONDITIONING FOR HANDSPRING VAULT – Long front support 2 x 15 sec each leg
Vault- Handstand flat back to mat
- Gymnast lies on front, lift to handstand (coach supports feet)
- Handstand hops
- Run and jump off springboard to stand on coaching block with arms swinging up to ears
- Run and jump to drive roll to stack off mats
- Run, handstand flat back to mat
Bars- Progressions for upstart (kip)
Circuit 1
- Upstarts using floor bar on floor (on slope if possible)
- Leg lifts (With coaching block under low bar)
- Glide swing (with bench?)
Circuit 2
- Push to front support from coaching block under low bar
- Elastics - opening and closing shoulders
- Support full skill
Beam – Cartwheel for back s/s dismount
- Handstand on floor come up to stand on toes with arms up
- Cartwheel on floor beam with correct finish
- Cartwheel stretch jump off floor beam
- Cartwheel stretch jump off floor beam on top of block
- Cartwheel back s/s off block (my gymnasts aren't ready to do cartwheel back s/s off beam so will do it off a coaching block)
Floor – Flick (back handspring)
- Dish to arch (on floor? On two springboards pushed together?)
- Bridge with feet on coach block to show arch shape in flick
- Jump back to back lie on coaching block with mat
- Handstand snapdowns
- Full skill
CONDITIONING for cast to handstand- forward roll pike lift to handstand? X 5 ??
TENSION- for back walkover- Bridge- hold each leg up straight 2 x 10 sec ?
What do you guys think? I have to show that I can take the gymnasts through appropriate progressions. The things I'm struggling most with are the Conditioning, Tension and Range of movement things. Especially Conditioning for cast to handstand and tension for back walkover- not sure if there's better ideas out there than what I've come up with? The gymnasts I'm taking aren't very strong and can't cast to handstand yet..
I'm fairly happy with the skills themselves.. I'm most worried about the float upstart (kip) as it's a skills I never learnt as a gymnast so find it harder to relate. Coaches- what are the key things you find yourself saying to the gymnasts so that they get the correct technique? I say things like get your toes to the bar, extend forward on the glide etc.
Sorry for the long winded post! Been posting quite a bit on CB lately, only discovered it a little while ago, and can't believe how much info there is here- so so useful as a coach especially with my coaching exam coming up... I think I'm getting a little addicted haha
Anyways any advice would be much appreciated
RANGE OF MOVEMENT FOR SISSONE – Oversplits with back leg on mat? 2 x 15 sec each leg?
CONDITIONING FOR HANDSPRING VAULT – Long front support 2 x 15 sec each leg
Vault- Handstand flat back to mat
- Gymnast lies on front, lift to handstand (coach supports feet)
- Handstand hops
- Run and jump off springboard to stand on coaching block with arms swinging up to ears
- Run and jump to drive roll to stack off mats
- Run, handstand flat back to mat
Bars- Progressions for upstart (kip)
Circuit 1
- Upstarts using floor bar on floor (on slope if possible)
- Leg lifts (With coaching block under low bar)
- Glide swing (with bench?)
Circuit 2
- Push to front support from coaching block under low bar
- Elastics - opening and closing shoulders
- Support full skill
Beam – Cartwheel for back s/s dismount
- Handstand on floor come up to stand on toes with arms up
- Cartwheel on floor beam with correct finish
- Cartwheel stretch jump off floor beam
- Cartwheel stretch jump off floor beam on top of block
- Cartwheel back s/s off block (my gymnasts aren't ready to do cartwheel back s/s off beam so will do it off a coaching block)
Floor – Flick (back handspring)
- Dish to arch (on floor? On two springboards pushed together?)
- Bridge with feet on coach block to show arch shape in flick
- Jump back to back lie on coaching block with mat
- Handstand snapdowns
- Full skill
CONDITIONING for cast to handstand- forward roll pike lift to handstand? X 5 ??
TENSION- for back walkover- Bridge- hold each leg up straight 2 x 10 sec ?
What do you guys think? I have to show that I can take the gymnasts through appropriate progressions. The things I'm struggling most with are the Conditioning, Tension and Range of movement things. Especially Conditioning for cast to handstand and tension for back walkover- not sure if there's better ideas out there than what I've come up with? The gymnasts I'm taking aren't very strong and can't cast to handstand yet..
I'm fairly happy with the skills themselves.. I'm most worried about the float upstart (kip) as it's a skills I never learnt as a gymnast so find it harder to relate. Coaches- what are the key things you find yourself saying to the gymnasts so that they get the correct technique? I say things like get your toes to the bar, extend forward on the glide etc.
Sorry for the long winded post! Been posting quite a bit on CB lately, only discovered it a little while ago, and can't believe how much info there is here- so so useful as a coach especially with my coaching exam coming up... I think I'm getting a little addicted haha
Anyways any advice would be much appreciated
