Floor - Diagonal tumbling point game
split group into 2 Teams, put them in opposite corners, call out tumbling or skills, both groups go (all do that skill in their diagonal). Whichever team did it nicer collectively gets the point, most points at the end wins and gets to pick if they wanna do...
Beam - Beam War!
Get a card deck and split into teams or partners, each suit is an assignment, forr ex heres what i do for my xcel golds (the card # is how many they have to do that are stuck/nice) when a team finishes a card/assignment they put a tally on whiteboard, team that gets the most...
For bars some good strength base things to work on are
Chin up holds and slooooow lowers
Pike Hangs
Chin levers with Spot
Leg lifts
Hollow / arch variations
Inverted candle hangs
etc
I think the number one progression would be Inverted candle hangs!
Basically count to ten while helping support weight by spotting shoulders, this is a great shaping tool and can be fun once theyre able to do themselves.
They start in front support then tell them to squeeze super tight and drop...
Hey guys! Looking for some conditioning program advice
I don’t find what we are doing now is translating to skills well, or really making too much improvement.. I have silvers and golds 3x a week 3hr practices
Currently we rotate through these exercises through the week, but usually we hit each...
This is some of our daily physical prep that we rotate through- we do in warmup but you could add into conditioning too! Adjust numbers if needed too
- 30s x each side Passe holds on unstable surfaces (Pit cube / Bosu ball)
- 3-6/ each foot 4 square hops on 1 foot
- 30 calf raises w 3s hold at...
This is some of our daily physical prep that we rotate through- we do in warmup but you could add into conditioning too! Adjust numbers if needed too
- 30s x each side Passe holds on unstable surfaces (Pit cube / Bosu ball)
- 3-6/ each foot 4 square hops on 1 foot
- 30 calf raises w 3s hold at...
We do the card game at my gym!! Ie spades: 20 reps hearts: 15 reps etc
#2 is vsnaps
#3 is leg lifts
Etc
You can also do this with suits like
Spades= vsnaps
Clubs= chinups
Hearts= high box jumps
Diamonds = pistol squats
Etc
I’m about to start coaching a small Xcel Silver group — just two 11-year-olds training 3 hours, 3 times a week. I’m used to running practices with larger groups where I can use circuits and stations, but with only two kids, I’m not sure how to structure things efficiently. What are some good...