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    Coaches New littles on team

    I love this idea thank you!!
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    Coaches New littles on team

    Thank you!
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    Coaches New littles on team

    I’ve gained a new group of girls that moved up off of our preteam group. These girls are training USAG 2/3 skills. I’ve been with them for a week and a half now. It’s been a few years since I’ve gotten girls from preteam and I’m not sure if it was the coaching style of the preteam coach, or...
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    Coaches Gym structure

    I’d love to hear about gym structure from others. How do practices run, rotations, coaching dynamics between team coaches, between rec coaches, between rec and team coaches! What rules are in place from management and what’s strictly enforced? (Obviously besides athlete safety which is a given)...
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    Coaches Team games

    Tomorrow our optionals coaches are taking all of our level 9 and 10 girls to a travel meet. So I will be left with level 4-8. I want to do something fun for them but still keep it productive. Any fun game suggestions that include also actually getting things done? Was thinking of breaking...
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    Coaches Elbows

    Thank you!!
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    Coaches Elbows

    I need help with a gymnast who has hyper extended elbows. She’s struggling to understand how to not lock them out vs when it’s actually very bent. Does anyone have any good exercises that work to help strengthen her ability to not lock them out, but also not just collapse? The struggle is often...
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    Coaches BHS shoulder mobility

    Thank you! I’m going to give this a shot! She’s a great hardworking gymnast but she gets very anxious and back tumbling has never been strong for her.
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    Coaches BHS shoulder mobility

    This is something I was thinking about as well. She’s pretty strong but maybe there’s an area that’s stronger vs another causing the disconnect. Also I should mention she has hyperextended elbows that she can sometimes struggle to control. So I’m going to focus more on things for that as well.
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    Coaches BHS shoulder mobility

    Help! I need all of your outside the box drills and ideas here. I have a level 4 who has had a BHS for 2+ years now and we’re still struggling with shoulder mobility. She is never fully opening her shoulders when she tumbles and then is collapsing on her head. The round off one in level 3...
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    Coaches Meet pay

    Coaches, specifically in the United States. How does your pay structure work for meets? Do you get a flat fee? Hourly rate? Mileage? Food? Parking? Hotels for travel meets? What do we consider a travel meet? How far away? If you get a flat fee, what happens when a session is extra long...
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    Coaches Kips

    This is only my second year coaching USAG 4. So forgive me. I have gymnast who will NOT do a straight arm Kip for me. Mom says she’s done it at clinics and other coaches in the gym who have worked with her in privates and semi privates, said she’s been very close For me it’s consistently the...
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    Coaches Athletes who don’t seem to care

    How do you handle athletes that don’t seem to care? I have a few who very often think doing the skill (unwell) is just good enough and don’t really make corrections or put in effort on some events. Its like they only want constant praise. I’ve broken down drills, I’ve explained it in other...
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    Coaches Coaching compulsory children with ADHD

    Does anyone have any good pointers on how to structure rotations (at practice) when a few girls struggle with ADHD? I can see the girls who do not have ADHD are consistent with skills and assignments where my girls with ADHD are more inconsistent but her pull out beautiful routines under...
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    Coaches Not making corrections

    How do you handle athletes who aren’t making corrections during practice? I don’t mean when they don’t understand or need assistance. I mean like deliberately just doing the same thing on repeat over and over without trying to make a change. Not expecting perfection, only expecting effort to...
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