boys

I was just wondering if boys gymnastics training is different than girls when it comes to conditioning or stretching exercises. My 6 yr old ds is taking a beginner/intermediate boys class and wanted to do some light conditioning with him at home (maybe 2 days a week). What exercises other...

We had our first practice for the Fall tonight with my L4 boys, there are 3 new guys I'm working with so there is a total of 8! One of these boys however has Asperger's. He gets very angry with the other team mates, and does not understand if told to do push ups because of talking why he is...

In level 4-6 on vault, boys are judged on their run and their arm circle, among other things. THey are deducted if their hands cross the center line of their bodies on the run, and they are deducted if they don't arm circle. Leszek Blanik would lose an entire point before he even reached the...

Hello, Does anyone know if L5 HB will have a flyaway dismount as a bonus? Last season I saw some boys doing it...However it was not on the required skill list..or bonus list...(as far as I know) What happens if boys do it anyway without it listed on the compulsory routine?? deduction? thanks J

I just started coaching a level four boys team, they are very good boys, but very inexperienced. I do not have much experience coaching boys, however I was a gymnast for 10 years (I'm female). :confused: I feel that I am at a loss for drills on the Rings, and for the Pommel Horse, and even the...

My little brother (3.5) has been playing with gymnastics for a while, and since we saw he was pretty serious about staying with it (for a three-year-old), we are now sending him to a real gymnastics gym. He's in a toddler class, and is obviously very beginner, but there is not one other little...

It seems that coaching young boys is quite a challenge for coaches....Not only are there so few boys in comparison to girls, but there are so many different ways that they learn the skills, personalities, etc. I am sure that coaching girls is just as difficult, but it seems boys are harder...

My 6 year old has been taking a gymnastics class for about 4 months now. There are only like 2 or 3 kids in his class so they get a lot of one on one attention from the coach. My question is this: Are there the same levels for boys as there are for the girls? And since they have 6 events instead...

Hi I am interested to know what people (MAG coaches) feel is essential to start with new boys that start their program (conditioning and skills). For example do you start boys on Press to Handstand work from day 1, or manna work, or giants etc.. What do you feel are the most important things to...

Update #11 to the boys' USA JO rules has been posted on the USAG site (you can get it here. Among other things, it has one MAJOR change: levels 8-10 are switching to the FIG open-ended scoring system. Thoughts? In principal, I think it's an excellent idea, but there are two major problems in...

We started a new class at the gym: Extreme Sports Cross-Training. We describe the class as: Extreme Cross Training is a non-traditional gymnastics course geared towards skateboarding, BMX, motocross, wakeboarding, snowboarding, extreme martial arts, hip-hop, and anything else that inverts...

I am coaching a boys and girls rec classes. I need some help with the boys. Since I haven't spent a lot of time watching the boys team work out, I find myself not using the pommel horse and rings much because I'm not sure what to do on them. Also I have a vast difference in skill levels and...