Coaches Assessments

[hawaii_gymnast]

When you have kids interested in your club coming from a different club and they come for an assessment to see where they fit, what are you focuses during that 15- 30 minutes?

 

[Gymsanity]

Depends on their level, but I'm usually more interested in their basics than tricks. I also spend most of that time finding out what they enjoy, what they don't, things they take pride in, things they feel need improvement, what are their fears. and most importantly why do they want to move. The last question is probably the most crucial.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

HG; This is not a hard question as I have a form that coaches fill out on the meeting. The following are titles of sections for the coach to write impressions of.

(1) Motivation
(2) Passion
(3) Goals
(4) Fitness/strength/injury (history or current level)
(5) Basic skills (considering last competed level)
(6) Strengths and skills the gymnast sees as assets.
(7) Strengths and skills the gymnast can bring to our gym.

Best, Eric -

 

[pamred4]

My gym does, strength and flexability and includes things like;
Rope climb
Leg lifts
Checking to see if there elbows are hyperextended
Squat test (flexability)
Checks the run/ sprint
Toe flexability
All splits
And many others, we then get emailed the results and told what class we have been put into