Women Beam Progression

[Gymnastics15]

What is the best progression from taking a skill from a floor.line to the high beam? For example, Back walkover or a backhand spring

 

[Mthegymqueen]

Floor line, laser beam, low beam with panel mats (remove panels as you go), low beam, high beam with resi, high beam

(spots can be used on any beam you need)

This is the most common for my gym, but do what is the most comfortable for you

 

[InMyGymMomEra]

What is a resi?

 

[raenndrops]

What is a resi?

A L2/L3 vault stack.

 

[raenndrops]

Floor line, laser beam, low beam with panel mats (remove panels as you go), low beam, high beam with resi, high beam

(spots can be used on any beam you need)

This is the most common for my gym, but do what is the most comfortable for you

We don't have a laser beam, so we went (making 5 in a row to move up):
Floor line, low beam with panel mats (remove panels as you go), low beam, crank beam (cranked all the way down, cranking up 1 complete turn every 5 in a row), crank beam on competition height, high beam.
Obviously, this wouldn't all happen in 1 day, especially with BWO. The next day, either start where you left off or move back 1 step. If you are REALLY struggling, go back to floor beam with panel mats, but making 3 in a row before moving up each step.

 

[coachinmi]

Floor line, laser beam, low beam with panel mats (remove panels as you go), low beam, high beam with resi, high beam

(spots can be used on any beam you need)

This is the most common for my gym, but do what is the most comfortable for you

Along with floor line/laser beam, I'd always recommend working the skill upwards [like up onto a panel mat].

What is a resi?

A big squishy mat. also might be called a portable pit/portapit.

 

[Aussie_coach]

You can create so many different progressions.

Line on floor, foam beams, laser beam, low beam with mats stacked to the height of the beam, with a mat, without a mat, medium beam mats stacked to beam height, with and without mats, high beams mats stacked, with and without mats, beam wideners.

These progressions can be broken down further, with different thickness of mats.

I encourage gymnasts to take as many or as few steps as they need. For example if your gymnasts is sticking them consistently on low beam, but doesn’t feel ready for medium beam, they can try as many set ups as they need with different mats etc.

The key to beam is not just the physicality of the skill but the mental side too. They have to prove to themselves over and over again that they can do it.