Coaches Conditioning program advice

[presshandstands9]

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 one at least once or twice
Legs
Frog jumps, box jumps, goblet squats, split squats, calf raises, candle roll jumps/ 1 leg stand, resi mat tuck jumps, weighted lunge and squat variations sometimes
Upper
rope climb, push-ups, wall and pike handstand variations, chin-ups pull-ups negatives spotted & holds, dips, plank shoulder taps, plank up & downs, slider pike ins and plank walk sometimes, arch up off something I hold their legs (idk what it’s actually called lol)
Core
Wall bar leg lifts (even tho they can only rlly go half even now after doing them for a long time), vsnaps and tuck snaps, hollow holds and variations, plank holds and variations, arch holds, side planks
I also try to add some at least 1 event a day (for example a 10 min plyo circuit on vault or chin-ups pull-ups contests on bars etc)
I’m probably forgetting some stuff but It would be great to get some help with structure and programming effectively and some feedback on what exercises have good skill translation while still building strength! Thanks

 

[Coach Kate]

A tip that I got while being mentored as a young coach is to break down the major skills you're working on. What muscles are involved? What shapes are they moving through? Then you can come up with exercises to help with those skills.

 

[Pineapple_Lump]

Core body exercises don't have to be complex, you can achieve a lot on the floor with no equipment as a group and it is often far more efficient time wise, than using equipment/stations.

All your upper body exercises will improve with more focus on core strength, versus trying to improve chin up by just attempting more chin ups/variations.

Building strength/conditioning (and flex) activities into your apparatus rotations is also handy. It can be mixed through or done as part of the apparatus warm up.

Personally I don't allow athletes to do first half leg lifts as it doesn't really work abdominals. They must work on an incline or do a tuck (with hip lift) and straighten legs to top, and slowly lower straight legs.

'Simple' activities done well with excellent form and tension are better than difficult activities done poorly.