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Random thought:
USAG already requires coaches to undergo training for first aid/CPR, concussion safety, and safesport certification. And all these are, on the whole, good things (even if they do feel like an inconvenience sometimes).
But there is no such standardized training for technical side. And while every coach does things differently, there are some underlying principles that every coach should know, and not every coach does. For example, a basic understanding of conservation of angular momentum, and the laws of motion in general as applied to gymnastics, is something that could be distilled into a simple course for coaches to take, and that knowledge is an incredibly powerful coaching tool. A basic understanding of how the musculoskeletal system works, a basic understanding of sports psychology, etc; we don't need full-blown college courses to learn enough to apply it to gymnastics, but a bit of basic understanding of these can go a really long way, and at present there's not really an obvious centralized resource for coaches to learn about these.
What do y'all think?
USAG already requires coaches to undergo training for first aid/CPR, concussion safety, and safesport certification. And all these are, on the whole, good things (even if they do feel like an inconvenience sometimes).
But there is no such standardized training for technical side. And while every coach does things differently, there are some underlying principles that every coach should know, and not every coach does. For example, a basic understanding of conservation of angular momentum, and the laws of motion in general as applied to gymnastics, is something that could be distilled into a simple course for coaches to take, and that knowledge is an incredibly powerful coaching tool. A basic understanding of how the musculoskeletal system works, a basic understanding of sports psychology, etc; we don't need full-blown college courses to learn enough to apply it to gymnastics, but a bit of basic understanding of these can go a really long way, and at present there's not really an obvious centralized resource for coaches to learn about these.
What do y'all think?
