Coaches What's the best way to learn to coach?

[MaddieLynn]

Background: I'm currently 19 and in college. I started recreational T&T at 14 and did a year of competitive T&T at 17/18. I started coaching at the same gym at 16 and so now have 3 years experience coaching preschool through level 4 T&T.

Question: I am very interested in learning to coach WAG. I'd really like to find out if it's something I would like to do with my life (or at least part of it). I enjoy coaching T&T and love working with the kids, but it is nowhere near as complex as I know coaching WAG is. So my question is, how do I learn? My home gym offers only T&T and no one there has experience coaching artistic. I'm in a different state for school anyways. How should I go about this?

 

[iwannacoach]

Find a gym with a coach willing to mentor you.

 

[Aussie_coach]

Find excellent coaches and watch them, ask to shadow them and learn from them. Don't learn from just one but as many as you can.

 

[MaddieLynn]

Any opinions on whether a minor in physical education would be worthwhile or useful if this is something I would possibly want to pursue in the future?