about this site

New users recommended to first browse the BEST resources page.
Repeat visitors check the NEW resources page.

Artistic gymnastics coaches have astonishingly few good resources to help them in the gym. This opinionated site indexes what is available on the internet and points to useful articles, books, videos and clinicians. New resources are added continually.

Resources we like best are posted higher on the page. Most links open in new windows. (Close those when you are finished looking at them.)

Links sometimes do not work. Sites disappear overnight, or move pages somewhere else. Of course we endorse nothing you find linked to this site — we merely thought you might find it interesting.

If you have any favourite coaching resources we might add, please e-mail to let us know. Most postings are in English but we would be happy to include good resources in other languages.

Rick McCharles

Website editor Rick McCharles is a Canadian coach & clinician. This site is called Internet NEED to Know — providing need to know information quickly. E-mail Rick

Other articles by coach Rick McCharles Gymnastics: Shaping Skills with Drills   introducing the “flyaway”   introducing “cast to handstand” Gymnastics: Understand > Teach Model revisited , Injury prevention: Gymnastics Rips on the Hands Trampoline: preventing “barani confusion“ Psychology: Why coach gymnastics? Recreation: Up Down All Around school lesson plans Coaching: Team Building ... for Coaches Planning: Gymnastics in Australia 1993