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understanding and teaching skills

September 11th, 2006 | Gymnastics, sport science

Rick McCharles

Gymnastics Canada recommends coaches use the “Understand – Teach” model.

This is a simplified representation of the process that every coach uses when teaching gymnastics skills.

The fill-in-the-blank form below is the one I use in Canadian coach education workshops to:

  • describe an ideal model of a skill
  • identify important biomechanical “movement patterns”
  • list prerequiste physical qualities necessary
  • list important progressions
  • list common errors seen in the skill, usual causes and possible corrections.

    • It’s a useful tool for coaches.

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    larger version (.pdf format)

    If this form is of interest to you, you can get a detailed 8-page description of how it works. Below is sample content.

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    entire document (.pdf format)

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