On this site I’ve linked only 4 posts referencing books and manuals. But 60 references to video clips and DVD.
Gymnastics coaching is so complex it is difficult to explain on paper. A few great books and manuals have been written. But most of those sit on the shelf getting dusty.
It’s easier and faster to access digital content like a video clip on YouTube, a web page, or this blog, for example.
The once excellent Gymnastics Canada competitive coaching manuals (one published 22-years-ago) still have some good content. But at a recent coaching course nearly every coach attending found them outdated, questioning why they were mandatory.
Jeff Thomson in New Zealand found a solution to the dilemma of outdated curriculum texts. He put together binders of up-to-date articles and book excerpts. This is legal, cost effective and the resource was far more useful to coaches than any text.
Are there any excellent, up-to-date coaching manuals available in 2006?
I help promote the Up Down All Around gymnastics lesson plans. No coach or teacher wants to take a laptop into the recreational program — hard copy lesson plans are best.
Other lesson plans are good value too. Gymnastics Canada’s CanGym program I recommend to all recreation coaches and leaders. It is currently under revision, by the way.
Please leave a REPLY below if you have any other books and manuals to recommend. We will post them on the blog.
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