How many times have you said, “Watch the BEAM” ??
Why doesn’t someone invent a Beam training aid designed to give gymnasts more visual feedback?
That’s the brainchild of coaching legend Leonard Isaac. He first showed it to Tammy Biggs, Kathryn Geddert, Chellsie Memmel and Tumbl Trak Staff in March.
details on Tumbl Talk
Just now made available for sale, the Laser Beam is being introduced at Tumbl Trak “Choose Your Habits” Coaches Clinics nationwide. Those are FREE.
Next HABITS clinic is this Saturday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. (Register here.)
More HABITS clinics.
Having worked with the new floor Beam for weeks now, it’s clear to me that more visual information is better than a blank Beam. But that each gymnasts uses that information in different ways.
It’s most helpful for asymmetric skills (cartwheels, aerial cartwheel, layout step out, backward handspring stepout, side somi, etc.)
related – THE WHO, WHAT, HOW AND WHAT’S NEXT OF THE LASER BEAM by Carrie Spender Lennox
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