One of the many things I admire about GAGE is how little time is wasted between turns.
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Month: April 2020
Uchimura – triple twisting double layout
An excerpt of this is the video I use most in coach education courses. Talking safe landings. Bringing massive impact forces to zero.
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“conditioning penalties”
What lesson does the athlete learn if they must climb the rope when they fall on a bar routine? They learn that mistakes are bad, conditioning is bad, rope climbs are bad, they start to stress about making mistakes, that leads to performing carefully, which usually leads to more mistakes. That eventually leads to more rope climbs. So again, what did the athlete learn?
If the athlete fell on a skill, wouldn’t it be more efficient to figure out why, and work on fixing it? …
Get Psyched – Stop Punishing your Athletes!
A good rope climb should feel rewarding. 🙂
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I agree. In most situations it’s a mistake to punish by requiring additional conditioning.
Once in a rare while you might throw in a contest where the “winner” is rewarded with less than the day’s normal conditioning.
Ellie Black’s left leg
Work those single leg squats, ladies.
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training landings at home
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Constructing Landing Pits
The American Gym offers some tips on safe pit construction:
… Training pits should be longer and wider than competition matting requirements. Since gymnasts have not yet mastered the skills they will be performing, like they would in competitions, they need a larger margin of safety …
Taylor Houchin – Vault
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Via Katie Norris on College Gym News.
Nutzo the squirrel
Nutzo has gone viral on Facebook.
coaches are MISSING their gymnasts
Cirque du Soleil – 60 minute special
Cirque on April 3rd posted another FREE hour long video edit.
This one includes the incredible Amaluna Bars act — dozens of skills included from all era’s of Asymmetric Bars history.
Enjoy.
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