Australia 2007

GymnasticsCoaching.com editor Rick McCharles toured the sunny Down Under from Jan 9-30, 2007 with stops in Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney. He was invited by Gymnastics Australia who regularly bring in foreign guest coaches to add variety to their (very well attended) State coaching and judging conferences. This page is an index of his presentations, articles, photos, video clips and reports.

Victoria – Leaps and Bounds

Yurchenko | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Landings and Falling | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Rec Boys | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Horizontal Bar | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Computers for Coaches | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Trampoline for Gymnasts | overview PDF | Training Plan PDF | Barani Confusion PDF | presentation and follow-up

Tumbling – Beginners | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Tumbling – Intermediate | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Tasmania

Communication | overview PDF

Tumbling and Vaulting | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Bars and Horizontal Bar | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Trampoline for Gymnasts | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Building a Gymnastics Body | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up | individual conditioning PDF | partner conditioning PDF

Queensland

Ethics | overview PDF

Twisting on Floor | presentation and follow-up | Barani Confusion PDF

Computers and the Internet | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Fun in the Gym | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Landing and Falling Safely | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Developing Boys Programs | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Trampoline | overview PDF | Training Plan PDF | Barani Confusion PDF | presentation and follow-up

Western Australia – Coaching Conference

Favourite Drills for Bars | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Have more FUN in the Gym | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Vaulting made Easy | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Need help with Twisting? | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Trampoline for Gymnasts | overview PDF | Training Plan PDF | Barani Confusion PDF | presentation and follow-up

Computers for Coaches | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Avoiding Overuse Injuries | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Building a Men’s Program | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Offer MORE than just Gymnastics | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

South Australia

Build a Successful Program | overview PDF

Team Building for Coaches | overview PDF

Computers for Coaches | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Understanding and Teaching Skills | overview PDF | Understand-Teach PDF

Build a Boy’s Rec Program | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Fun in the Gym | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Shaping Skills with Drills – Bars | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

New South Wales – Coaches Congress / Education Week

Have more FUN in the Gym | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Building a Boy’s Rec Program | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Drills for Bars and Horizontal Bar | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Trampoline for Gymnasts | overview PDF | Training Plan PDF | Barani Confusion PDF | presentation and follow-up

Avoiding Overuse Injury | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up

Introducing Yurchenko | overview PDF | presentation and follow-up