Category: physical preparation

improving handstands

Dave Tilley has a very comprehensive program for assessing each gymnast — then prescribing the conditioning to improve physical ability.

The motor component — balance — can be trained separately.

Step one is assess active flexibility:

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Click over to his Common Handstand Problems post for details.

about sleep

Can your athletes get more and better sleep?

It’s important for optimal training, healing, growth & development.

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Press Handstand progressions & conditioning

Work active flexibility of the hip flexors.

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top sprinter started as a gymnast

Noah Lyles is the 2019 World Champion in 200m and 4×100m relay.

He switched to Track at age-12 because Gymnastics was getting so expensive. Yet Noah still loves Gymnastics and cheers Gator College Basketball.