by site editor Rick McCharles (RickMcCharles@gmail.com)
These are notes, videos and links for coaches who attended the National Coaching Certification Program Coaching Clinic Level 3 – Women’s Artistic
I was organizing course conductor.
Exelta Gymnastics, Red Deer
June 22-27, 2012
INTRODUCTION
UNDERSTAND – TEACH model (VIDEO)
– Understand – Teach Handstand (VIDEO)
– Biomechanics (VIDEO)
PHYSICAL Preparation
– STRENGTH (VIDEO)
– FLEXIBILITY (VIDEO)
– USA TOPs (Talent Opportunity Program) Overview
– commentary on recent changes to TOPs (with videos)
ARTISTIC Preparation / Leaps, Jumps, Turns / Choreography

spivak {a} telus.net
Consultant and choreographer for any club. Contact Julia for availability and rates.
Computers and the Internet for coaches (VIDEO)
BEST sources of coaching videos for Artistic Gymnastics coaches:
• American Gymnast Gymnastics on Demand videos (now FREE)
• GymSmarts videos ($30/DVD)
… Gymnastics Minute YouTube channel (FREE)
• Geddert DVDs ($30/DVD)
• Oakville – Sabrina Gill’s YouTube channel
To download videos from YouTube (and other sites) try savevid.com … select MP4 (iPod) when prompted
VAULT Introduction (VIDEO)
– Yurchenko
– Tsukahara (VIDEO)
– Handspring Front (VIDEO)
more photos from this clinic
UPDATE … There’s more to be added. But coaches are setting up a Dropbox folder to share their course videos. I’ll wait to link to that first. 🙂

