Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect

“Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent.” OR “Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes habits.”   Most of us have


Vault Board Intro for the Yurchenko

Vault Board introduction for beginning Yurchenko work! So you work all the cartwheel step ins and roundoff turnover work for


Kip Drills for the compression finish

You can’t spot every kip an athlete does… so how do you create the right habits? By drilling the pieces


Beam Dismount Series: Part 2

Beam Dismounts need attention and disciplined progressions! This is Part 2 of Lindsey Stancil’s (Xquisite) beam dismount progression series. Make


Alternative Core Exercises

From Coach Logan Hursh! I’ve seen some ab/core exercises floating around so here are… Two true abs exercises. First video


Vault Rebound – Shape Change

Here is a great shape change drill for vault. Athletes do a pike bounce onto a fairly soft board. As


Sharpening the Axe

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” -Abraham


Yurchenko Blocking drill

Throwback circa 2012! Here’s a #allthemats yurchenko blocking drill! Idea is to clearly work the jump to a nice tight


Teaching Beginner Flip Shaping

“Every flip in gymnastics ideally starts with a layout before changing shape to accelerate (if necessary).” We have been using


Releve Work for Beam and Floor Turns

Releve work for turns on Beam and Floor. Here is a series of turn drills that help your athletes work