basics

Cartwheel Step-ins with Foam Blocks for Alignment

This set-up with foam blocks offers some great feedback to your gymnasts. You will see this athlete brings her first(left)
Front Layouts over/between Blocks

Thanks @batohaarlem for posting this recently! We particularly liked that the athletes weren’t using the blocks to support the shoulders
Creative Handstand and Pirouette Control Station

CHECK THIS OUT!!! Coach Arsen from @gymnastics_olympica_usa shared this with us and we love it! Athlete uses the side blocks
Basic Tumbling Focus – Creative Sequence

This sequence is just a different way to get your athletes going through the basic elements that you want. Specifically
Front Handspring Refinement Drill for Vault

This is a refinement drill for the front handspring on vault that focuses on lengthening in shape and stiffness during
Tumbling Basics Explained

Sound on… Listen as I talk through some of the basic elements of tumbling during a top level elite skill.
Handstand Training

Best focus on wall handstands – Try to make sure the body is stacked completely on top of the wrists!
Teaching Spotting to improve tumbling connections

Do you teach your kids to spot the floor between their twisting connections? Want safe, consistent and replicable connections? Knowing
Kipping with Ankles to the Bar

This one might seem obvious… or maybe not! We teach our athletes to put their ankles/toes to the bar for
Banded Body Tension Station

Thanks to Nastia Motuzok and @lagoldgymnastics for sharing this great body tension drill with us. Strength training and conditioning is