by Coach Brittany | Dec 25, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches, Gymnastics, Motivational Blog
5 Benefits of Daytime Training For Competitive Gymnasts (And Other Sports) Is it okay to miss school for training? If so, how much? When is the best time to incorporate that type of schedule? Should they be of a certain age or level? These are questions I hear all the...
by Coach Brittany | Oct 10, 2017 | Coaches, Gymnastics
How many hours should a pre-competitive gymnast be training? This seems to be one of the most popular questions I get from coaches. What is reasonable at what age and level? Through trial, error and many years of experience teaching pre-comps, I have come up with a...
by Coach Brittany | Sep 21, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches, Gymnastics, Motivational Blog
Over my years of coaching I have come up with a few ways to help make stretching more exciting and worth-while for my younger aged athletes. Of course it is not something I do every practice because training flexibility has to be serious as well. It takes discipline...
by Coach Brittany | Sep 19, 2017 | Coaches, Gymnastics
Flexibility is such an important part of gymnastics that I find it is often overlooked because most athletes don’t enjoy it and would rather train skills. In the past couple years I have noticed that flexibility overall has decreased in gymnastics. Is that just...
by Coach Brittany | Sep 4, 2017 | Coaches, Gymnastics
Before We Start Teaching pre-competitive gymnasts is very tough. In fact, I find it to be the most difficult of all the levels and age categories that there are to teach in gymnastics. I have had the opportunity to raise many pre-competitive (pre-comp) groups from...
by Coach Brittany | Aug 17, 2017 | Athletes, Coaches, Motivational Blog, Parents
The most exciting time of the year for most people is summer break. There is no school, you can sleep in and most importantly you get to hang out with your friends without worrying about it being a school night. Other than school, summer is usually a time when you...
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