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This section has been created to help all gymnasts answer questions
about their sport one-on-one with a trained coach. Email
our coaches your anonymous questions and we'll post our answers so
that we can help you and your fellow gymnasts!
QUESTION:
Dear Coach,
I love
gymnastics. I am 14, and I have just started out. I am ahead of my beginner
class thanks to books and the internet. I would like to improve my
upper body strength, how do I do that? My family thinks I should
do recreational but I want to compete, I wanted to go to the Olympics
but I doubt that will happen. My goal is to reach at least level 6 by
the time I am 17. If I exceed it, good for me, if I don’t, Oh well,
always next year. My only problem is that I would have to take a
weekday 1hr 30min class. My gym is so far away I wouldn’t be able to
make it. I really want to compete. How do I show my coach that it
would be worth her while to come down here where I live and teach me
at the YMCA?
--
Thanks,
Courtney
ANSWER:
Dear Courtney,
It is really great to hear about your enthusiasm for gymnastics!
You have the right attitude and a great desire to learn and that will
carry you as far as you would like to go in any sport you choose.
First off, keep your attitude as positive as possible.
This will do a couple of things for you - first, it will allow you to
feel good about your accomplishments in gymnastics regardless of the
level you achieve. One of the things that I try to tell my
gymnasts is that they need to like what they are doing in gymnastics
and have fun at it. Second, it will make you a gymnast that is a
true pleasure to coach. When you are a gymnast that is
enthusiastic and willing to make the corrections the coach is giving,
you will get the most out of every minute you are in the gym and feel
great about your accomplishments.
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QUESTION:
Dear Coach,
Hi, I’m Cay and I wanted to tell you that I can’t make my
cartwheels on the balance beam. I
can get one foot on but I can’t get the back foot on.
Could you give me some tips on how to put my back foot on
there!
--Thanks, Cay
ANSWER:
Dear Cay,
When you are doing your cartwheels on the beam there are a few things
you need to make sure you do. Below
I will list some of the most important things to work on and also a
small list of drills to help make your cartwheels better on the beam.
Finally make sure you listen to the corrections your coaches
give you. Thanks for
writing and good luck!
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