A good bridge is a fundamental part of gymnastics. Unfortunately, it is also a movement that gives coaches, healthcare providers, and athletes a lot of problems. Back pain with bridges and other hyper extension skills is a huge issue within gymnastics. There are many factors to what constitutes a good bridge pattern, much more than just […]
Last week in Part 1 of this article series, I outlined the first 4 parts of the new warm up I have created for our gymnasts. In this week, I wanted to give the video link to the last few chunks to our entire 25 minute warm up. Just like last week, here is the […]
One of the most common topics I get asked about is what I have our girls team do for a warm up. Many people have heard me talk about my newer ideas for flexibility, and wonder how they practically show sup in training. The warm up is one big place we put these concepts in. It […]
Strength training and athlete development are topics that are often discussed within the sport of gymnastics. Generally, this is tied in with the intent of directly increasing sports performance and gymnastics potential. As a coach myself, this is often my primary thought process when designing our athlete’s strength blocks and annual plan. However, a topic […]
Today I wanted to quickly share one of my new favorite exercises I got from the strength coaches at Champion PT and Performance. As I’ve talked about before, it’s really important that we are training all aspects of the core equally. As a whole, sporting populations and gymnastics are famous for training lots of anterior […]
Many athletes do a lot of isolated core work like side or front planks, hollow rocks, leg lifts, and so on. This type of core strength is valuable when in conjunction with teaching athletes the basics of breathing, bracing, spinal control. However, we have to remember that we can’t just stop at only core focused or more static […]
It’s known to the gymnastics world that having good form in all skills is pretty much essential to success. You can throw all the craziest skills in the world, but if they are very sloppy the aesthetics look pretty bad, and judges likely break their pens trying to rack up the deductions. Breaking down what “good form” […]
Last year one of my most popular blogs was actually nothing to do with gymnastics or clinical treatment. It was a list of the resources, books, and continuing education courses I had learn from. Being a life long learner is something everyone should do to continuously grow, regardless of their profession or goals. Here is a […]
It’s been a while since I did another case study “From Clinic To Practice” type post. I wanted to get back to them, as readers send me a lot of positive feedback when I write them. During the middle of the season, I had a level 10 gymnast come to me with a lot of chronic right […]
Although many people are in the post season looking to get into strength cycles, I wanted to share one of my favorite drills for developing leg power and explosive quickness. Many gymnasts I work do a ton of leg strength and plyometric based bounding drills (panel mat plyo lines, tuck/split bounces down floor, etc) but may be missing […]
