Theory of Training

In gymnastics every training session must have a definite aim. The coach hould never enter the gym without knowing what he wants to accomplish, and what the procedures are to reach hhis goals of thet training session.

The Training FORMAT

1. Detailed lists of gymnastics movements in every event, according to their difficulty ( A,B,C....)
2. The Chracteristics and content of every training session eg.
a) teaching only new movements
b) teaching combination with learned movements
c) training for endurance,
d) Automatization of movements through repetition in exercise form . etc.
3. Time devoted to individual attention per session,
4. The order of events during the training session for All Around Gymnast and the specialist,
5. Clarification and list of general warm-up exercises for each event,
6. The number ( and height ) of apparatus set up for each training session including the number of mats under or around the apparatus.
7. Selection of methods for fitness training and exercise content for All Around Gymnast and the specialist.

The Preparatory Phase........to be continued

To experience Life,
God has given us our bodies,
To experience our bodies,
God has given us Gymnastics.