What You Will Learn!
- Students will have a better understanding of the important fundamentals and skills in the gymnastics for the balance beam event.
- Students will understand important details that will help the keep their balance and form while performing various skills.
- Students will develop the confidence to perform new skills using proper progressions and drills..
- Students will develop the coordination and concentration necessary to perform the balance beam event.
Description
About the course:
This is volume four of a comprehensive four-part gymnastics program featuring Amanda Borden. In this video, Amanda takes her team through a wide variety of progressive drills for the vault. Among the topics covered are: plyometric drills, speed drills, running drills, hurdles, board position, heel drive, blocking, the Tsukahara vault and the Yerchenko vault. An excellent resource for coaches, parents and gymnasts.
About the coach:
Amanda Borden was captain of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team, which took home the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. They made history by becoming the first U.S. Womenʼs Gymnastics team ever to win an Olympic games. Amanda also spent six years on the US women’s National Team. She has competed in several World Championships, was a Pan-American double Gold Medalist and the 1995 USAG Sportswoman of the Year. In 2004, Amanda opened the Gold Medal Gymnastics Academy in Tempe, Arizona, and has since added another gym in Chandler, Arizona. She also serves as a gymnastics and cheerleading commentator for CBS Sports, Fox Sports, ESPN and NBC. Amanda Borden is a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame and US Olympic Hall of Fame.
About the vault event:
Both men and women compete on vault, although the platform is slightly higher for the male gymnasts (1.35m) than for female gymnasts (1.25m). Judging for this event is based on a number of factors. Gymnasts are expected to land cleanly, with no hops or steps, and within a set landing zone on the landing mat. They must also demonstrate good technique and execution in the actual vault. Falling or stepping on landing incurs deduction, as will lack of height off the table, or distance from the table. Vaulting has been an Olympic event for men since the modern Games began in 1896. Women have competed individually in the event since 1952.
Who Should Attend!
- Coaches and gymnasts at any level would benefit from taking this course.