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This manual represents the first comprehensive overview of all the techniques and aspects of gymnastics coaching for both men and boys. The book is fully illustrated throughout and makes an excellent ongoing reference for anyone involved in coaching.
Introduces the sport of artistic gymnastics.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The 2021-2024 manual outlines the three tracks within the Men’s Development Program, including the Club, National, and Elite tracks. The manual presents the rules and descriptions for each level, championship competition formats, and specific equipment specifications.
Coaching Youth Gymnastics is an invaluable resource for both new coaches and also for more experienced teachers. Those who train coaches will also find much of value in the book. The various disciplines of gymnastics are explained, together with how they fit into the framework of international gymnastic competition, and the author discusses various coaching styles and how they might best be applied in different circumstances. Topics covered in this new book include the role of the coach; sports psychology; floor exercise skills; coaching use of apparatus and preparing for competition. Fully illustrated with 21 colour photographs and 200 diagrams.
Crowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will make you a better sportsperson, whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport.Contents include: The rules and regulations that govern the sport and the roles and responsibilities of gymnasts, coaches and officials during an event. The technical skills in women's gymnastics [vaulting, asymmetric bars, balance beam and floor exercises] and men's gymnastics [floor exercises, pommel horse, rings, vaulting, parallel bars and horizontal bar]. Detailed 'key points' for the gymnstic skills and elements covered. The content and structure of the training regimes...
Excerpt from The New Gymnastics for Men, Women, and Children: With a Translation of Prof. Kloss's Dumb Bell Instructor and Prof. Schreber's Pangymnastikon This book describes and illustrates a new system of physical training. Like air and food, its exercises are adapted to both sexes, and to persons of all ages. The new system has been introduced into female seminaries with complete satisfaction. Its beautiful games, graceful attitudes, and striking tableaux, possess a peculiar fascination for girls. Public classes, composed of adults of both sexes, elicit general enthusiasm. Children under three years of age are warmly interested, . and improved in form and strength. The exercises are arran...
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