The Daily Gymie

So there’s a hurricane coming for where I live (only a category one though so hopefully it won’t be bad) so if the power goes out I can’t blog… so sorry if there’s a lack of blogging in the next day or two!

fyeahgymnastics:

I don’t know what to do… I miss gymnastics so much so I’m tempted to accept, it’s also just a couple of times a week so it’s not a big commitment, it’s not elite gymnastics so I pretty much have to teach cartwheels and handstands but I’m not good with kids so I don’t know if I can be a good (or at least decent) coach, it’s not like I hate children xD I just don’t know how to interact with them 

Any advice?

Well, when I started coaching little ones, I was REALLY nervous. I felt ridiculous thinking “why the heck do a bunch of five year olds scare me?” haha :)

What I would do is learn all of the technical points of small skills that you will be teaching (hand stands, cartwheels, casts and what not). Then think of putting it into ways that a child would understand. (and you live in Italy right? so you’re going to have to come up with the wording yourself sorry :( )

Another helpful thing is to observe a class. See what kind of terminology the little ones are use to hearing, what events you rotate to, what skills are the main focus of the class and things like that.

Also check out “how to” videos. These seems to be helpful

Lastly, just be confident. You aren’t “training” these gymnasts you are only throwing down some stepping stones. The main focus is to get their energy out and have fun!

Hope I helped!