Gymnastics Tips and Techniques Vol. 1 - Bars

Name: Gymnastics Tips and Techniques Vol. 1 - Bars
Rating: 4.6 (14 reviews)

Featuring Coach Mary Lee Tracy

Created bySport Videos

Last updated 11/2018

English

What you'll learn

Students will have a better understanding of the important fundamentals, concepts and drills for the bars event.

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 43m total length

Introduction0:51
Basic Skills22:48
Develop core bar skills through the glide tip, block vs pull drills, and glide-kip progressions, then build shape control, conditioning, and handstand-to-kip cast techniques.
Conditioning Shapes For Circle Skills5:57
Circle Skills6:40
Tap Swings7:13
Closing Comments0:22

Requirements

Knowledge of some basic bars skills would helpful. Uneven parallel bars equipment and mats are necessary for many of the drills.

Description

Learn uneven parallel bars skills and drills from one of the world's top coaches. This comprehensive video provides personal lessons from Coach Mary Lee Tracy, owner of Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in Fairfield, Ohio. Among the topics covered are: Bar Basics, Conditioning Shapes, Circle Skills, Tap Swings and more. This video is a must-have resource for coaches or gymnasts at any level of competition.

About the Coach: Mary Lee Tracy started Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in 1988 and has since coached 27 National team members and several Olympians. Tracy was named USA Gymnastics’ Women’s Coach of the Year three consecutive years (1994-96) and has been the Region 5 Coach of the Year on numerous occasions. Mary Lee Tracy was a 2008 inductee into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Who this course is for:

Coaches and gymnasts at any level would benefit from taking this course.