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Advanced Forward Tumbling

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


This DVD on advanced forward tumbling is the natural extension from Mas Watanabe’s Teaching Tumbling Fundamentals. He covers advanced forward tumbling skill from three entry points, from a run, from a front handspring, and from twisting backwards tumbling.

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Advanced Leaps

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$54.95
 


Learn the Five Essential Advanced Leaps for Elite Competition

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Advanced Tumbling - 3 disk SET

Gehman, Tony

DVD
$75.00
 


Disk I: Twisting Backwards Disk II: Multiple Flipping Disk III: Warm-up & Conditioning Drills

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Advanced Tumbling I - Twisting Backwards

Gehman, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Tony Gehman’s Advanced Tumbling – Twisting Backwards covers everything a coach or athlete needs to know to successfully learn and perform these advanced and difficult tumbling skills. Tony starts by discussing the necessary prerequisite skills and body positions needed before attempting to learn these complex skills.

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Advanced Tumbling II - Multiple Flipping

Gehman, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn the most effective techniques for multiple flipping backwards. Tony Gehman’s Advanced Tumbling – Multiple Flipping builds on the prerequisite skills covered in Advanced Tumbling – Twisting Backwards and covers the progressions to develop the strength and aerial awareness to learn these difficult and complex skills.

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Advanced Tumbling III - Warm-up & Conditioning

Gehman, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Warm-up, conditioning and body shaping drills that increases strength & reduces injuries.

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Aerials & Aerial Flipping Skills

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Whether you are a gymnast or cheerleader, aerials are a must have skill. On this DVD, Tammy Biggs covers everything needed to teach or learn aerials and aerial flipping skills.

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Back Handsprings - The Secret Techniques

Feeney, Rik

Book
$19.95
 


This book is for cheerleaders, gymnasts, dancers, martial artists, parents, and instructors, literally anyone who wants to learn a back handspring safely.

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Balance Beam - Back Tumbling Step-out Series DVD

Rodriguez, Debbie

DVD
$29.95
 


A continuation of Debbie Rodriguez's It's About Stability Series. Learn the back handspring to layout-stepout tumbling series on the balance beam

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Balance Beam - It's About Stability

Rodriguez, Debbie

DVD
$29.95
 


Whether you are a recreational gymnast or a high level international competitor, the balance beam is almost always more enjoyable if you stay on, don’t wobble or fall off. In this DVD, Debbie Rodriquez gives her unique training techniques and philosophy that have helped gymnasts of all levels improve and enjoy more success and satisfaction working on the beam.

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Balance Beam - Round-off Dismounts

Rodriguez, Debbie

DVD
$29.95
 


A continuation of Debbie Rodriguez's It's About Stability Series, learn to perform and sucessfully complete round-off Dismounts with confidence.

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Balance Beam Dismount Basics

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Develop the root skills necessary to perform advanced balance beam dismounts.

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Balance Beam Handstand Complexes

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn the essential handstand skills for balance beam with warm-ups developed by Tammy Biggs

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Balance Beam Training for Compulsory's

Jarrett, Cheryl

DVD
$29.95
 


In this DVD, Cheryl Jarrett shows basic drills to work on for all levels of the beam compulsory routines and how to get “on-time” routines.

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Ballet Bar Complex #1

Markova, Antonia

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn the Ballet Bar Complex created for the Elite TRaining Program. This DVD, Ballet Bar Complex #1, was developed by Antonia Markova for the United States Elite program. It is taught to all elite women gymnasts.

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Bars A-Z

Retrosi, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Tony Retrosi’s, Uneven Bars A-Z, gives you a plan to develop uneven bar skills past the elements in the level 4 through 6 compulsory routines for optional competition.

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Basic Tumbling for all levels Men & Women

Tomita, Yoichi

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Yoichi Tomita explains simply, clearly and effectively basic tumbling skills, rolls, walkover and cartwheels, and front and back tumbling.

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Be Seen...Making your College Recruiting Tape

Connelly, Dan

DVD
$29.95
 


Dan explains simply, clearly and effectively what college coaches look for in a college recruiting video/DVD.

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Beam Complexes

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Tammy Biggs saw a need to develop an effective set of Balance Beam warm-up drills to improve the weaknesses she saw during the last Olympic Cycle. Tammy’s Balance Beam Complexes is the set of warm-up drills to correct these fundamental weaknesses

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Beginning Tumbling Complex for Balance Beam

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn the Beginning Balance Beam Tumbling Complexes developed by Tammy Biggs

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Building Better Dive Rolls- Here to Anywhere

Biggs, Tammy
Wills Cline, Judy

DVD
$34.95
 


The dive roll is one of the most basic skills in gymnastics. It is also very complex and difficult to perform well with a tremendous amount of amplitude. Building Better Dive Rolls, will teach all the important elements necessary to help you do a great dive roll.

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Building the Artistic Gymnast the Style Ropes Way - 10 Minutes in the Workout

Culp, Donna

DVD
$29.95
 


This instructional gymnastic DVD lays out a simple, daily plan for building and maintaining key elements of style for a more complete, competitive gymnast. Donna gives instructions on how to tend trouble spots and achieve the most distinctive line.

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Choreography ~ Defining Style

Robinson, Kris

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn how to effectively choreograph three different dance styles Swing, Latin/Salsa and Country.

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Circuit Training for Muscle Endurance

Tracy, Mary Lee

DVD
$29.95
 


How to increase your athlete’s ability to do full sets, finish strong and be safe. Mary Lee Tracy’s DVD, Circuit Training for Muscle Endurance, covers this rarely covered but extremely important topic. We normally talk about muscle and plyometric strength, but not muscle endurance capabilities necessary to compete effectively. This video covers two different muscle endurance circuits that Mary Lee uses in her gym.

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Clear Hip Circle for Uneven Parallel Bars- DVD

Connelly, Dan

DVD
$29.95
 


The Clear Hip Circle for Uneven Parallel Bars teach you to successfully teach or learn the clear hip circle on Uneven Parallel Bars. You will learn the fundamentals of body shape, (hollow body), the back hip circle, how to create speed, what to do on the way up, then putting it all together. Included are how to spot, progressions and drills.

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Coaching Etiquette

Gardner, Beth

DVD
$29.95
 


Create a professional and fun environment that keeps students coming back. In this DVD Beth gives a presentation on Coaching Etiquette. She covers a large range of topics including coaching professionalism, customer relations, working with challenged children (autism and Down’s Syndrome), dealing with emergencies, and the importance of lesson plans and progressions.

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Coaching Gymnastics

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$54.95
 


This two DVD set represents the first of a series that sets the basics for which all moves progress from. This is great for individual coach and can be used for continual staff training.

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Combination Tumbling

Retrosi, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Tony Retrosi’s DVD, Combination Tumbling, covers several drills and skills to learn tumbling combinations that will increase your start values.

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Conditioning with Kettle Bells

Tracy, Mary Lee

DVD
$29.95
 


Mary Lee Tracy’s DVD, Conditioning with Kettle Bells, adapts these extremely popular fitness products for specific gymnastic conditioning.

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Conditioning, Shaping & Flex with Sliders

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn valuable Flexibility, Shaping and Conditioning using Sliders

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Core Strength

Tracy, Mary Lee

DVD
$29.95
 


Mary Lee Tracy’s, Core Strength DVD, is an inside view of how core strength is developed in one of the most successful gymnastic programs in the United States.

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Dance for Gymnastics with Daniela Nanova

Nanova, Daniela

DVD
$75
 


In this program, world-renowned choreographer Daniela Nanova shows coaches how to achieve many dance skills that elude competitive gymnasts. Daniela places great emphasis on developing strength and flexibility.

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Developing Body Shapes for Gymnastics

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Develop and Strengthen the Most Important Shapes that Affect All Events In this DVD Tammy Biggs explains the body shapes necessary for gymnastics. She shows the candlestick, bridge development, and chest roll, moving into and out of the positions, shaping the body and shoulders and then conditioning to strengthen these shapes.

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Developing Elite Bars

Tracy, Mary Lee

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn the skills necessary to compete elite bars

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Developing Flexibillity for Gymnastics

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Flexibility is one of the core elements in gymnastics. Without great flexibility the ability of a gymnast is limited. In this DVD, Tammy Biggs explains how to rapidly increase flexibility.

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Developing Great Round-offs

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Develop Great Found-offs for Floor Exercise, Beam and Vaulting

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Developing Leaps & Jumps for Gymnastics

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Great Leaps and Jumps make Balance Beam and Floor Exercise routines stand out at any competition. In this DVD, Tammy Biggs explains how to make your leaps and jumps exceptional.

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Developing Strength - Plyometrics

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


Essential Drills to Develop the Plyometric Strength for Gymnastics. Plyometric strength will greatly improve gymnastic performance. This instructional DVD covers how to improve this important element of gymnastics. Plyometrics by nature breaks down the body’s muscles, so this video covers the importance of how and when to implement this type of training into a gymnast’s workout.

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Developing Strength: Core Base Level

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


Over 100 drills to develop the essential base strength for gymnastics. This instructional gymnastic DVD covers how to create a fundamentally strong strength base that will be built upon through out the gymnasts’ career.

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Five Bar Skills Every Gymnast Needs

Retrosi, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Develop a year round bar program for your team using these five important skills.

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Flipping Drills

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Develop Great Flipping Skills for Both Forward and Backward Flips. Whether coaching beginning gymnastics, advanced gymnastics or cheerleading, flipping skills are extremely important. In this DVD, Tammy Biggs explains several drills to improve flipping skills both forwards and backwards. She breaks down several elements of flipping and shows several drills and training circuits to improve these elements.

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Gymnastics Journal & Meet Survival Guide

Feeney, Rik

Book
$19.75
 


This is for your gymnasts. Pictures and videos are great but not nearly as accessible and personal as a journal written and created by you. This is your journal, a personal record of your experiences as a competitive gymnast. You are the author of this book, so there is no right or wrong way to develop the material. Several writing prompts are suggested , which you are free to use or cross out and use the page for an entirely different reason. It’s your book!.

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Gymnastics Skills with Christine Still

Still, Christine

DVD
$75
 


The good teaching of basic gymnastic skills is essential to the progress of both recreational and competition gymnasts. In this 3+ hour, two dvd set, British coach Christine Still shows coaches and gymnasts sensible and easy to follow drills and progressions of basic and some advanced gymnastic skills.

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How to Maximize the Handspring Vault

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


This DVD is a continuation of Mas Watanabe's series of video's explaining and teaching the basics of gymnastics movements from which all advanced skills progress. Topics include: The run, hurdle step and punch, preflight, repulsion, post flight, landing, complete vault, and drills.

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Impact Safe Landings

Minster, Charles

DVD
$29.95
 


The Kidskills IMPACT Safe Landings DVD assist participants to improve general coordination and motor control, balance, spatial awareness, safe landings and recovery skills. The IMPACT skills will reduce the risk of injury and will benefit juniors, amateurs and elite athletes.

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Inbar Work for Uneven Bars

Forster, Tom

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn Effective Drills for Clear Hip Circles Toe Shoots, Stalters and Endo Shoots. On this gymnastic instructional video on DVD, Tom covers several of the most important Inbar skills. He gives clear instruction on the progressions he uses to teach these skills. This is a great teaching aid for Uneven Bar coaches everywhere.

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It's About Posture

Robinson, Kris

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn the Fundamentals of Posture and Muscle Balance to Effectively Enhance Performance and Prevent Injuries

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Key Skills in advanced gymnastics for girls & boys with Paul Hall

Hall, Paul

DVD
$75
 


In this program, coach Paul Hall takes coaches through many advanced skills that are being asked of competition gymnasts and their coaches. Paul uses both girls and boys to perform drills and skills. Paul has also included a boys section which covers some basic skills on parallel bars, pommel horse and rings.

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Learning the Finer Points - Beam & Floor

Jarrett, Cheryl

DVD
$29.95
 


USA Women's Gymnastics Compulsory Floor& Beam Routines 2005-2013 For levels 1-6

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Learning the Glide Kip

Connelly, Dan

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn how to Successfully and safely Develop the Glide Kip

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Men's & Women's Vault Progressions without the vault table

Butcher, Steve

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD Steve covers proper running technique, how the springboard works and includes reinforcement drills.

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Mistakes Made in Compulsory Beam

Jarrett, Cheryl

DVD
$29.95
 


US Women's Gymnastics Compulsory Balance Beam Routines 2005-2013 For levels 5-6

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Mistakes Made in Compulsory Floor

Jarrett, Cheryl

DVD
$29.95
 


US Women's Gymnastics Compulsory Floor Routines 2005-2013 For levels 4-6

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Parenting a Young Athlete

Taylor, Michael

DVD
$29.95
 


Topics include: why kids play sports, benefits of sports, rights of young athletes, warning signs for poor coaching, and responsibilities of the parent.

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Pick 3 - My Favorite Drills for Beam

Jarrett, Cheryl

DVD
$29.95
 


Cheryl Jarrett covers many different drills for beam with detailed explainations and examples. Includes acro series, dance/gym skills and dismounts.

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Pilates for Young Athletes

Davis, Barbara

DVD
$29.95
 


A dynamic way to strengthen your body’s core to maximize athletic performance.

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Pirouettes, Higgins & Healys on High Bar

Butcher, Steve

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Steve goes over the basic concepts of pirouettes, Higgins and Healys for the high bar.

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Planning Ahead for a College Scholarship

Sandmire, Sam

DVD
$29.95
 


It is never too early to begin evaluating the wide range of college choices and start getting the information you need to choose a college.

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Punch Front for Balance Beam

Tracy, Mary Lee

DVD
$29.95
 


Mary Lee Tracy’s DVD, Punch Front for Balance Beam, presents several drills and progressions to learn this popular and advanced skill.

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Release Skills for High Bar & Uneven Bars

Juszczyk, Dave

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Dave covers all the important body positions necessary to perform several release moves for both women’s uneven bars and men’s high bar.

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Spotting Back Handsprings

Rand, Tim

DVD
$29.95
 


How to Sucessfully Teach and Spot the Back Handspring. This DVD, Spotting Back Handsprings, covers all the most important elements of spotting this important and popular gymnastic skill. Tim clearly explains why to spot, prerequisite skills, important considerations before spotting, several spotting methods and how to spot past a single back handspring.

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Spotting Uneven Bars

Rand, Tim

DVD
$29.95
 


Spotting Uneven Bars for recreational classes and pre-team developmental classes can be challenging for even the most seasoned coach. In this video, Tim explains and demonstrates several techniques and methods to spot several skills on the Uneven Bars.

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Stalders & Endo Shoots for High Bar & Uneven Bars

Juszczyk, Dave

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn the concepts and drills necessary to perform these difficult skills. In this DVD, Dave gives tremendous insight and understanding to these difficult skills. He shows clear examples of fundamental positions, developmental drills, and the complete skills.

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Stall Bar Drills

Biggs, Tammy

DVD
$29.95
 


Stall Bar Drills for Conditioning and Flexibility. Tammy Biggs describes using the stall bar for flexibility and shows a series of conditioning drills and exercises using the stall bar. This DVD is a must have for clubs with stall bars or one that is thinking of getting some.

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Strength Training for Junior Gymnasts

Tomita, Yoichi

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Yoichi Tomita shows strength foundations, lower body work and refining skills for the junior gymnasts.

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Stretch to Win

Davis, Barbara

DVD
$29.95
 


A good flexibility program can increase performance, make your work more efficient, and add comfort to your daily life by relieving unnecessary tension and stress from your movements. On this DVD Barbara Davis takes you through a 20-minute flexibility workout. Stretch to Win will make you a better and more capable athlete.

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Swing Like a Champion: Part 1 Basic Swing

Connelly, Dan

DVD
$29.95
 


Dan explains simply, clearly and effectively the fundamentals of swing, both front and back giants. Although this is intended for coaches, young athletes can gain tremendous insight into these basic skills and improve their performance.

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Teaching Giants on High Bar

Butcher, Steve

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Steve goes over prerequisites, teaching the front and the back giant, and then gives some helpful drills.

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Teaching the Tsukahara and Kasamatsu Vault

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


Continuing on from the Maximizing the Front Handspring DVD, Mas Watanabe teaches how to effectively learn and train the Tsukahara and Kasamatsu vaults.

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Teaching Tumbling Fundamentals Set

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$75.00
 


This DVD set answers the question of how to help coaches to teach the proper body movements to beginning gymnasts from when they first start in your gym. Teaching these fundamentals effectively will make learning the more advanced skills much easier and the gymnasts progress faster. Buy set of all 3 **SAVE 16%

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Teaching Tumbling Fundamentals: Part 1

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


Rolls, handstand, limbers, walkovers, cartwheel, and round off.

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Teaching Tumbling Fundamentals: Part 2

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


Back handspring to round off-back handspring back tuck.

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Teaching Tumbling Fundamentals: Part 3

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


Front tumbling to front handspring front tuck and drills.

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Teaching Uneven Bars Fundamentals

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


DVD from Mas Watanabe. Topics include: Glide Kip, Cast to Handstand, Clear Hip, Tap Swing, 3/4 Giant, and the Flyaway.

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Teaching Uneven Bars: Essential Intermediate Skills

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


This DVD covers the most common and essential intermediate skills for beginning competitive optional bar routines. Coach Mas Watanabe helps gymnasts and coaches develop a complete understanding of these common optional uneven bar skills that will assist in development and form strong skills that gymnasts may use throughout their competitive athletic careers.

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The Art of Choreography

Robinson, Kris

DVD
$29.95
 


This DVD will teach you to successfully choreograph a floor exercise routine. You will learn how to start music selection, how to choose a style, how to structure a routine, and the importance of the floor pattern.

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The Ball

Tracy, Mary Lee

DVD
$29.95
 


A conditioning circuit from Mary Lee Tracy using the Swiss Ball and the weighted ball

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The Choreography of Balance Beam

Robinson, Kris

DVD
$29.95
 


Continuing the Art of Choreography Series, The Choreography of Balance Beam will teach how to enhance beam routines with choreography.

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The Flyaway for Uneven Bars & High Bar Tuck & Layout

Tomita, Yoichi

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Yoichi Tomita explains simply, clearly and effectively the flyaway for uneven bars and high bar, both in the tucked and layout positions.

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The Forward Dismount for Uneven Parallel Bars

Connelly, Dan

DVD
$29.95
 


How to Effectively Teach and Learn Front Summersault Dismounts

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The Gymnastic Laws of Motion

Forster, Tom

DVD
$29.95
 


Almost all gymnastic skills are governed by the laws of physics. In this DVD, Tom Forster explains the major laws of physics and motion that apply to gymnastic movement.

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The Kip for Uneven Parallel Bars & High Bar

Butcher, Steve

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Steve goes over the basic concept of the kip, learning the swing, and technical reinforcement exercises.

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The Power of Positive Coaching

Selk, Jason

DVD
$29.95
 


Jason Selk utilizes the principles of Sports Psychology to develop a highly motivational training environment for athletes and coaches. Topics include: introduction, three characteristics of an internally motivated athlete, two types of motivation, positive control, and aversive control exercises.

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The Yurchenko Vault

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


This DVD is a continuation of the Watanabe Coaching Concepts and the third part of his vaulting series. It covers all the progressions, drills, and prerequisite skills necessary.

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Tumbl Trak Tumbling Skill Development

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn to use the Tumbl Trak for rapid skill development.

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Tumbling - Increasing Speed & Efficiency

Vaughan, Glen

DVD
$29.95
 


This comprehensive DVD covers the concepts and drills necessary to increase your power, speed and efficiency tumbling, both forward and backwards.

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Uneven Bar Fundamentals - 3 disk SET

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$75.00
 


This 3-disk DVD set covers six essential skills to master beginning uneven bars, and form strong basics, common intermediate skills for beginning competitive optional bars, and why using the strap bar is important for developing bar skills. These three DVDs will help gymnasts throughout their athletic careers with strong basics.

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Uneven Bar Skills for Developmental Gymnasts

Rand, Tim

DVD
$29.95
 


In this DVD, Uneven Bar Skills for Developing Gymnasts, Tim explains many skills and drills that he used in his program to develop all the fundamental skills for Uneven Bars while keeping the classes fun and exciting.

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Uneven Bars & High Bar Dismounts with Multiple Flips and Twists

Juszczyk, Dave

DVD
$29.95
 


On this DVD, Dave covers all the important body positions necessary to perform these complex multiple flipping and twisting dismounts on both women’s uneven bars and men’s high bar.

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Unraveling the Mystery of 'Twistery'

Vaughan, Glen

DVD
$29.95
 


Glen Vaughan's currently in his 50th year of teaching and coaching. Topics include: which way to twist, body positions for twisting, drills for full twisting back, full twisting back flip, twisting forward.

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Vaulting Series 1

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$75.00
 


In this three-disk DVD series, Masayuki Watanabe walks you through the technical challenges of the Handspring, Tsukahara, Kasamatsu, and Yurchenko vaults. His step-by-step advice simplifies each move down to the basics of the preflight, blocking, and flip-orientation.

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Vaulting Skills for Developing Gymnasts

Rand, Tim

DVD
$29.95
 


Vaulting Drills for Classes and Pre-Team Skill Development: In this DVD, Tim Rand offers tremendous insight for developing vaulting skills for both recreational classes and pre-team gymnasts. He explains many of the obstacles that young coaches face keeping the classes progressive, fun and entertaining and solutions for those obstacles.

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Working the Strap Bar

Watanabe, Masayuki

DVD
$29.95
 


This DVD Working the Strap Bar completes Mas Watanabe’s Teaching Uneven Bar Fundamentals. Watanabe explains why using the strap bar is so important for developing bar skills and the most common way to set up the strap bar.

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Working Through Fear

Selk, Jason

DVD
$29.95
 


A complete guide of the tools available to effectively help athletes deal with and work through fear. Topics include: understanding fear, working the questionnaire, methods of dealing, what professionals do, and what will work for you.

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Working with Challenging Children

Gardner, Beth

DVD
$29.95
 


Develop the Tools and Skills to Successfully Work with Challenging Children

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Yerchenko Progressions

Retrosi, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Tony Retrosi’s Yurchenko Progressions clearly covers all the elements needed to successfully teach the Yurchenko Vault. On the DVD he breaks the vault into six distinct elements: the run, the hurdle, the round-off, the back handspring, the flip, and the landing.

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Yurchenko Progressions 2 Disk Set (1 & 2)

Retrosi, Tony

DVD
$54.95
 


Learn how to Successfully and Safely Develop the Advanced Yurchenko Vault. Tony Retrosi’s Yurchenko Progressions clearly covers all the elements needed to successfully teach the Yurchenko Vault. On the first DVD he breaks the vault into six distinct elements: the run, the hurdle, the round-off, the back handspring, the flip, and the landing. Included on the video is a section that puts all the elements together. The second disk begins with drills to improve landings and covers how to improve the flipping and twisting elements of advanced twisting Yurchenkos. This is a great video for any program that is developing athletes to perform this vault.

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Yurchenko Progressions Part 2 - Flipping

Retrosi, Tony

DVD
$29.95
 


Learn how to Successfully and Safely Develop the Advanced Yurchenko VaultTony, Retrosi’s DVD, Yurchenko Progressions Part 2 – Flipping continues the development of this extremely popular vault from his first video Yurchenko Progressions. He begins with drills to improve landings and cover how to improve the flipping and twisting elements of advanced twisting Yurchenkos.

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z Interview/Article: Coaching with Feeling: The Kinesiology of Teaching

Watanabe, Masayuki

E-report
$5.00
 


Tom Beach from GymSmarts caught up with Mas Watanabe for this interview to discuss coaching. In this interview he talks about specific skills he uses to understand the individual skills the gymnasts are training and how he uses these skills to help be specific with his dialog will the athletes. What he explains here is truly amazing and surprising!

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z Interview/Article: Creating Style for Your Gymnast

Robinson, Kris

E-report
$5.00
 


GymSmarts asked Kris Merlo Robinson, “The Posture Lady” creating a style for a gymnast, and its importance. If you would like more information on floor choreography, you will probably find Kris’ new DVD: The Art of Choreography helpful.

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z Interview/Article: Developing a Strength Program for Junior Gymnasts

Tomita, Yoichi

E-report
$5.00
 


This interview with Yoichi Tomita is to help to better understand strength training, how it affects the overall development of the gymnast, and how to structure strength training into the gymnasts training program. It is designed to further develop concepts covered in Yoichi’s Strength Training for Junior Gymnasts DVD.

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z Interview/Article: Finding an Artistic Gymnastics Choreographer

Robinson, Kris

E-report
$5.00
 


GymSmarts asked Kris Merlo Robinson, “The Posture Lady” about how someone goes about finding a choreographer, what to look for, and what different types there are. If you would like more information on floor choreography, you will probably find Kris’ new DVD: The Art of Choreography helpful.

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z Interview/Article: Flipping and Twisting E-report

Vaughan, Glen

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This interview with Glen Vaughan discusses portions of his Unraveling the Mystery of “Twistery DVD and covers twisting and flipping principles.

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z Interview/Article: Forward Giants - Two Types of Swing E-report

Watanabe, Masayuki

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Mas Watanabe discusses portions of his Teaching Uneven Bar Fundamentals.  This interview covers the Forward Giant, and the two types of swing that are necessary basics. The DVD itself goes over all the important basic skills for bars and the importance of the basics and doing them well.

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z Interview/Article: Gain 1/2 Twist in the Tsukahara Vault

Watanabe, Masayuki

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Tom Beach from GymSmarts.com caught up with Mas Watanabe for this interview to discuss portions of his How to Immediately Gain 1/2 Twist in the Tsukahara Vault DVD. This interview covers the various critical parts of the Tsukahara and Kasamatsu vaults. The DVD itself goes over all the important differences of the vaults and how to teach them.

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z Interview/Article: How to Use the Strapbar Effectively

Connelly, Dan

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GymSmarts.com caught up with Dan Connelly for this interview to discuss portions of his SWING LIKE A CHAMPION DVD. This interview covers the use of the strapbar in developing strong swing fundamentals. The DVD itself covers all the important elements of swing forward and backward and teaching giants in both directions.

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z Interview/Article: Partners not Problems-Keeping Parents off Your Back and on Your Side

Taylor, Michael

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This article is to help to better understand the role of parents in the development of a gymnast. It is designed to further develop concepts covered in Michael’s Parenting a Yound Athlete DVD that is available through GymSmarts “From the Office” Gym.Net – The Gymnastics Professional’s Network “When it comes to success, you must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way." -John Wooden (Former UCLA basketball teacher-coach, who celebrated his 93rd birthday on 10/14/03) This month we take on the double-edged sword of Parental Involvement…

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z Interview/Article: POSTURE ALERT!!

Robinson, Kris

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Kris Merlo Robinson, “The Posture Lady:” I have some very important posture tips to help gymnasts improve their skills and presentation and to help them prevent injuries. Share the information below with each and every gymnast that you work with! If you would like more information on posture, you will probably find Kris’ new DVD: It’s About Posture helpful.

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z Interview/Article: Seeing Versus Feeling: A Skill

Hery, George H.

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GymSmarts caught up with George Hery for this interview to discuss portions of his Trampoline Flipping and Twisting DVD.

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z Interview/Article: The Back Handspring

Watanabe, Masayuki

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Tom Beach from GymSmarts caught up with Mas Watanabe for this interview to discuss portions of his Tumbling Fundamentals.  This interview covers the change in how to do a back handspring for optimization. He explains that one has to be willing to change the techniques to create the most efficient use of new and improved equipment.

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z Interview/Article: The Importance of the Headspring

Watanabe, Masayuki

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This interview covers the headspring as a crucial part of front tumbling. The DVD itself goes over all the important skills for tumbling and the importance of the basics and doing them well.

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z Interview/Article: The Yurchenko Vault

Watanabe, Masayuki

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Tom Beach from GymSmarts caught up with Mas Watanabe for this interview to discuss portions of his upcoming Yurchenko Vault DVD. This interview covers the critical areas of the end of the round-off at the end of the board to the blocking and flip initiation. You can learn more about the Yurchenko Vault from the March release of the Yurchenko Vault DVD.

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z Interview/Article: Understanding Basic Tumbling

Tomita, Yoichi

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This interview with Yoichi Tomita is to help to better understand what basic tumbling is, how it impacts gymnasts overall training for all events, and how to implement a Basic Tumbling Program into daily training. It is designed to futher develop concepts covered in Yoich's BASIC TUMBLING DVD.

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z Interview/Article: What About a Front Dismount for Uneven Parallel Bars

Connelly, Dan

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Tom Beach from GymSmarts.com caught up with Dan Connelly for this interview to discuss Front Dismount for UPB. In this interview he talks about If you would like more information on teaching or learning the Front Dismount, , you will probably find Dan’s new DVD: The Forward Dismount for Uneven Parallel Bars helpful.

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