Coaching Youth Gymnastics: An Essential Guide for Coaches, Parents and Teachers

This is an essential guide for both new coaches and more experienced teachers, as well as those who train coaches. 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.