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Reflections from a Gymnastics assistant coaching course
1st June 2023
A guest post from Kath Maguire. Kath is the parent of one of our club’s gymnasts. She asked about doing some volunteering a couple of months ago and whether there was a course she could do. Here are her reflections from the day. “I’ve been thinking about volunteering for a while now but as it’s […]
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Do you follow the latest training fad?

““When you start to coach, you coach the system you played, but you begin almost to immediately discard what doesn’’t fit you or your material, and you look for what does…. All of us are takers, but if a person can’t add something to what he takes from others, he should get out.””

Vince Lombardi in “Run to Daylight“.

I have had a conversation very similar to this to two different people in the last two days. One was with a physio talking about S&C coaches going on courses and then applying the new information indiscriminately to all and sundry.

The other was to a young person who wants to be an S&C coach and I said to go to lots of different sources at the beginning of her career, but then to establish her own ideas and philosophy as she gets more experience.

More Lombardi lessons from “Run To Daylight

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I first met James at a South West Gymnastic conference and thought he was superb then, and still do! James' ability to adapt to different sports and levels is excellent, and he is superb at getting his message across to different ages of gymnasts. He did a workshop at our club for our competitive gymnasts and it was superb, His work was of great value to a wide range of ages and levels, with a tremendous emphasis on posture and injury prevention. We have been able to put his training methods into practice and are seeing an improvement in the all round strength and fitness of our gymnasts.
 
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